Oh man this was awesome; definitely one of my new favorites

@virtuware

I just got my Sadako Bishoujo Statue. Really detailed piece of work!

Here is the Trailer

2 weeks ago, I posted here about quitting my teaching job in Japan to chase a dream—making my first Japanese psychological horror with a slice of thrills.

And now—the full Kickstarter is officially live.

👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kdwilson/it-doesnt-exist-a-thriller-film

I couldn't afford much, so I'm the writer, director, editor, colorist, sound mixer, and everything else lol

The film is called It Doesn’t Exist.
It’s a surreal, slow-burning horror story about a parasite that lives on a man’s face. Think 2000s J-horror with a twist

If that sounds like your kind of weird—

This project means everything to me. I’ve spent years saving for it, and I’ve learned more in the last 3 months than I did in 5 years of teaching.

Looking forward to your constructive feedback

I think this group's understanding of J horror will help me shape my career.

Takako Fuji was easily one of the most pleasant guests I’ve had the experience to meet. Would love to see her again at another convention

Hi everyone. I recently discovered here and saw many people discussing "Noroi: The Curse".

To be honest, I had to look up the English title because I only knew it as ノロイ. Seeing this name brought back a specific childhood trauma of mine.

When I was a kid, my dad tricked me into watching ノロイ without telling me it was fiction. To a foreign audience, it might look like a "found footage movie," but to a native Japanese person (especially a kid), the filming style, the editing, and the tone looked exactly like the typical variety shows or paranormal documentaries we saw on TV every day.

And the marketing back then was just cruel! They actually created a fake website to make the whole lore look authentic. I remember frantically searching online to check if the story was true or fake. When I found the website, it had detailed updates on the "investigation progress" and even news reports about the writer going missing. Seeing that site sealed the deal for me. I believed it was 100% real. I was absolutely terrified!

I consider myself a brave person now, but ノロイ isn't about cheap jump scares. The fear gets deep under your skin (or as I felt back then, deep down in my blood). I remember for a whole month after watching it, I was scared just walking to and from school.

The worst part? That summer, I refused to go to my grandparents' house in the countryside because the scenery looked exactly like the location s in the movie. I was convinced the ghosts were going to be there. 😭

Does anyone else feel that ノロイ hits differently compared to other horror movies? It feels too real.

a difficult but fun draw!
twt: virtuware
ig: vir2ware

Kayako Saeki meets Art the Clown at Days of the Dead 2025 horrorcon.

Hello everyone. I just started with all movies you've been recommended and so I guess I got the worst beginning ever lol, my first one was noroi: the curse, this might be funny for ppl who have been watched many J-horror movies but it really freaks the shit out of me, I've been watched some T-horror movies about curses and they were all scary, but this one really hits different it was honestly a masterpiece tho, Idk why some ppl in comments really found it boring, to be honest the movie was playing on my nervous by the time I was watching, thanks for all people who recommended this. (I gotta bad grammar lol)

This is the J-horror we grew up with.

based on an official collab from years ago!

siblings or dating

Drew these as part of Inktober this year. I hope you like them.