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Recommendations for Japanese Horror Movies Without Ghosts


“Japanese horror films are all the same. They all have ghost girls. Once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.”

I almost cannot believe that I still keep hearing this claim in the year 2017. There’s no excuse for it in the age of the internet, so I’ve listed some Japanese horror films below that do not have ghost girls in them. This is not a comprehensive list, but should keep you busy for a while.

Also, I have discussed many of these films in my Asian Horror Year-In-Review Playlist, so feel free to check those videos out if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo_yPQzahrXNtVjOQTTgZ6ozZqOqOhZpx

A Page of Madness (1926)
Matango (1962)
Violated Angels (1967)
Living Skeleton (1968)
The Joys of Torture (1968)
Blind Beast (1969)
Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
Vampire Doll (1970)
Lake of Dracula (1971)
Evil of Dracula (1974)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Shogun’s Sadism (1976)
Hausu (1977)
Demon Pond (1979)
Village of Doom (1983)
Mermaid Legend (1984)
Entrails of a Virgin (1986)
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman (1986)
Biotherapy (1986)
Pleasure Kill (1987)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Evil Dead Trap 2 (1991)
All Night Long (1992)
Tetsuo 2: Body Hammer (1992)
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
All Night Long 2: Atrocity (1995)
Naked Blood (1995)
Eko Eko Azarak 2: Birth of a Wizard (1996)
All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter (1996)
Organ (1996)
Baptism of Blood (1996)
Rubber’s Lover (1996)
Kichiku Dai Enkai (1997)
Psycho: The Snuff Reels (1998)
Red Room (1999)
Muzan-e (1999)
Audition (1999)
Versus (2000)
Uzumaki (2000)
Stacy (2001)
Suicide Club (2002)
Gozu (2003)
Dead Girl Walking (2004)
Marebito (2004)
Rampo Noir (2005)
Present (2005)
Strange Circus (2005)
Imprint (2006)
Sanguivorous (2007)
X-Cross (2007)
High School Girl Rika: Zombie Hunter (2008)
Tamami (2008)
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Grotesque (2009)
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)
Helldriver (2010)
X-Game (2010)
Henge (2011)
Deathpenalty.com (2011)
Torihada Gekijoban (2012)
Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Greatful Dead (2013)
Miss Zombie (2013)
Fires on the Plain (2014)
As the Gods Will (2014)
Puzzle (2014)
Tag (2015)
I Am A Hero (2015)

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Very comprehensive list! I'd also add Noisy Requiem (1988) and Go Go Second Time Virgin (1969). I'm glad you included Mermaid Legend (1984) which is an awesome film.

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Thanks!

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