J-Horror Night | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder
Japan has a long and rich history of horror storytelling. But when someone talks about “J-Horror,” they’re often referring to a specific style of movie popular in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s that’s heavy on techno-paranoia, gloomy color palettes, and creepy little girls with long hair and flexible limbs. Director Hideo Nakata was one of the main architects of this style, and we pay tribute to him with a special J-Horror night featuring two of Nakata’s greatest hits: Ringu, the franchise starter that introduced tortured well-dweller Sadako to the world, and Dark Water, a chilly, damp ghost story that’ll make you very paranoid about that leak in your kitchen ceiling.
RINGU and DARK WATER restorations courtesy of Arrow Films and the American Genre Film Archive. In Japanese with English subtitles
Music Box Theatre screens films of all genres and from every era of cinema, both new releases and repertory. These films may sometimes contain upsetting, outdated, or offensive material. While we aim to introduce many of our screenings, we do not always provide warnings about potentially triggering content within the films we screen. We encourage our patrons to research the film before they attend using trailers, reviews, or content information found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com.
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