Horror
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the horror genre.
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Ranking Every Recently-Played PlayStation (PSX) and PlayStation 2 (PS2) Game
I’ve been marathoning PlayStation (PSX) and PlayStation 2 (PS2) games, so why not rank them? Commentary included! (read more)
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The Overwhelming Hell / The Tairyou Jigoku (Spoiler-Free Guide)
A spoiler-free guide for ‘The Overwhelming Hell,’ AKA ‘The Tairyou Jigoku.’ Learn esoteric mechanics, so you’re not caught off-guard. (read more)
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The Horrors of Noroi Michiru
For the first time, I explore the horrors of Japanese manga legend Noroi Michiru with the story, ‘The Dwarf – Luger.’ (read more)
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Flower Guy
‘Flower Guy,’ AKA ‘Hanao,’ is a one-shot horror manga by Yuka Yamada, created when he was only 16 years old. (read more)
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Blood on the Tracks
In ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ Shūzō Oshimi returns to psychosexual horror-drama with a story about a boy and his manipulative mother. (read more)
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The Fog
The Fog is overall better than Halloween because you’re not watching a crappy teen movie for a majority of the time, but it also lacks any strong iconic moments. John Carpenter‘s score consists of one good theme and a bunch of two-note ambient drones, and though it attempts to be character-driven with multiple subplots the… (read more)
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Devilman: Crybaby
Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, Devilman Crybaby is a modernized retelling of Go Nagai’s classic work, and it’s a stylish masterpiece that explores the duality of man. No, really. (read more)
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Monster
The themes of ‘Monster’ aren’t particularly deep, and it occasionally dabbles in ridiculous melodrama. That’s not as important as the fact that this is an original premise for an unpredictable thriller. (read more)
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Akira
A brief post where I bemoan people’s inability to comprehend the plot of ‘Akira,’ a movie I consider fairly simple and easy to follow. It’s also quite good! (read more)
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Shiki Specials
These two additional episodes/specials for the ‘Shiki’ anime series come highly recommended, as they make the emotional core of the story all the more devastating. (read more)