TOSHIO and the Rage Connection

Its weird what is creepy/scary about Asian Horror films. Its not that there are huge monsters or aliens or evil of epic proportions. Most of the films that I've watched revolve around one evil place, be it a house, a village, a warehouse, where ghosts from a prior horrendous act take revenge on any who enter their space.

The camera angles are the creepiest things about these films. As a viewer, we are not allowed to see the entire picture, or we see just enough of the evil (whether it be a little boy's feet, a bloody hand, a strand of hair) to freeze into fear at what is about to happen. The camera sweeps above the victim as she slowly turns her head and looks around, but it is not until she swings back around is the evil in front of her, on her, clawing her or running out of frame quicker than lightening. You might miss it if you're not paying attention.

Its this presence of evil, an evil that is always obscured or just barely in the frame, that is what makes the genre one of the most frightening.

***Just something I'm working on***
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