The one subgenre I miss more than anything in the world is J-horror, which was the golden age of Japanese horror films, many inspired by some of the most fucked up stories you’ve ever read.
Instead of furthering the genre, the films became their own cliche, churning in copycat after copycat and thus dooming it the same way found footage has hit the dumpster.
Unlike found footage, however, J-horror lives on in the form of Manga, and other illustrated works that help keep my nightmares going strong. One of my favorite artists? Junji Ito. Ito is the mad scientist behind “Uzumaki”, the spiral-themed horror series that was adapted into the freakish Japanese film. The book is 10 times more fucked up than the movie (think The Thing x infinity), which is hard to believe. He’s also behind “Gyo” and “Tomie” and most recently had been hired to work alongside Guillermo del Toro on the now defunct “Silent Hills” video game with “Metal Gear Solid” creator Hideo Kojima.
Kojima and myself are fans. pic.twitter.com/Jbp7qtRGfo
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 27, 2015
Putting Ito’s work into a video game is one thing, but creating real-life works of art is mortifying. Twitter user @mamakiteru is an even bigger fan than we are, and has been using her makeup skills to turn herself into a variety of Ito’s creations. As cool as the color pieces are, the black and white ones are the craziest, especially the ones with panels…
伊藤潤二キャラクター“美咲”の顔真似しました。好きなタイプはたくさん背後霊が付いている人です(❁´◡`❁) pic.twitter.com/1NCJXESZ0x
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 15, 2016
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伊藤潤二先生の首吊り気球、待望の続編とも言える「首吊り気球・再来」の一コマより。横顔マネに初挑戦*\(^o^)/* pic.twitter.com/HZ7cb2wdl2— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 11, 2016
伊藤潤二先生作「耳擦りする女」のダブルヒロインを顔マネしました (۶•౪•)۶♡٩(•౪•٩) pic.twitter.com/eLFxha6I3U
— いくら (@mamakiteru) December 26, 2015
伊藤潤二先生作品「富江・復讐(とみえ・リベンジ)」の一コマを体現しました♪( ´▽｀) pic.twitter.com/m1wAXq2CWe
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 25, 2016
ひとだんらく。 pic.twitter.com/0DM1Yre8v6
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 23, 2016
伊藤潤二傑作集11潰談に収録されている「幽霊になりたくない」を体現しました( •̤ᴗ•̤ ) pic.twitter.com/SgiWbhWP5m
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 4, 2016
伊藤潤二先生作「画家」での富江になりきって悶えてみました。アハ…♪( ´▽｀) pic.twitter.com/0ODKnO1CWm
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 12, 2016
伊藤潤二先生作「富夫・赤いハイネック」の一幕を真似しました。 pic.twitter.com/f4aSQgUPTs
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 24, 2016
伊藤潤二先生の「魔の断片」に収録されている『解剖ちゃん』の顔マネしました。 pic.twitter.com/ode3I5nP17
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 7, 2016
富江マネ見て下さった皆様ありがとうございました。私の対応が遅かったせいか初期の通知を見ることができません。お返事できていない方いらっしゃいましたら申し訳ございません。兄貴が代わりにお詫びします pic.twitter.com/uhM2T8N7J9
— いくら (@mamakiteru) January 22, 2016
富江の魅力を10パーセントでも写し出したくて増殖中。 pic.twitter.com/qCYxqCQ0e6
— いくら (@mamakiteru) December 7, 2015
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