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‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – “Tomie – Photo”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Tomie is one of Junji Ito’s most iconic characters. She got an entire volume devoted to her in Horror World of Junji Ito and her...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – “Layers of Terror” / “The Thing That Drifted Ashore”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Oh goodness, this is a weird one. There’s a case to be made that this is the most horrifying and imaginative episode of Junji Ito Maniac thus...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – “Tomb Town”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Junji Ito Maniac abandons the dual-story structure in its seventh episode to instead deliver a more comprehensive and focused adaptation of Street of Gravestones (or...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – “Mold” / “Library Vision”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

“Mold”, a story adapted from the seventh volume of Horror World of Junji Ito, Slug Girl, is another creeping tale of rapidly-worsening circumstances that revolves heavily...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – “Intruder” / “Long Hair in the Attic”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

“Intruder”, taken from the ninth volume of Horror World of Junji Ito, Hallucinations, has a clever concept that is horrifying in a low-key, imaginative way, and...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – “Hanging Balloon”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

The third episode of Junji Ito Maniac is my favorite so far, a hauntingly horrible bit of work adapted from the fourth volume of Horror World of...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – “The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel” / “Ice Cream Bus”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

The second episode of Junji Ito Maniac is the first of the anthology’s two-parters. “The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel” is the title story in...

‘Junji Ito Maniac’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – “The Strange Hikizuri Siblings”

January 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

The first episode of the Netflix anthology Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre adapts a single story from The Circus is Here, the fifth...

‘Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre’ Review – A Mixed-Bag Anime Anthology

January 18 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Some horror creators have a knack for imagery and concepts that make the average viewer worry for their sanity. How often, for instance, have you...

‘The Interest of Love’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – A Tantalizing Love Story

January 18 2023, by Daniel Hart

This has, somehow, turned into an intriguing love story between two work employees who are flagrantly pining for each other but, for whatever reason, cannot...

The Story Behind Mission Majnu’s Filming Locations

January 18 2023, by Louie Fecou

Mission Majnu is an Indian Hindi-language thriller that owes a lot to the spy genre. It was directed by Shantanu Bagchi and produced by Ronnie...

‘Trolley’ Season 1, Episode 10 Recap – What Happens When Hye-joo’s Story Breaks?

January 17 2023, by Nathan Sartain

With a massively impactful finish, Trolley Episode 10 did an excellent job of building to its climax. There aren’t many questions left lingering, unlike in other installments,...

The True Story Behind ‘Dog Gone’ Explained

January 17 2023, by Adam Lock

Everybody loves a feel-good movie, and everybody loves dogs (I’m assuming, I mean, what’s not to love, right?), so it comes as no surprise to...

‘The Interest of Love’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – The Story Is Gaining Pace

January 17 2023, by Daniel Hart

It really felt that this was going to be a dull K-Drama, but slowly and surely, it’s becoming an interesting and fractured love story. Two...

‘Trolley’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – What Makes Gwi-soon Upset?

January 16 2023, by Nathan Sartain

A far more subtle installment, Trolley Episode 9 gives us plenty of revelations yet places them strategically throughout the episode, instead of throwing in a major...

‘Crash Course in Romance’ Season 1 Review – A Breezy Watch with Interesting Depth

January 16 2023, by Nathan Sartain

The romantic comedy path is one well-trodden in the world of K-Dramas. Multiple shows belonging to this genre are released every year, with the occasional...

‘Crash Course in Romance’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Building Intrigue

January 16 2023, by Nathan Sartain

Much like episode one, Crash Course in Romance’s second chapter is an uncluttered affair, something which glides by without much need to really think about what’s...

‘Dog Gone’ Review – Heartfelt and Hopeful

January 15 2023, by Emma Vine

From the comedy reflected in Marley & Me to the heartache felt when watching Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, there’s no doubt that films depicting our four-legged friends...