Eastern Supernatural

I've always been particularly fascinated with Asian/Japanese horror and supernatural films. Growing up in a Southern Christian home things were exceptionally stiff and filtered. We believed in angels and demons but not ghosts, or anything identical. Easter supernatural has such a fascinating culture around spirits good and bad. Evil spirits can be incredibly terrifying, some of the best horror out there is from Japan. The presence of ominous spirits can be incredibly terrifying, and the Japanese culture goes to great lengths warding off evil spirits and welcoming kind ones. In Western American tales of demons and possession usually nothing happens to resolve it until the damage has already been done.

By the time exorcists have been approved and arrive the vessel the demon has possessed cannot be saved without significant harm both physical and psychological have already been done. In Japanese horror usually the spirits themselves are human beings that had a horrible fate and now live their afterlife haunting others, but in most cases their is a way to redeem the spirit and cleanse the evil within it. In some ways, Japanese horror can be a lot more hopeful than the horror that revolves around my own religion and culture.