Hirohiko Araki's Bizarre Horror Movie Analysis

Hirohiko Araki's Bizarre Horror Movie Analysis
Japanese Name	荒木飛呂彦の奇妙なホラー映画論
Author(s)	Hirohiko Araki
Release Date	June 17, 2011
Pages	240
ISBN	ISBN 4-087-205-959 ISBN 9784087205954
Publisher	Shueisha

Hirohiko Araki's Bizarre Horror Movie Analysis (荒木飛呂彦の奇妙なホラー映画論, Araki Hirohiko no Kimyō na Hora Eiga-ron) is a book written by Hirohiko Araki.

Description

Hirohiko Araki loves horror movies and the movies that he has watched has influenced many of his works including JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In this book, he writes about how it's related to his work and also analyzes horror movies from artist's point of view. The first section of the book is called the "Best 20 Horror movies chosen by Hirohiko Araki".

Cover with the Obi off.

List

1. Zombie (‘78 director’s cut)^W
2. Jaws^W
3. Misery^W
4. I Am Legend^W
5. Ninth Gate^W
6. Alien^W
7. Ring (TV version)^W
8. The Mist^W
9. Final Destination^W
10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre^W
11. Deliverance^W
12. The Blob^W
13. 28 Days Later^W
14. Basket Case^W
15. Sleeping With The Enemy^W
16. No Country
17. The Exorcist^W
18. Funny Games (‘07 US remake)^W
19. Hostel^W
20. Wrong Turn^W

Movies Analyzed

Preface

• Preface

Pt. 1: Zombie Movies

• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Zombi 2 (1979)
• Return of the Living Dead (1985)
• Braindead (Dead Alive) (1992)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• The Evil Dead (1981)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• I Am Legend (2007)
• 30 Days of Night (2007)
• From Dusk Til Dawn (1996)
• REC (2007)
• REC 2 (2009)
• Zombieland (2009)
• Land of the Dead (2005)

Pt. 2: Attacked in the Country

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• Motel Hell (1980)
• Deliverance (1972)
• Straw Dogs (1971)
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
• 2001 Maniacs (2005)
• House of Wax (2005)
• 2000 Maniacs (1964)
• High Tension (2003)
• The Hitcher (1986)
• Cabin Fever (2002)
• Hostel (2005)
• Calvaire (2004)
• Motel (2007)
• Jeepers Creepers (2001)
• Them (2006)

Pt. 5: Sci-Fi Horror

• Alien (1979)

Pt. 6: Animal Horror

• Link (1986)

Pt. 9: Devils and Ghosts

• The Omen (1976)

Gallery

Night of the Living Dead

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Hostel

Friday the 13th

Alien

Link

Cube

The Exorcist

Omen

Se7en