HeyJaredHorror Historian
A weekly newsletter on Asian Horror Films, concentrating on what's new and what's coming next from across Asia. I will also add some occasional posts about horror movies from Asia and elsewhere.
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Asian Horror Film News September 27 - Fear Addiction and all the new releases (opens the original)
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JAPANComing spring 2027 is ‘恐怖中毒’ known in English as ‘Fear Addiction.’The teaser says this one will be released in Japan in spring 2027. Given that spring starts on March 21 in Japan, which is a Sunday, the earliest likely release date is Friday March 26 and yet the first teaser was released by Dressers Picture on September 18, 2026! That’s very early for a Japanese horror film so they must have a lot of faith in this one.<p class="
Asian Horror Film News September 20: A First look at ‘Dawn of Seonsang’ and much more (opens the original)
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THAILAND‘Dawn of Seonsang’ known in Thai as ‘สมิงที่เสิงสาง’ finally released a teaser trailer this week. This is the latest horror film from director Taweewat Wantha who made the first two ‘Death Whisperer’ films as well as ‘Attack 13’ and many more, making this arguably the biggest story of the week in the world of Asian horror.Besides sharing a director, some actors and even though it is also set in Thailand during the 1970s, this is not part of the ‘
Asian Horror Film News September 13: Gacha-Kansekai and much more (opens the original)
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JAPANWe start this week with a pretty freaky looking teaser for an upcoming Japanese horror film.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</
Asian Horror Film News September 5, 2026 (opens the original)
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INDONESIAThe biggest news in the world of Asian horror films this week has to be Joko Anwar confirming via social media (and elsewhere) the release in 2027 of the next film in the ‘Satan’s Slaves’ franchise.‘Pengabdi Setan 3: Origin’ aka ‘Satan’s Slaves 3: Origin’ was last mentioned in this newsletter back in April with news that a poster and title card announcement was being shown at cinemas in Indonesia befor
Asian Horror Film News August 29 (opens the original)
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INDONESIAJust the one new horror film from Indonesia again this week. Don’t worry the output cranks up during the next two months.‘Paket Santet’ opened on August 27. This is listed as an Indian co-production involving no less than six companies. The title translates to black magic package but they are calling it ‘A Delivery From Hell’ in English. That sounds a lot better.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to
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