A teen is left with his head separated from his body and must hold it up in order to prevent it from falling off after being cursed. Some of Ito’s best illustration work in terms of facial expressions emoting discomfort and pain, this was a pretty killer one to check out. Give it a go if you are scared of deep sea critters, but this was less than impressive in my book. The monster has it’s reveal even after it’s inherent death. As the title suggests, a creature from deep below the sea drifts ashore. Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and AltairĪ trope among some of Ito’s shorts, the length of this one keeps you from truly feeling just how terrifying it’s grip could truly have been. However, I feel that to other’s it may differ greatly depending upon their natural fears. I found this one to be kind of a stretch. A woman purchases a chair which haunts her as if a person exists within it. This was a bit more silly among the work’s I’ve read and I admit was a bit of reach in terms of being “chilling”. My personal favorite and a definite must in my book. I’ll save details for those who intend to read it. Later, many become lured into the holes as they believe they are perfectly aligned with the outlines of their bodies. Amigara Fault is a story encompassing a discovery of a body of rock found on a cliffside with holes in the shape of human bodies. 10/10Ī immensely disturbing short that left me feeling incredibly shook for days after I read it. Beginning with a man’s obsession which leads to his own self-disfigurement into a spiral, the novel eventually leads to grandiose proportions beyond the scope of our world. A horror classic which revolves around the concept of a town haunted not by a creature or monster but by a spiral pattern. My first experience with Junji Ito was this one. I loved the illustration work and was hooked immediately.

It all started when I got into these guys from a friend a while back and saw they had merch featuring artwork from a famous panel from Junji Ito's Uzumaki. His work is renowned by many horror aficionados and I decided to begin cataloging his work and rating it. Ito is a famed manga horror writer from the Gifu Prefecture in Japan. Just ZombieCasualConversations: October ♦Ībout 2 years ago I started what would become a fascination with the work of Junji Ito.

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