Out of the Well and Into Our Homes: ‘The Ring’ and the J-Horror Boom

Out of the Well and Into Our Homes: ‘The Ring’ and the J-Horror Boom

May 15, 2026 Dread Central

The horror world lost a legend recently when we learned that Japanese author Kôji Suzuki had passed away at the age of 68. Dread’s EIC Brad Miska wrote a piece highlighting the novelist’s accomplishments and how he influenced Brad’s own career. I recommend giving it a read. What I’d like to focus on, though, is Suzuki’s singular and genre-changing novel,...