The horror world is mourning the reported loss of legendary Japanese author Koji Suzuki, whose work forever changed supernatural horror and helped ignite the global J-horror boom. He was 68.

Without Suzuki, there’s probably no Bloody Disgusting, no Dread Central, no V/H/S, no Southbound, and honestly, who knows what the modern horror landscape even looks like without the ripple effect his work created. One of the single biggest influences on my entire life in horror started with him and the wave of Japanese horror that exploded globally because of his writing....