Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Brivido e altre storie by Junji Ito

79 reviews

elisedasnarechick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Cursing

spiralinghallways's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Blood, and Death

shadowykittenwizard's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

laverna's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Body horror

raevie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A collection of short stories by Junji Ito. Has some of his most well-known works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Mental illness, and Murder

A tough read at times, but Junji Ito shows incredibly unique ideas in the world of horror.

effyjb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Let me start by saying that body horror is the one facet of the horror genre that really gets to me, so I felt really brave taking this on lol. It was my goal to read a greater diversity of literature this year, and what a great way to start exploring manga. The art is just as beautiful as it is profoundly disgusting, and the meanings and explanations given by the author add to the experience. Media that puts the fear of death, disease and conflict  (that is innate in humans) to the front is hard to do well. But I loved this and can’t wait to explore the rest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Body horror, and Murder

melis_salome's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Bullying

alexutzu's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Probably one of the best Junji Ito anthologies, in my opinion (I have read most of them). As usual, some stories were better, some others were more disturbing. None of them was really bad though. I really liked having the author's comments and sketches included as it allows to observe the thought process behind the manga.

Some of my favourites from this book were "Used Record", "Hanging Blimp" (included in the anime adaptation), "Marionette Mansion", "Greased". The volume also contains a story related to the "Tomie" series ("Painter").

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Body horror

kase's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Addiction, Gore, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Excrement, and Mental illness

jadeyfish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, and Death