Reviews tagging 'Gore'

La zona fantasma by Junji Ito

24 reviews

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This one was milder with the gore, and while I was not primarily looking for blood and bodily horror, they probably would have made the stories more horrifying as the psychological horror felt milder too and overall I wasn't as creeped out as I usually am with Ito. Insanely skilled art and creative stories as always, but something was missing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Suicide

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

While this isn't my favourite from Junji Ito, I really appreciated the unique concepts coupled with his eerie artwork and the utilisation of page turns for jump scares. My favourite of the collection, Slumber, follows a young man who believes he is committing murders during his sleep. I loved the final plot twist and the ambiguity of it, which i felt amplified the horror of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Gore, Blood, and Death

Minor: Infidelity

physicalsecrets's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

petitemass15's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Honestly, in the afterword Junji Ito wonders if he’s running out of ideas, but I think this is some of his best work yet! 

I really liked Slumber and Madonna. Very good, not disappointed!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

Another spooky collection but I didn’t love this one. I thought the plots were not super interesting, and predictably all the women were victims in some way. Something about this felt rushed and lacked the attention to detail I’ve seen in the author’s other work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this one, the spirit flow story was so creeeeepy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Gore

Minor: Pedophilia

kyxshi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

4.5 stars. This is honestly a pretty solid story collection and it really worked for me. I was going to give it 4 stars but something that I think was a Logan Paul joke bumped my rating up half a star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

monastery_berry's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore