Shiracord is a community Discord server that is dedicated on Asian Horror - one of the regional styles of Horror.

🩸 Asian Horror - an umbrella term for horror films produced in East and Southeast Asia — mainly Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Common Traits:
- Supernatural focus: Ghosts (often vengeful), curses, and spirits rooted in local folklore.
- Psychological tension over gore: Atmosphere, dread, and guilt rather than violence.
- Moral or emotional backstories: The haunting is often tied to unresolved trauma, shame, or social issues.
- Cultural symbolism: Reflects Buddhist, Shinto, Confucian, or local spiritual beliefs.
Examples:
The Eye (Hong Kong/Singapore, 2002);
Ringu (Japan, 1998);
Macabre (Indonesia, 2009).

Main subgenres of Asian Horror are:
🇯🇵 J-Horror (Japanese Horror)
Horror from Japan, especially the late 1990s–early 2000s boom that influenced global horror (and led to many Hollywood remakes).
Examples:
Ringu (1998);
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002);
Pulse (Kairo) (2001);
Dark Water (2002).
Western Influence: Heavily shaped later Hollywood horror (The Ring, The Grudge, The Eye remakes).

🇰🇷 K-Horror (Korean Horror)
South Korean horror — often blending horror with melodrama, tragedy, or social critique.
Examples:
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003);
The Wailing (2016);
Whispering Corridors series (school ghosts, female repression themes);
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018, found-footage style).

🇨🇳 C-Horror (Chinese Horror)
Horror from Mainland China*, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
(*Mainland China restricts ghost/supernatural content due to censorship, so many films lean toward psychological or metaphorical horror)
Examples:
Rouge (1988, Hong Kong);
The Untold Story (1993, extreme horror/thriller);
The House That Never Dies (2014, Mainland China);
The Tag-Along (2015, Taiwan);
Incantation (2022, Taiwan).

Along with these, vital role in the Horror genre has the subgenre of:

📹 Found Footage - A filmmaking style presented as if it were discovered or “real” footage shot by the characters.
Examples:
The Blair Witch Project (USA, 1999);
Paranormal Activity (USA, 2007);
REC (Spain, 2007);
Noroi: The Curse (Japan, 2005).