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Introduction: The Horror, The Horror...  1.Haunting Specters: A History of Seeing Ghosts in Japanese and American Horror Films  2. Hollywood and Japan, Comparing Supernatural Constructions: Cultural Ideologies, Social Anxieties, and Aesthetic Tendencies  3.Terrifying Images: Visual Aesthetics and Ways of Seeing in Ringu and The Ring  4."Oh, Mother!": Single Mothers and Abandoned Daughters in Honoguarai mizu no soko kara and Dark Water  5. "Father Knows Best?" Patriarchal Anxieties and Familial Dysfunction in Ju-On and The Grudge  6. The End of the World as We Know It: Apocalyptic Visions in Kairo and Pulse  7. (Post-)Modern Anxieties, Techno-Horror, and Technophobia in Chakushin Ari and One Missed Call  8. Conclusion