Manji 卍

Do you want old classic Japanese horror movies (50's through 80's), or more modern?

As for older stuff you got superb movies like The Depths (1957), Ghost Story of Yotsuya (1959), Jigoku (1960), Curse of the Mushroom People (1963), Onibaba (1964), Kwaidan (1964), Illusion of Blood (1965), Kuroneko (1968), Ghost Story of the Snow Witch (1968), Ghost Story of the Snake Woman (1968), Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968), Horror of a Deformed Man (1969), Black Cat's Revenge (1970), Hausu (1977), Evil Dead Trap (1988), Tetsuo, the Iron Man (1989) and hella lot more that's mandatory as far as Japanese horror movies goes.

For newer:

One Missed Call, Suicide Club, Marebito, Retribution, Cure, Uzumaki, Dark Water, Grudge, Audition, Kairo, Ringu, Exte: Hair Extensions, Gozu, Ichi the Killer, Battle Royale,Strange, Circus, Tokyo Gore Police, The Machine Girl, Meatball Machine and so on.

A lot to choose from, and a lot of different type of movies. But from what you're saying I would say movies like One Missed Call, Cure, Dark Water, Kairo, Exte: Hair Extensions, Marebito, The Depths, Ghost Story of Yotsuya, Jigoku, Onibaba, Kwaidan andGhost Story of the Snow Witch could be close to what you're looking for. Atmospheric, suspenseful and very good, albeit some better than others. But all worth seeing.

Some of the other movies I mentioned, like Gozu, The Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine, Tetsuo, the Iron Man and Hausu are more on the weird, fucked up and surprising side of things. But all are great, and I consider all of these must see for fans of splatter and gore (The Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Meatball Machine), and fans of complete and utter madness and weirdness (Gozu, Tetsuo, the Iron Man, Hausu).

man,you're the wikipedia itself,thanks for the time doing that for me. i heard about some of them but never gave it a chance,the last ones i saw were FEBRUARY,BABADOOK (highly recommend these 2 ,if you haven't seen yet) ,noroi and ju-on as mentioned,i'm looking forward those with that ominous atmosphere,which is built while the story develops itself,without those cheesy jumpscares...well,i do like jumpscares,but not the forced ones.

i saved your text on my laptop,i'll certainly check them out this weekend

if you want smth on the more psychological side, confessions is probably one of the best movies if it’s kind i’ve seen.  shit tripped me tf out.