Abstract: Japanese horror cinema, which is a form of postmodernism culture in the 1980s and 1990s, reflects not only people's worries about the living environment and social interpersonal relationships, but also the Japanese society's fear of the future, the dissatisfaction with the status quo as well as the reflection on the past. It fully embodies the cultural characteristics of the Japanese people:the contradiction between the chrysanthemum and the knife. Japanese horror cinema absorbs the methods of Western horror film creation, and integrates the national culture with Western culture as well. Giving a certain connotation of the times, Japanese horror cinema brings us profound inspiration in the concept and innovation.