Yup, Japanese horrors are the shit, in a good way. I highly recommand watching Tale of Two Sisters, there is next to no special effects and next to no gore. No fast paced running around shaky crazy camera action, everthing is plain and still and simply creepy as hell. Most Japanese horrors and movies in general are in the legiue of their own, I like that fact that they don't use special almost at all.
Thai movie called Ong Bak, you can rent it at the blockbuster, check it out, after you see that movie you'll realize that Jet Lee is a small fly, nothing in that movie was fake, no wires, no special effects, one of the best fighting/action movies I have ever seen.
Went little off topic there, i guess i just got fattish for asian cinema...other than chinese tho...I can't stand walking on water and jumping from tree to tree type of movies that are supposed to be realistic and serious.
Another really scary movie you want to see is Thai also, called Shutter
http://imdb.com/title/tt0440803/
to answer your sig question, is that eveanesence?