10 Most Messed Up Junji Ito Moments

First published in Japan between 1998-1999 as part of a weekly magazine serial, Uzumaki is arguably Ito's most bizarre and twisted work to date. Since then, it's been adapted into video games, a live-action film, and is about to get a new anime series.

Taking place in a small Japanese coastal town that's plagued by a curse that manifests itself as a spiral, the collection is an anthology of sorts that details the ensuing events as the curse take hold.

From a girl who's face becomes a spiral, bodies entangling together, people turning into snail monsters, and bloodsucking pregnant women, this entire list could've been based on this series.

There's no better introduction to Uzumaki, though, than its first chapter, which centres around protagonist Kirie's father as he develops an unhealthy obsession with spirals.

His fascination begins innocently enough through collecting items with spiral patterns; but as his obsession grows he begins altering his body to become a spiral himself.

His perseverance pays off as his efforts are revealed in true Ito fashion. Discovered by his family in a wooden tub, he succeeded in mutilating his body into a spiral, stretching and crushing himself into an almost unrecognisable mass of flesh.