Don't think I could stomach that one it looks god awful.

V's new Asian horror venture made me think of this:

A few of the very best Asian horror films (and, go figure, all three have been released by Criterion). If you haven't seen these, do it! Especially if you're submitting a list to the Asian horror top 100.

Kwaidan (1964)

From Criterion.com:

"Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish, widescreen production drew extensively on Kobayashi’s own training as a student of painting and fine arts."

http://eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/images/.../kwaidan/1.jpg


Jigoku (1960)

"Shocking, outrageous, and poetic, Jigoku (Hell, a.k.a. The Sinners of Hell) is the most innovative creation from Nobuo Nakagawa, the father of the Japanese horror film. After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he is plagued by both his own guilt-ridden conscience and a mysterious, diabolical doppelgänger. But all possible escape routes lead straight to hell—literally. In the gloriously gory final third of the film, Nakagawa offers up his vision of the underworld in a tour de force of torture and degradation. A striking departure from traditional Japanese ghost stories, Jigoku, with its truly eye-popping (and -gouging) imagery, created aftershocks that are still reverberating in contemporary world horror cinema."

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/3743/jigokucd7.jpg

and my favorite of the three,

Onibaba (1964)

"Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. Forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, they dump the corpses down a deep, dark hole and live off of their meager spoils. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from the skirmishes, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals the trio’s horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, Kaneto Shindo’s chilling folktale Onibaba is a singular cinematic experience."

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/sites/...es/onibaba.jpg

Enjoy!

I'm not really sure wether this has already been recommended or not (it probably has).

But I have to recommend REC to all of you. This one blew me away, like no zombie movie ever did. Loads of atmosphere & scares. And the fact that it's a foreign movie only makes it better in my opinion.

I've also been told that the remake Quarantine is quite good aswell.

There have been so many good recs in this thread that it would be a shame if fans of good cinema around the world skipped pages upon pages to look for them.

So I ll try my best to maintain a list of all recs in the first post on the first page of this thread for as long as it will let me edit the first post.

Keep the recs coming, folks! Wonderful work so far.

Ah, V. That's brilliant.

Okay, so I know this isn't a film (is that even an explicit rule in this thread?), but I want to take some time to recommend a television show:

Breaking Bad

http://www.bannerblog.com.au/news/pi...in_bafd_bb.jpg

Absolutely, without a doubt, the best TV show I've seen in years. Great, unpredictable writing, solid performances, unique take on the familial, etc. etc. Incredibly original and flawlessly-written/performed program.

I can't recommend this show strongly enough. New episodes start next Sunday!

It's interesting you mention this show since in the latest EW Magazine, Stephen King wrote about how amazing this show is. I think I will check it out since his recommendations also led me to watch Prison Break.

Mr. King is absolutely right.
Seriously, do yourself a wonderful favor and check it out. The first season was only 7 episodes long and the season 2 premier was this past Sunday, so there's not much catchup to do.

It's on AMC, Sunday nights at 10/9 central.

A couple of weeks ago I watched a documentary called "In God's Name". VERY interesting and very well done. As I figured it would be as it was done by the Naudet brothers, the filmmakers of the documentary "9/11". Below is the Netflix description:

"Asking important questions about the nature of God, this National Geographic program compiles interviews from a range of religious and spiritual leaders around the world, adding the perspective of everyday people to paint a global portrait of faith. Topics covered include: Who or what is God? What is death? What is worth dying for? And how can we explain fanaticism and violence waged in the name of God?"

And here's the review I wrote:

"This is a wonderfully informative and interesting documentary. I figured it had to be, coming from the Naudet brothers, as I was so impressed by "9/11". It's a completely unbiased portrait of various religious and spiritual leaders around the world, each giving their personal thoughts on various topics. I put this in my queue because I wanted to see what Bishop Mark Hanson of the Lutheran church had to say since I'm Lutheran. I must say, I was very impressed by him. What a cool dude! There were also some religious and spiritual leaders I had never heard of (Amma being one of them) that I immediately looked up on the internet. Even if you're not religious or spiritual in any way, I think you would find it interesting. If you are, definitely put this in your queue - you won't regret it!"

I just added it to my Netflix Queue and it has a "very long wait" on it. I think the word is out about this show. :)