I liked that movie a lot too, and agree that the dinner scene was probably more unsettling than the violent scenes.


I've had this in my Netflix streaming queue for a while now, so it's good to hear someone recommend it. I guess it's time to watch it. :)

My last seen was Bedevilled, which I enjoyed for the discomfort it induced, but was left feeling a little dissatisfied at the end -- I think because I didn't like either of the two main characters much, and didn't care which one won, and didn't feel much when one of them did.

Before that I watched Kairo (Pulse), which had potential, but maybe to me that aesthetic is getting a little played out. It didn't scare me much, but probably would have liked it a lot more had it been a half hour shorter.

I'm currently in the middle of two Asian movies: Battle Royale, and Terrifying Girl's High School Lynch Law Classroom -- both of which I'm enjoying for the most part. I'll probably post in the "Last Seen Movie" thread when I'm done, probably after tonight.

407 Dark Flight (2012)

Silly haunted flight flick but not too bad, kinda funny at times.

>>: C

The Eye (2002)

Such an original and interesting story to this movie - really explores the extent of inhumanity that humanity is capable off, despite whether it is visible to us or not, it is nonetheless there.

Death Tube (2010)

A Japanese Death Game-Survival flick where a group of individuals wake up & find themselves trapped in small rooms & forced to solve puzzles in order to proceed closer to freedom. And the entire thing is showing & sharing with the world by real time footage on a youtube-like video hosting site named Death Tube. But unlike inventive traps (SAW) or mathematical puzzles (Cube), the games that the trapped bunch have to solve are just silly kids' games like hopscotch, hot potato, Rubik's cube, etc. The host or the villain is not some Jigsaw-esque madman or even a creepy puppet, but a few guys in yellow bear costumes who dance around like low-rent team mascots while the victims play out their high stakes games. The instructions come from an animated version of the bear who cheerfully explains the rules.

This film was fun to watch at times but there's no mystery to solve or interesting twists; just another movie about watching a group of people playing weird games in order to survive. And that would be fine if it was 75-80 minutes long, but it was just a hair under 2 hours. Bit oddly, there's also no IMDB page for this movie, even though it's been out for nearly two years and released on DVD through a legitimate Asian Movie distributor.

Anyway, overall nothing new, just an average time waster.

>>: C+

Blind Beast (1969). I wrote a blurb about it in this post in the Last Seen Movie thread. Overall, not bad.

Don't Click (2012)

Typical Asian horror flick but fairly entertaining. Recommended to my good friend, Angra.:)

>>: B

Hm... i'll take it. :cool:

Modus Anomali (2012)

A man claws his way out of a shallow grave and finds himself in the middle of a jungle. He can't remember anything, not even his name but uncovers evidence of a stunningly brutal murder and all sorts of grisly little clues start to pop up.

This is a nice little brutal thriller from Indonesia that at times reminded me of the Spanish sci-fi thriller Timecrimes or even to some extent, of Memento! For some trend in recent years, I guess Indonesia is trying hard to put their name convincingly on global genre-map and as an Indo-flick I must say it's clearly an impressive effort but not above few flaws. They shot the film in English language and though the actor on the lead did his best but the cast overall somewhat failed to deliver a satisfying job. There was a big 'twist' at the 3rd or final act but that truth behind the mystery didn't surprised me much.

>>: B

Marronnier (2004)

Marino is an average young Japanese girl. She likes hanging out with her friends and doting over her Marronnier doll. The doll, however, has been created by an evil genius that kidnaps women, uses a machine to turn them into wax and sculpts the wax into dolls in the deceased's likeness. But it doesn't end there. The mad doll-maker's assistant, Numai, is even freakier. He stalks Marino, kidnaps her (and her friends), fails to seduce her, gets rebuffed, laughs like a maniac, AND tries to melt them into wax!
But that's before his other doll 'creations' come to life for revenge!

Somewhat like a J-horror manga, this low budget flick offers quite a weird & interesting story, worth a watch for any ardent J-Horror fan.

>>: B

"Jigoku Kôshien" /Battlefield Baseball (2003)

I don't what to make of this movie, it as got to be one of the most strangest, weediest horror comedy movie I have ever seen.

The plot to this Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beating them

This movie like no other zombies, I have seen, the first part of the movie is with about the headmaster who is coaching baseball team, They going face the same Zombie team who killed his players in the last time,

which we see before the titles.
We do get see one gory death on scenes but all we see is the aftermath of the dead body parts torn off all over the place, he hated the fact it's same team again.

He one of funniest people in the movie, he had me laughing a number of times

also a New kids as come to the school who seem to be really good at baseball but he stopped playing and then he explains though song , yes a song!, how his dad died, in a very funny song!

As this movies goes on, it's gets weird and wearied and never stops at all until very last scene of the movie.

There some really funny moment in this movie, that I could not stop laughing and great jokes as well, worked really well. and I loved the ending of the movie, thought really classic ending and very funny!

The most bizarre, Horror, Comedy and I never seen anything liked this before!
I give this 9 out of 10

Let's see here. Just watched Coma, which is a 5 part made for TV mini series (can be found on Youtube people) with 5 different directors (one who has been around the block, 4 new and semi new ones) directing the 5 parts. Each part focus's on a different character and the end ties it all together. Rather interesting movie thing.

I've also watched 3 Extremes. I think I found this one the most...disturbing considering some of the story subjects but still good. Found the ending of "Dumplings" really disturbing and screwing with my writing. I did not need my character to suddenly decide that she didn't want the baby...and got rid of it rather messily.

Note to all writers: Don't watch a movie that will screw with your sense a little bit and then write. After no sleep for 24 hours. Your writing comes out twisted.

Anyways, I'm going back to hunting down the movie I've been looking for since sometime in 2012.

"The Pot" 2/10

One word. YAWN!!

Gwoemul / The Host (2006) A solid 7+

The last one I saw was A Tale of Two Sisters. Really great atmospheric ghost story. I give it an 8.5 out of 10.

The Echo (2004)

This is as been I on watch list for time and so as the remake even thought the plot sound so-what different.

First 20 minutes of the movie, It the look of it was bit too much like Dark Water (Which I only saw yesterday) but as carried on, it was nothing like Dark Water at all.

The story is a little predicable here and there but how they filmed this movie was great. they really manage to really creepy you out.

There not many Jumps scenes in this movie for one second and move on this
movie dose not want to scare you, it want to creep the hell out of you.

Some of those well really well shot and I was really creepy out in some scenes
the hair and the back of neck start stand up.

I really enjoyed how the story and movie came to a end,

Few thing could have been better, I could had better lead actor as Some of the acting wasn't great but it was more then watch-able.

I don't why but I do feel that some of subtitled didn't fit in right with some
of the scene.

This was one the best ghost stories I seen in a long time 8 out of 10

Black Rat. It's an odd little slasher movie with Western-style cliched characters like the tough guy, the nerdy guy, the mean girl, etc.

I just watched a film called Kyofu, which was crazy- it mixed experimental brain surgery, found footage, ghosts, suicide, and a cosmic creeping terror creating one bizarre movie. Only the Japanese could do this. I recommend it.

Battle Royale.

This is a good movie.

Infection.

8/10

pretty sure this is on netflix instant


will have to check it out

I just watched "Kuchisake-onna" (slit-mouthed woman) 1 & 2
The first one was pretty good, but the sequel (well, actually prequel) was surprisingly fantastic.

Has anyone seen "Battle Royale"? A chilling but beautiful Japanese horror film. The 1st foreign horror film I had seen and it's stuck with me...definitely recommend! :)

Is Battle Royale really horror? It's on my list to watch and it's on Fear.net.

Yes, it really is.

I saw it a couple of years ago and definitely had the impression that it was horror. I remember some gore, but a good movie. Talking about it now is making me want to watch it again. Might do just that actually!

"Sadako 3D" 3/10

Yes, Ringu Sadako. Yes, it was crap.

Probably Ju-on The Grudge (seen it a lot of times)

I learned only today that it isn't the first Ju-on movie - thanks Angra :)
I will have to hunt down the original two and the two shorts as well. I have been adding to my 'to see' list with movies from this thread, so thanks everyone!

Just read Gyo manga and discovered there is an anime version too.
It's really twisted.
I am a big fan of the artist's earlier work, particularly Uzumaki which also has a live action film.

Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman

This has a pretty cool ghost story but it would've been better if they had taken some time to build up the legend before jumping into the story. It's not really scary but it's creepy and kept my interest. The Slit Mouthed Woman is a really cool villain and i really liked the ending.

I just recently re-watched Meat Grinder. I believe it's a Thai film. Not one of the best Asian horrors that I've seen but it's still enjoyable.

Carved - Based on the urban legend of the slit-mouth woman. The atmosphere was creepy and the acting was good, but some people might get a little disturbed by the subject of child abuse.

White - A Korean flick about a girl band who does a song remake and who share a white "signature" wig. Incidentally, the wig is cursed and each girl dies weird deaths. I recommend it, if you can get past all the singing and fan girls.

I saw "The Raid", first time.
Not bad. Nice fight scenes. The three-way fight shit on what Star Wars offered us in the same.
Storyline was...errrr...not bad, I guess? Very simplistic.
Clearly the new "Dredd" borrowed quite a bit from this movie.

I read that a sequel set "two hours after the events in part 1" is coming out sometime in the next year.


I don't suppose anyone has seen an Asian film I've been wondering about...I was fairly young so don't remember a lot, but the plot involved a guy looking for his "lost" girlfriend. Spends the film searching for her, and when he finds her towards the end she's (I think) some kind've junkie and/or prostitute, doesn't remember him, and stabs him?
No idea what it was, but I was entertained enough.

"White", the Korean horror film. It was ok. Not particularly scary. I give it 2 out of 5.

Not really a movie, but on Youtube tonight I'm watching Tales of Terror from Japan. They're shorts (about 5:00 each). Creepy enough. Well done.

I finally got around to watching Thirst last night, really enjoyed it.

I know it's a bit slow and over-long for a lot of people but I didn't really find that, though I did stop it about halfway through to make dinner : )

Great story, lovely cinematography, decent characters and acting, quite a few laughs and several ewwwww moments, I found myself totally immersed in it.

Thirst is one of my favorite movies. I didn't think it was too long at all.
This morning, I watched a Japanese film called Versus. It was by the same guy who went on to direct The Midnight Meat Train and No One Lives.
It was a really fun action movie, kind of reminded me of Blade and Desperado. It was silly and over the top, and the plot progressively got weirder as it went along. It's not as bizarre as Tokyo Gore Police or Mutant Girls Squad, but I recommend if if you're a fan of Asian B movies.

A Tale of Two Sisters :eek:

Just finally got around to watching Oldboy last week. Figured I needed to see the original before I even considered watching a remake. It was amazing. The cinematography was great and the acting was impeccable. I know most people have probably already seen it, but I can't praise it more highly. It will take some amazing reviews of the remake for me to want to go see that one as well.

3 Extremes

Never disappointed with those.