Scariest Foreign Movies
 

I know there is a thread on this but I was unable to find it. Anyways what are the scariest foreign movies you have ever seen. I just rented Ju-On, Tale Of Two Sisters, and The Eye. Im about to watch Ju-On, I heard this outbeat Grudge by a longshot.

I liked "A Tale Of Two Sisters" a lot. It was a bit confusing though. Watch it, then dig up the thread I made about it in the J-Horror section.

Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) and Ôdishon (Audition) are both horrifying.

And of course the oh-so-creepy M (1931), one of the greatest films of all time.

You guys have to watch Art of the Devil I & II... the second I feel is better but they're both great fun. Can't recommend them enough.

Are you sure this is really worth to watched? Is this really scary?

Susssspiriaaaaa. *cue theme*

I haven't seen it yet, but I just found this review: http://www.monstersatplay.com/review/dvd/a/artdevil.php

the best foreign movie i have seen in a long time is pan's labyrinth, although it isn't strictly horror or scary for that matter.

What exactly is Koma and Suspiria. From the plot im reading for Suspiria it looks really gay.

"A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction"

No it's not "gay." That plot is just terribly written. Suspiria is a masterpiece.

Just watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6zJGUUiG0c

Suspiria would be my pick, I think it has the plot, acting, directing and soundtrack that creates the perfect terror.

Nah, it's not scary at all (Art the Devil 2 at least since I haven't seen the first one). Rather cheesy but there's some really violent torture scenes near the end of the movie. Far from a classic but it deserves to be seen.

I will try all the movies you have listed. Im looking for a "scary" movie more or less than a good/brutal/gory/masterpeice. I understand Suspiria is a "masterpeice" but is a it a good "freaky", "scary" movie. Im actually watching my first ever foreign film today, Ju-On. I saw the first half last night but I kind of fell asleep so I will finish it later today. First time Ive ever fell asleep watching a movie. It was late so thats probably why. Im trying to get the full affect by watching it at night. Im tryin my best here to get freaked out but I was disappointed with the first half. I heard it was better than the The Grudge and so far it isn't. Hopefully it will get better the 2nd half, we'll see.

if you prefer the grudge to ju on i will be very surprised. maybe the subtitles aren't doing it for you or you were too tired to start a movie that requires a bit of concentration but i would definitely advise watching it in the right frame of mind. you may just be depriving yourself of what is in most peoples opinions one of the greats. up there with suspiria, the exorcist, omen, tcm, alien etc, etc.

Well, I finished watching it. It didn't do anything for me. I think one main reason is because I have seen The Grudge well over 5 times and I saw Grudge 2 twice. So I think I'm just all around sick of the movie and Ju-On is similiar to Grudge so that is one huge reason. Subtitles actually didn't bother me as much as I had expected. One thing that bugged the hell outa me was every character looked the same. Maybe its just me but foreign people look the same to me. Obviously not identical but sometimes I didn't know who was who. I will admit Ju-On was better than The Grudge but it wasn't fantastic. Gotta love the stair scene. I just miss the days where I was so scared to watch the movie I had to look away or cover my eyes. I just want a movie that will do that to me again, sadly I dont think that day will ever come.

I am going to watch Tale Of Two Sisters in about an hour.

Not really scary but I did enjoy One Missed Call (original) and thought it had a great concept and great direction.

does the passion count as a foreign movie as it's in hebrew? its a great horror

Where do you get at Passion Of the Christ being a horror movie? I have seen this movie and it is far from that. This is an outstanding movie. If anything I would consider it falling in the "drama" category.

it falls into the category of judao-christian historical exploitation torture for the love of god put the fucking guy out of his misery was that a short appearance from beelzebub horror. at least, i think thats what it is. i'll be the first to admit its a niche category but you must concede it does have a lot of horror ingredients

Ichi The Killer i watch it for the 1st time today great movie

The Eye too.

Reading this thread just dropped my IQ by 12 points.

Some of the Scariest Foreign Movies imo:

The original Haunting

Ju-on

The Changling

The woman in Black

That seen in the Ring is the scariest single scene in foreign cinema and perhaps all cinema. Although, the first time you see the movie in the Grudge is right up there.

I just bought those movies off Ebay. I have not had a chance to watch them yet though.

As for scary foreign films, I assume you are meaning non American films as for me all American films are foreign. I would have to say Phone, the original The Ring movies and also give a honorable mention to the Cold Pray films form Norway, they are excellent slashers and will make you jump, there are three of them now.

I'm going under the assumption that these are non-American films as well. Where to start?

The Wicker Man
Profondo Rosso
Suspiria
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Who Can Kill A Child?
Tenebre
The Vanishing
Vault Of Horror
Audition
Battle Royale
Ringu
28 Days Later
Dark Water
The Devil's Backbone
Ju-On: The Grudge
The Eye
The Orphanage
Wolf Creek
The Descent
Let The Right One In
Eden Lake

I'm going old skool on this one (I'm also including UK movies) -

Nosferatu
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Vampyr
Les Yeux sans Visage
Mask of the Demon
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Hour of the Wolf
Viy
The Innocents
The Omen series

I just have to add 1920 a Indian ghost movie and the German The Lift to my list. I also second Nosferatu, that is a great movie and while it is very basic by modern standards it manages to be extremely creepy. I also think the Spanish version of the 1931 Dracula film should be mentioned, while it is made on the same set as the American film it is a all Spanish production and it is great.

Good call. Thought its popular with a lot of older buffs - it is an overlooked film.

I find it interesting that even so early in movie history they still did remakes. But I agree it is a far to overlooked film, and far to many vampire movie fans do not even know it exists, and that is a shame as it is definitely one to give at least one watch.

I though people might argue that its from the writren source rather than being remakes but there were close to 10 version of the Hound of the Baskervilles made before 1940. Thats before cinema was 4 decades old..

People moan about remakes - no new ideas etc but its always been the same....Ferretchucker has some quote from my Grandfather bitching about the Universal series in his sig...nothing changes...

It's true that remakes are nothing new, but the sheer volume of them in the past decade is unheard of. The 1980s had the second highest amount of remakes which was less than half of the 2000s remakes.

Let The Right One In
 

The Swedish movie "Let the Right One In", based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, was incredible. It's not the scariest movie I've ever seen, but the way he portrays vampires is awesome. It's a different perspective than usual. It's such a beautiful story, and with a very happy ending. His novel was published in 2005, then they made a movie in 2008. Now there is a new English version of the movie called "Let Me In"... it's not a complete slasher film, but if you're looking for an amazing story I highly recomend it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRRAEVHq8E

Well yes Spanish Dracula is more like a side production than a remake, but yes it is the same principle, make something with your language and which fit your culture better than a movie from another nation.

I think that the reason why we see so many remakes now is the economic crisis. After all a old movie already have a following who is likely to see a new version, whatever they like it or not, it is just safer to remake something than to gamble on something new when the money is tight.

Its true there is a huge amount of them being made but theres is also incredible increase in horror films being made right now too..Films are much cheaper to make now then they used to be. Hi quality DV is so cheap and the diting process is so much easier compared to film.

It would interesting to compare the amount of horror films made in the 80's compared to the naughties and what perentage are remakes.

I will try and do that; IMDB is acting up at the moment (apparently there were no horror movies released at these times!!:eek:).

Well what I can say is that horror movies while still seen as a bit of a guilty pleasure is gaining respect. More and more often horror films is at the Oscars. Perhaps there is just more money for monsters in this day and age, both for original films and remakes? Though I still hold that the bad economy that have been the last few years perhaps can explain some of why there are so many remakes.

Okay, you're right. The volume of films made in the 2000s also doubled so the ratio of remakes to original remained pretty much the same.

However, I'm still tired of remakes dammit!:p

I am fine with remakes as long as they also make completely new original movies. As long as they make more horror movies I am happy. But I do prefer originals to remakes, unless it is more Dracula movies, you can never have to many Dracula movies. :D