Foreign Horror Recommendations?

[ferretchucker]

The Spanish language version of Dracula (1931) is pretty decent. I prefer the performances in the English language version, but the Spanish one is famously artistically superior. Granted this is a US made film, but it's not English language so I count it.

[Giganticface]

Originally Posted by neverending

http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52522

Sweet, a thread I haven't stumbled upon yet! I've seem about half of them, but there's plenty there for exploring. Thanks!

Originally Posted by roshiq

Here are some recommendations from recent years...I just love them all:

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Yeee-haw! Gold mine! Thanks, roshiq. Plenty here I haven't seen, especially from countries with a less active horror trend (Portugal, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands). Based on the quality of the ones you mentioned that I have seen, I have high hopes for the ones I haven't.

[horrorwimp]

Originally Posted by shadyJ

It sounds like your in the mood for more modern horror. A fantastic Japanese horror film that took me by surprise a few years ago is called Pulse aka Kairo. In the Japese horror genre about haunted 'stuff' like Ringu, I think it is by far the best. It is streaming on netflix. Another movie you might check out is a Hungarian movie set in a messed up subway called Kontroll. It's a horror film but not really a hardcore splatter film. Its really well made, been a few years since I seen it, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit. Definitely worth checking out.

I enjoy a lot of modern horror, but my favorite sub-genre of all times is definitely the Italian Giallo. However, I really enjoyed Pulse! It scared the shit out of me and I don't think I'll be leaving my computer on at night anymore...

I'm watching Kontroll tonight. Thanks for the great recommendations!

[horrorwimp]

Originally Posted by TheFext

Inside is a great french movie. Very disturbing and gory but still suspense as hell.

Hmmm, i will check it out.

Do you happen to know of any other french horror film that is more in the style of "Eyes Without A Face"?

[horrorwimp]

Originally Posted by AmericanIdiot

check out The Butcher. Its on netflix. The one with the picture of te man with the pig mask on.

thanks for the rec! it was a bit too gory, but still really good. :)

[neverending]

I highly recommend any film by Jose Mojica Marins, Brazil's only horror film director. Pure insanity.

[horrorwimp]

Originally Posted by neverending

I highly recommend any film by Jose Mojica Marins, Brazil's only horror film director. Pure insanity.

Oh shit! I'm actually a big fan of Brazilian Cinema as a whole, but I never explored any horror films. I'll definitely check him out too. Do you know of any other latin american directors who are lesser known but still pretty talented in the horror genre?

Originally Posted by roshiq

Here are some recommendations from recent years...I just love them all:
Cold Prey I & II (2006-08) [Fantastic Norwegian Slashers]
Gen (2006) [A solid psychological thriller from Turkey]
Coisa Ruim aka Blood Curse (2006) [A twisted-gripping Portuguese Horror flick]
The Orphanage (2007) [My most favorite Horror movie from last decade: 00-09]
The Chaser (2008) [Highly gripping Serial killer flick from South Korea]
Sauna (2008) [A stunning period-war horror-drama from Finland]
Loner (2008) [Another good K-Horror]
The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (2009) [A sad but brutal 'snuff' flick from Serbia]
5150 Elm's Way (2009) [A highly engaging French psychological thriller from Canada]
Cold Fish (2010) [Japan] Gory psychological action-thriller
Confessions (2010) [Gripping revenge drama from Japan]
Dream Home (2010) [Hong Kong]
No Mercy (2010) [South Korea] A solid bloody revenge thriller from Korea.
I Saw the Devil (2010) [South Korea] ^^
The Silent House (2010) [psychologically twisted a POV-One shot(!) haunted house flick from Uruguay]
Isolerad aka Corridor (2010) [A Swedish psychological thriller with Hitchcockian flavor!]
We are what We are (2010) [A cannibalistic Horror-drama from Mexico]
Bedevilled (2010) [A bloody-beautiful revenge flick from South Korea]
Revenge: A Love Story (2010) [A brutal revenge action-thriller from Hong Kong]
Black Death (2010) [Britt period Horror]
Kalevet aka Rabies (2010) [A solid horror-thriller from Israel]
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010) [Quite an interesting Horror-fantasy from Switzerland!]
Wake Wood (2010) (A decent Britt Horror flick]
No Reason (2010) [A pretty weird & brutal flick from Germany]
Rammbock (2010) [A decent German Zombie flick]
Sleep Tight (2011) [Spanish Psycho-thriller]
Harold's Going Stiff (2011) [A beautiful Britt Zom-com]
The Devil's Business (2011) [A gripping Britt horror-drama]
Livid (2011) [A French horror-fantasy from the makers of INSIDE]
The Cat (2011) [Another beautiful K-Horror]
Juan of the Dead (2011) [A decent Zom-Com from Cuba]
The Skin I Live In (2011) [A bit shocking Spanish thriller]
Taped (2012) [A Dutch tourist-survival thriller]
Fairytale aka The Haunting of Helena (2012) [A decent Italian Horror flick]
Don't Click (2012) [Another typical but entertaining K-Horror]

This was one of the greatest lists I've ever been gven! Thank you for the descriptions too! I'm going to have a very good and scary November-ween. Gracias!

Originally Posted by Anthropophagus

Some great choices by Rohig there and one that stands tall is I Saw the Devil,a tour de force of a movie.

I've seen this film already and it really was amazing. I think it actually lived up to the hype that people had made around it.

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

The Spanish language version of Dracula (1931) is pretty decent. I prefer the performances in the English language version, but the Spanish one is famously artistically superior. Granted this is a US made film, but it's not English language so I count it.

Hmmmm, I'll check this out. Some early horror is fucking scary, like Nosferatu. That movie scared the shit out of me, and all because it was filmed in an artistic way.

[neverending]

Mojica has directed many films, all bizarre horror.

[shadyJ]

Originally Posted by horrorwimp

I enjoy a lot of modern horror, but my favorite sub-genre of all times is definitely the Italian Giallo. However, I really enjoyed Pulse! It scared the shit out of me and I don't think I'll be leaving my computer on at night anymore...

I'm watching Kontroll tonight. Thanks for the great recommendations!

If you like Giallo, you may enjoy Kontroll. One heavily giallo styled film I saw recently was a crazy little Japanese ditty called Evil Dead Trap. I was so impressed with it that I gave it a small review here.

[Disturbia]

High Tension. Such a twist.