foreign horrors

[texas]

hammi just made a topic like this about zombie movies but
does anyone have any suggestions for some good foreign horror movies i can watch
because im sick of american horror

[psi43]

I think Hostel is American but it's pretty nice anyways.

All of them.

[bcube]

I saw hostel and thought it was boring ):

I would suggest The Eye or something.
I liked it.

or The orphange but thats not too much of a horror flick.

[texas]

the orphanage was good even though it wasnt much of a horror
i loved the opening credits

[cr0m]

tha langolierz

[sQueef]

watch some bollywood
foreign horrors haha im punny

[rtil]

chakushin ari "one missed call" - the original "one missed call" by director takashi miike. this film was recently turned into a horrible american remake

sympathy for mr. vengeance/lady vengeance/oldboy - not really horror films, but horrific in their own ways. a trilogy on revenge by korean director chan-wook park. sympathy for mr. vengeance is the saddest movie i have ever seen

the three extremes - three short films by takashi miike, chan-wook park and fruit chan

gin gwai "the eye" - good horror by hong kong directors the pang brothers. also recently turned into a horrible american remake

haute tension (high tension) - french horror/slasher

kairo "pulse" - creepy japanese horror .  awful american counterpart is a few years old and i hope you never saw it, it's a disgrace compared to this movie

soseiji "gemini" - weird but awesome story about a man who takes over another's after he unknowingly stole his past love. in fact every movie by this director (shinya tsukamoto) is pretty strange but he has a real knack for creeping you out. he is probably most famous for his adrenaline-rush psycho thriller cyberpunk movie "tetsuo", that sparked off a lot of strange japanese films

shutter - excellent thai horror by banjong pisanthanakun. very recently remade into a terrible american horror.

haze - another creepy and dark film by tsukamoto. the description says it best: "A man wakes up to find himself locked in a tiny, cramped concrete room, in which he can barely move. He doesn't remember why he is there and where he came from. He has a terrible stomach injury and is slowly bleeding to death."

here are some other foreign films that aren't horror but you should see anyway:

riri shushu no subete "All about Lily Chou-Chou" - i can't really describe this movie to you, it follows the lives of some troubled japanese students looking for meaning in their life. visually and story wise it's really beautiful. one of my favorite movies of all time

yôkai daisensô "the great yokai war" - not really a horror movie but directed by one of the japanese horror masters takashi miike. a really imaginative and fun film

xiang gang zhi zao "Made in Hong Kong" - HK gangster film about a guys' life that spirals out of control. kind of a drama/thriller, but a good movie. REALLY hard to find though

mou gaan dou "infernal affairs" 1/2/3 - infernal affairs is the hong kong crime trilogy that inspired the award-winning american film internal affairs. the 2nd one is the best imo

electric dragon 80.000V - short film about a guy that has electricity-fueled fighting powers and a pet lizard shop. probably the most amazingly ridiculous movie i've ever seen

bullet ballet - a movie that's really about the power of a weapon, a guy becomes obsessed with revenge and rage after his wife's apparent suicide by gun. guns are near impossible to purchase in japan as civilian firearms are illegal. he gets involved in a dangerous gang and his life takes a very different course. really good movie

battle royale - this japanese film i think is based off the comics and is actually very good. a story about survival and the true nature of humans

that's all i can think of for now

[bcube]

god damn, Im gonna write all these down and ask if my dad has em. They sound good

[Necronomitr0n]

oldboy

Didn't Cho watch that before he shot up everyone at v-tech

[Gerkinman]

Check out a korean movie called The Host.

[rtil]

oldboy

Didn't Cho watch that before he shot up everyone at v-tech

no clue

also change your sig, it's some leecher/bandwidth image

[Hammi]

I hate horror movies with spirits and haunted children, they freak me out.

[psi43]

fuck how could I forget about battle royal. That movie was awesome.

Are BR2 and 3 as good as 1?? Worth downloading?

[Necronomitr0n]

also change your sig, it's some leecher/bandwidth image

I don't know what those terms mean but ok!!

[FG_SPace]

fuck how could I forget about battle royal. That movie was awesome.

Are BR2 and 3 as good as 1?? Worth downloading?

BR2 is pretty much the same movie and isn't as good but still worth it if you like the first. 3 isn't

@rtil its based off a book not comics. there is a comic i think but it came out after the movies

[texas]

thanks rtil
thats a big list
ill check them out
ive seen all of the ones with terrible american remakes

also oldboy was wonderful
i liked the chinese and korean movies in the three extremes, but the japanese one was disappointing

[rtil]

yeah the japanese one was kind of boring and it was miike's surprisingly

[wps]

Check out a korean movie called The Host.

this

[billy]

oldboy

Didn't Cho watch that before he shot up everyone at v-tech

yes

and he recreated scenes in photographs that he sent to the news

also watch

ichi the killer

it's also by miike

save the green planet is also good

i ripped my dvd since it's hard to find and i'll send the avi to you if you want it

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

the host isnt really a horror film
its just a really good monster movie. its really good and sad though
but it has giant fish with legs

horror films you should see:




and even though they arent really scary just INDESCRIBABLY VIOLENT, I suggest seeing the Guinea Pig series of horror films.
The easiest one to find is "Flower of Flesh and Blood" but there's a good handful more.