[Jagged]

Kwaidan, Onibaba, Uzumaki, and anything you can find by Takashi Miike whatever genre it is.

[kokumo]

The first 3 mentioned (asked the idiot), are they the names of films or the directors? 🙂

[Jagged]

They are films. the first two absolute classics of cinema from the 60s, the third a more recent piece of abstract (ie. don’t expect to work out what’s going on) Japanese cinema.

[Gabriel]

Some goodies from Japan, China, South Korea and Thailand:

A Tale of Two Sisters
Audition
Dumplings
Three . . . Extremes
Three (aka Three Extremes 2)
The Whispering Corridors series: Whispering Corridors, Memento Mori, Wishing Stairs and Voice
Jian gui (The Eye)
Jian gui 2 (The Eye 2)
Juon: The Grudge 2
Into the Mirror
Pulse
Bangkok Haunted
Phone
Rinne (Reincarnation)
Ryeong (The Ghost, aka Dead Friend) although be warned it’s like a compilation of all the best bits of all the other films listed here, so see it further down the line!

Check out the Snowblood Apple website

http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/index2.htm

for tons of useful info! After reading a review and deciding to try a film, though, check a couple of DVD news/review sites to ensure the DVD release is of decent quality: there are some terrible transfers out there!

Also be open-minded: Ringu got me interested in J-horror, which led me into K-Horror, the Chinese and Thai Horror and and also into dramas, epics, samurai films and comedies. Asian cinema is a breath of fresh air for those of us jaded by Hollywood and its remake factories!

[kokumo]

With the recent trend of americanizing pics like “Ju on” & “Ringu” we’ve been lucky enough to have a much wider mainstream exposure to the dvds from overseas markets whether its’ a re-issue of “Tetsu” or the original “Dark Water”. The few I’ve seen are quite intriguing. Anyone have favorite reccommendations.

[kokumo]

That’s a wonderful list! Have already enjoyed a half-dozen-or-so more mainstream entries & am loving the ghostly, ghastly ambiance of these fascinating films. Got a double feature of “Rasen” & “Infection” lined up for sunday afternoon.

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