What Is Your Favorite Horror Movie?

As I got older, I noticed USA scary movies are like chump change. Nothing too horrific about it usually due to legal restrictions I think.. Silent Hill and Hostel are fairly decent.

Real horror, asian is where it's all at.

Aside from Ju on (Grudge) and Ring which both have critically unfavored watered down american versions.. there's a couple of asian ones that weren't as large on the US market.

Audition (1999) - Ôdishon (1999)
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One critic who saw this in Japan during a screening, literally jumped up and called it "evil" and walked out the theater.
 
naisho said:
As I got older, I noticed USA scary movies are like chump change. Nothing too horrific about it usually due to legal restrictions I think.. Silent Hill and Hostel are fairly decent.

Real horror, asian is where it's all at.

Aside from Ju on (Grudge) and Ring which both have critically unfavored watered down american versions.. there's a couple of asian ones that weren't as large on the US market.

Audition (1999) - Ôdishon (1999)
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One critic who saw this in Japan during a screening, literally jumped up and called it "evil" and walked out the theater.
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Don't say more about Audition to us who are going to watch it :) Sounds like a must see.

Almost ordered that one once, but ordered a Japanese(Korean?) movie called Kairo(aka Pulse) instead, as it got an award at the Cannes International festival or something like that. Kario is a unique, disturbing movie with some scary sequences, a bit insane, but not hardcore nasty like Ju on.

I wonder if there are older scarier movies made before The Ring, that is the first really scary asian movie I know of. I have seen some ghosts in older kung fu movies, that resemble ghosts in movies like "The Eye"(Thai), but kung fu is not horror.

Never seen a western movie that is up to par with the best of asian horror.
 
souggy said:
Asian horror flicks are ranked up there highly.

For some reason, Suicide Circle sticks out in my head.
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That sounds like another movie I defenitely not is going to watch alone in the basement a late night in fall. :)
 
flip said:
Don't say more about Audition to us who are going to watch it :) Sounds like a must see.

Almost ordered that one once, but ordered a Japanese(Korean?) movie called Kairo(aka Pulse) instead, as it got an award at the Cannes International festival or something like that. Kario is a unique, disturbing movie with some scary sequences, a bit insane, but not hardcore nasty like Ju on.

I wonder if there are older scarier movies made before The Ring, that is the first really scary asian movie I know of. I have seen some ghosts in older kung fu movies, that resemble ghosts in movies like "The Eye"(Thai), but kung fu is not horror.

Never seen a western movie that is up to par with the best of asian horror.
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Some of them are really good. I might have to rewatch a few because it's been quite awhile.. :sadwave:

You know that feeling? You've forgotten a movie because it's been some time. But once you rewatch it you know what's going to happen as you are refreshed with the plot.
 
naisho said:
Some of them are really good. I might have to rewatch a few because it's been quite awhile.. :sadwave:

You know that feeling? You've forgotten a movie because it's been some time. But once you rewatch it you know what's going to happen as you are refreshed with the plot.
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Yes know the feeling!

Will check out Audition and Suicide Circle when in Hong Kong next month.

Do you guys know of asian action/drama/comedy movies that are good, not just good to be asian?
 
flip said:
Yes know the feeling!

Will check out Audition and Suicide Circle when in Hong Kong next month.

Do you guys know of asian action/drama/comedy movies that are good, not just good to be asian?
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Hmm. Sometimes there might be culture clash. I don't really watch much of the drama / action, my relatives, family and most of the 1st generation asians watch all the old time dramas on TV that are about the Emperor dynasties, drama romance and fighting in that kind of stuff. I don't really watch it. :lol:

It is like House of Flying Daggers movie but more talking scenes for the TV shows.

Comedy, Jackie Chan has older ones before he came to USA. A few to name: City hunter, Police Story + all the followups. Pure action is all Jet li movies. :P. Andy Lau has some OK drama but I dunno if his movies are all subtitled. "Needing you" is subtitled tho, and it is also avail on Netflix.
 
naisho said:
Hmm. Sometimes there might be culture clash. I don't really watch much of the drama / action, my relatives, family and most of the 1st generation asians watch all the old time dramas on TV that are about the Emperor dynasties, drama romance and fighting in that kind of stuff. I don't really watch it. :lol:

It is like House of Flying Daggers movie but more talking scenes for the TV shows.

Comedy, Jackie Chan has older ones before he came to USA. A few to name: City hunter, Police Story + all the followups. Pure action is all Jet li movies. :P. Andy Lau has some OK drama but I dunno if his movies are all subtitled. "Needing you" is subtitled tho, and it is also avail on Netflix.
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Ok. I heard rumors about korean comedies beeing good but never watched them. Looks like it's some cultur clash going on here, like you say.

Kung Fu Soccer was good btw. Also Battle Royale. Watched a cool korean action movie once, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. A deaf guy in the leading role, mean and tough. Never seen deaf players that way in "western" movies, but the plot was just ok.
 
Oh yeah! I forgot. There is a deaf japanese movie called "A scene by the sea"
Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (1991)
The director is the same one for Battle Royale (Takeshi Kitano) - he's also directed Battle Royale 2, Brother, Kikujiro no natsu as a few to name.

Yes, Kungfu soccer was great. :)
 
Ghost Ship was a good one....then Rosered then "The Mist"...i guess i could add on more later but right now i cant think of anything else..
 
naisho said:
Oh yeah! I forgot. There is a deaf japanese movie called "A scene by the sea"
Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi (1991)
The director is the same one for Battle Royale (Takeshi Kitano) - he's also directed Battle Royale 2, Brother, Kikujiro no natsu as a few to name.

Yes, Kungfu soccer was great. :)
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Wow, didn't know that he did a "deaf movie" too. Must check out that one.

Would love to watch a asian horror movie with deaf players :) That would be scary, like "that could happen me"..
 
Oh I have so many.... I'm Horror Fan

Storm of the Century
The Stand
Freddy Vs Jason
Nightmare on Elm Street
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Alien Vs. Predator
Drag Me to Hell
American Haunting
A Haunting in Connecticut
Sleepy Hallow
30 Days of Night
DayBreakers
Final Destination series
Rest Stop
Rest Stop 2

None of them are scary to me... I rarely get scared from horror movies.... But I enjoy them... they are so good...

Only two movies scares the crap out of me and I refuse to watch them ever again:

Dog Soldiers

Hostel
 
~*Kaelei*~ said:
Oh I have so many.... I'm Horror Fan

Storm of the Century
The Stand
Freddy Vs Jason
Nightmare on Elm Street
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Alien Vs. Predator
Drag Me to Hell
American Haunting
A Haunting in Connecticut
Sleepy Hallow
30 Days of Night
DayBreakers
Final Destination series
Rest Stop
Rest Stop 2

None of them are scary to me... I rarely get scared from horror movies.... But I enjoy them... they are so good...

Only two movies scares the crap out of me and I refuse to watch them ever again:

Dog Soldiers

Hostel
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May I point that Terminator 2: Judgment Day isn't one of the horror movies? :hmm:

I checked the internet movie database, it is action genre.
 
I don't do much horror movies; especially with lots of blood; kinda pointless. Tense movies are great though.

The Ring
Hostel 1+2 (a little too much, but it seemed so believable and good direction)
28 Days later/28 weeks later (some zombie films are great)
Sleepy Hollow
White Noise (in the dark by yourself on a small screen will make you jumpy)
 
I really liked:

'Paranormal Activity' (2009)
'Thirst' (2009)
28 Days Later
The Ring (Both American and Japanese version)
Ju-on (The Japanese version)

but "Alien" is my all-time favorite. I know it's part sci-fi but the title said it all "In space, no one can hear you scream".
 
I love all the SAW movies, but I don't really consider them horror since its more of a 'thinking' movie. But they all rock. I would have to say they are the only horror movies that haven't sucked after the first one. They plan on making 8 of them, I think, so hopefully they won't ruin it by the time they finish. I always go see the new ones at the midnight release with my bf (cause it was our first date) and then we buy it on vday, since they have released most of them around vday for fun. My mom thinks it morbid, but I really enjoy the movies. I just really hope they don't screw them up since they are making so many more.
 
Actually, SAW VII will be the last movie in SAW series according to IMDB.com.

My favorite horror movies:

Rob Zombie's Halloween
House of 1,000 Corpses
The Devil's Rejects
SAW Trilogy
28 days/weeks later
Disturbia
Pet Semetary
The Shining
Orphan
The Omen (original & remake)
Sweeney Todd
Repo! The Genetric Opera
Interview with the Vampire
The Lost Boys 1 & 2

I love zombie/hardcore gore films.
 
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