Asian Horror Films

[palitoy]

>Also partial to the Hopping Vampire genre.

Like "The Kung-Fu Brothers vs the Seven Golden Vampires?"

Probably not, huh?

Nope, the only North American take on this trend I can think of was called "The Jitters" which was filmed in Toronto. Chinese Vampires hop because their feet cannot touch the ground. They can also be stopped by pieces of paper with incantations written on them, pretty neat.

I'm quite fond of The Bride with White Hair. It was so beautifully choreographed and lensed. Also the Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy that palitoy mentioned in the other thread.

Yeah, I love those movies and now am seeking them on DVD. It was weird watching Xena seeing whole scenes, even characters lifted but Riami/Taipert made no bones about their inspiration for the series.

[Goblin19]

Yeah, The Bride with White Hair is one of the better looking movies I've ever seen on the big screen. Audition certainly has a couple of very memorable scenes, though it's hard to make sense of it.

[ctc]

>Also partial to the Hopping Vampire genre.

Like "The Kung-Fu Brothers vs the Seven Golden Vampires?"

Probably not, huh?

Don C.

[samurainoir]

>Although I think there is an element of horror to it when you put children in this kind of danger.

I guess it depends on how you feel about children.... Still; it's tough to differentiate between "horror" and "thriller" sometimes, and this flick is no exception there.

So; has anyone here seen any of the oldschool horror films, like "The Bride With White Hair" or *shudder* any of the Japanese "Dracula" films? Or "Iron Man Tetsuo?"

...and would you guys consider the "DaiMajin" films horror? If so I like THOSE too.

Don C.

I'm quite fond of The Bride with White Hair. It was so beautifully choreographed and lensed. Also the Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy that palitoy mentioned in the other thread.

I liked Hiroku the Goblin better than the original Tetsuo Iron Man, and Body Hammer falls somewhere between the two.

Also partial to the Hopping Vampire genre.

[ctc]

>Although I think there is an element of horror to it when you put children in this kind of danger.

I guess it depends on how you feel about children.... Still; it's tough to differentiate between "horror" and "thriller" sometimes, and this flick is no exception there.

So; has anyone here seen any of the oldschool horror films, like "The Bride With White Hair" or *shudder* any of the Japanese "Dracula" films? Or "Iron Man Tetsuo?"

...and would you guys consider the "DaiMajin" films horror? If so I like THOSE too.

Don C.

[samurainoir]

I havn't seen them about yet although I was told that a film called "down to hell" was the first sequel.
Other films by the same director are worth checking out such as "Alive" and "Sky High"(not the disney superhero movie).
Battle Royale was a great movie...shame the sequel was not as good.
If you like asian movies have you seen "Shaolin soccer" and "Battlefield Baseball" or "Kung Fu Hustle" all great movies.
Strangely enough "Old Boy" is much much better than the original comic...which I picked up after seeing the movie...thats gotta be a first.

I saw Alive at the Toronto Film Festival a number of years back (I had seen versus there originally) and was hugely dissappointed with how the Two Guys in a Room scenario was handled (I couldn't help comparing it to Saw).

Love Stephen Chow, and Battlefield Baseball was gonzo fun.

I was dissappointed by the Oldboy manga as well. It's as if the story was too thin to stretch over so many volumes. The Battle Royale manga exceeded expectations. In many ways, I love the fact that we actually got to get to know all the other canon fodder better. The sequel was dissappointing.

[samurainoir]

>I'm quite fond of Battle Royale.

Another EXCELLENT film! Although I wouldn't call it a horror film. As a matter of fact I kinda wished for something like this back when I was in high school. (I think I woulda won too; uzi or no.)

Don C.

You are right. Not quite a traditional horror film. More of a film in the thriller vein. Although I think there is an element of horror to it when you put children in this kind of danger.

[ctc]

>I'm quite fond of Battle Royale.

Another EXCELLENT film! Although I wouldn't call it a horror film. As a matter of fact I kinda wished for something like this back when I was in high school. (I think I woulda won too; uzi or no.)

Don C.

[Bo8a_Fett]

I didn't know Versus was part of a Trilogy! Is the next film the flashforward to the future we see at the end of the film? Have the other films come out? What are they called?

I havn't seen them about yet although I was told that a film called "down to hell" was the first sequel.
Other films by the same director are worth checking out such as "Alive" and "Sky High"(not the disney superhero movie).
Battle Royale was a great movie...shame the sequel was not as good.
If you like asian movies have you seen "Shaolin soccer" and "Battlefield Baseball" or "Kung Fu Hustle" all great movies.
Strangely enough "Old Boy" is much much better than the original comic...which I picked up after seeing the movie...thats gotta be a first.

[samurainoir]

Rented The Host lately, its a really cool b-movie feeling monster movie.

The Host was a lot of fun. Great performance by the lead actor, who was also in the "Vengeance" Trilogy (not Old Boy, but Mr Vengeance and Lady Vengeance), JSA and Shiri.

[samurainoir]

Some great ones are:
R Point...south korea
Old Boy (not really horror but a great, great movie...part of Parks "Vengence trilogy")...south Korea
Ichi the Killer (again not horror)...Japan
Audition...Japan
Versus(1st part of the trilogy)...Japan

I haven't really seen R Point yet. Someone compared it to Dog Soldiers IIRC.

My favourite part of Old Boy would be the hallway tracking shot as he fights off dozens with his hammer.

Audition is definitely Takashi Miike's creepiest film IMHO.

I didn't know Versus was part of a Trilogy! Is the next film the flashforward to the future we see at the end of the film? Have the other films come out? What are they called?

I'm quite fond of Battle Royale.

I recently saw a pretty good (although predictable) one at the Toronto After Dark film Festival. It revolved around Simese Twins. Can't remember the name right now.

[palitoy]

>he raved about Audition. He lent me a copy but I've never watched it.

Watch it; it's a good one. Creepy on a few levels.

"Rust" isn't bad either.

Pretty sure he's gone on about Rust too. I'm not at all up on modern horror so I get lost in the conversation half the time.

[ctc]

>he raved about Audition. He lent me a copy but I've never watched it.

Watch it; it's a good one. Creepy on a few levels.

"Rust" isn't bad either.

Don C.

[palitoy]

Old Boy (not really horror but a great, great movie...part of Parks "Vengence trilogy")...south Korea

Yeah, it's terrific and quite unsettling. I couldn't figure out why Hollywood hadn't remade this movie, then I saw the ending.

I have a friend who is a huge fan of Asian horror and sees most everything, he raved about Audition. He lent me a copy but I've never watched it.

[Goblin19]

The Host was pretty good, but I thought it had a lousy ending.