eXcentris

I didn't think much of Kakashi. For "creepiness" I liked:

Uzumaki
Inugami
St Johns Wort, interesting visuals but the ending sucks.
Memento Mori
The Isle, slow but beautifully shot with some hard to watch stuff.
Dark Water
The Eye
Phone
Kairo (and Cure from the same director but not a horror film.)

Then you have your horror/gore/zombie stuff like:

Junk
Wild Zero
Versus
Evil Dead Trap

Trigger

Junk and Evil Dead Trap are both terrible IMO. I'd avoid them if I were you. Especially Junk...

harosa

JUNK is a great, zombie film, nothing groundbreaking but alot of goofy fun in the Return of the Living Dead vein.

dullboy

Check out Memories from South Korea. It's part of the Three series.

buckee1

All of the suggestions have been great! My credit cards are screaming for mercy but I want more!!!!

Keep em' coming!

Thanks so much everyone!

Tyler_Durden

Audition isn't strictly horror, but it's close and a masterful piece of suspense cinema all the same.

buckee1

OK,

The tally of what I have ordered so far is:

Ringu
Ring 2
Ring 0
Ring Virus
Rasen/Spiral
Audition
Uzumaki
Kairo
Kakishi
Dark Water

I'll be ordering:

The Eye
Phone
Inner Senses

Thanks so much everyone! If you have any other ideas, please post them!

Cheers,

Chuck

Trigger

Ring 0 is terrible
Rasen/Spiral I've wanted to see, but haven't found a DVD with subtitles
Kakishi was bad if I remember correctly

The rest is good stuff.

Try Audition as was stated earlier.

cinemaman

Trigger. I couldn't disagree with you more. I thought Ring 0 was a masterpiece - it literally moved me to tears. I know I am not alone either...http://www.zombiekeeper.com/reviews/ring0.html


Rasen, on the other hand, has been trashed by every reviewer I have ever read - but I haven't seen it...

sandman1

I think Audition and The Eye are real masterpieces, Inner Sences is great, Ring movies are very good, and Uzumaki is pure crap. I'm yet to see the rest of the list (have most of them, but no time to watch).

For a mere feast of violence where blood splurs in all directions defying gravity, Ichi The Killer can not be beat, IMHO. The film doesn't make much sense, if any, but is very atmospheric. Oh, and regarding great films that don't make any sense but are still worth watching - Battle Royal is one of them, you might want to add it to your collection.

gabegarwick

To each his own. I really enjoyed Uzumaki. Not for a horror film though, it's more just a weirdy feeling thing. Progressively more campy and twisted towards the end. (pun intended)
Cheers,
Gabe

dsmith_88

I love horror movies and have seen most of them here in the states, what are some good ones from overseas (japan, korea, hong kong, etc)

Romero

Are you more into a camp type feel or legit try to scare you horror?

dsmith_88

probably trying to scare me, i also like zombie movies alot, if thats any indication


EDIT: I really like bloody, gory type movies too.

Romero

Here is the list to get you started. Though asian zombies that scare is not all that common from what I have seen.

Versus Battle of good versus evil. With zombies that get guns.
Biozombie I expected this one to be crap, but it is a funny zombie movie.
Junk A mix of reservoir dogs meets zombies.
Stacy Teenage high school zombies. Region 1 out there I think

Then you have the what everyone has Ringu. Not one of my favorites, but alot of people love it.
Ju-On the grudge. Probably one of my favorites. It is a ghost story. Where the ghost follows you. More specifically people in your life, and kills them.
Dark Water. If you enjoy Ringu. You will prob enjoy this one.
The eye. I consider it a mix of the sixth sense meets final destination.
A tale of two sisters. Korean movie that gets compared to sixth sense.

A real short list, but somthing you can get your feet wet with.

ellone

For a gory movie try Evil Dead Trap.

dsmith_88

thanks for the list, i kinda figured that asian zombie flicks werent all that common , what are some good sites to buy asian dvds from? thanks for all your help so far

Romero

My first choice for any other region dvd if he has it is www.xploitedcinema.com Xploited has the absolute best customer service. I can not say enough good things about xploited.

Then you have Diabolik http://www.diabolikdvd.com A bit pricier than xploited, but it has a good selection. I tend to go there since you are typically at the very least garunteed subtitles.

Edit: I hope you enjoy the asian Horror genre as much as I do. I have a hard time watching U.S. horrors now. They seem to almost always fall flat.

dsmith_88

thanks alot for all your help, im getting quite tired of american horrors too, and thought it was time for a change

Romero

You can pick up Biozombie in the us. The same for the eye and ringu. I would give those a try to start with. Then move onto a region free player if you don't have one already.

DVD Smurf

Kwaidan: CC
Tell Me Something (a la Silence of the Lambs, love the elevator scene.)
The Eye (it was good)
Audition

RichDB10

Not horror in the strict sense but how about a horror/comedy, with Zombies from the director of Versus

Battlefield Baseball

http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/battbase.shtml

Available on DVD in Japan :-

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BBBJ-3963
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BBBJ-9092

taxidriver6

Tell Me Something
Ring
Ring 2
Tale Of Two Sisters (Korean)
Audition (or most anything by Takashi Miike for gore aand plain craziness)
Ju-On The Grudge
Phone
The Eye
Say Yes
Evil Dead Trap
Dr. Lamb
Ebola Syndrome
Dead Waters
Angel Dust

jtkv

others from Hong Kong:

Inner Senses
New Blood
Horror Hotline: Big Headed Monster
The Imp

Also check out the Mr Vampire series from HK!


If you want gore:
Ichi The Killer - Japan
Dead Alive - older New Zealand movie (or is it Australian)



J.T.