Well, it took me a while to decide between a German Film Festival and an Asian Horror Movies Festival, but in the end, the horror man in me prevailed, so here I am. Asian countries, like S. Korea and Japan have proven that they can deliver horror movies superior to most stuff made in Hollywood nowadays and now, Hollywood caught their formula with remaking movies like The Ring and The Grudge. This festival will deal with the original products, though.

Here is a short list of movies in question:


Ju-On: The Grudge
Ju-On: The Grudge 2
Ringu
Rasen (a.k.a. Ring 2: Spiral)
Ringu 2
Ringu 0: Bâsudei
A Tale of Two Sisters
Dark Water
Versus
Audition
The Eye
The Eye 2
The Twins Effect
Kairo
Bio-Zombie


If you have further suggestions, go ahead and tell me.

*Participants so Far*
Dr. Lecter
Zingaling
makeshift_wings
jenniferofthejungle
MASSIVEminiature

Lol. Lecter, can the "In the Realm" films count as horror? They certainly were horrific.

This film festival is going to be the death of me. Literally....

All this horror and I'm so wimpy with the gorry phantasms.

Had I but known...

-Dolce

Thanks for hosting Lecter!

After those you should be tough as nails!

So, can I count you in, mademoiselle?

Not many fans of Asian horror, eh?

Makeshift, Zingaling, Terminator1997, where art thou?

I will procur them by tonight. Ringu is such a big movie that I'm *this* close to watching it myself. Just have to build up the courage first. :wink:

-Dolce

Sign me up, Lecter!

Hey hey, who edited my thread for the "participants"?

Hey Lecter! Glad you decided to go with Asian horror. I'd love to join.

Cool makeshift!


By the way, your best avatar so far was the one from Army of Darkness, by far!

I wanted you to realize people were signing up. I've been updating all the threads that way. I will stay out if you like and you can maintain it.

-Dolce

Nono, I was just wondering Good job, dolce.

I know, I know. I just wanted people to get excited about The Grudge, too.

I still need to see the original Ju-On. I'm going to rent it later this week. I heard people were screaming during it...

By the way, have you seen Dark Water yet?

Yes, I have. Great stuff. Pretty damn scary.

Actually I thought its scare level was overrated. It was a well-made movie as such, but only one scene made me jump (water out of the elevator ) I am looking forward to the remake, though.

I have Ju-On: The Curse and Ju-On: The Grudge. I am a fan of Asian horror. I also have:

A TALE OF TWO SISTERS
DARK WATER
VERSUS
THE EYE

You can add my name to the list if you have space for me.

No problem, you're in!

When you mean *have*...do you mean *own*?

As in, you watch regularly???

Eek.

-Dolce

P.S. Where is the horror king Baumer!

Yes, I regularly watch Asian horror and I bought those all on ebay.

Yes, I regularly watch Asian horror and I bought those all on ebay. [/quote]



*slowly back away from yet another horror film afficionado*

Nice to see you peeking into this forum without me having to coerce you in my depsperate attempts to generate interest in foreign flicks Jen. You are going to love this festival, especially if Dan makes an appearance. Makeshift, Termi, and Lecter will LOVE this.

Welcome,

-Dolce

Meh, Terminator didn't even join it yet! :evil:

Thank you, Dolce.

Hello all, new here.

Just thought I'd jump right in...

I love the first Ju-On (The Curse). The second was very good but spent a tad too much time showing what happened in the first. I disliked The Grudge because it felt like an Americanized version of The Curse.

Dark Water is by far my favorite of all the Asian horrors I have seen. It blew me away, not only the scares (the elevator scenes, the tub, the girl under the desk and the tower...not to mention the freaky bag) but the emotion and heart that flick has. The ending left me drained...I loved it.

You mentioned most of the great ones I've seen other than Kairo (think head scratched like A Tale Of Two Sisters with an even more depressing feel), Bio-Zombie (think the original Dawn Of The Dead mixed with The Return Of The Living Dead) and The Twins Effect (Buffy The Vampire Slayer mixed with Blade 2: make sure you see this and not the reedited version retitled The Vampire Effect).

Nice to meet everyone!!!

Let me welcome you at the WOKJ boards! Don't be scared off by my all-hot avatar, I usually don't use it, but I thought it'd be appropriate for a horror movies festival.

So in the name of the whole WOKJ crew I want to welcome you here and I hope you will enjoy your stay.

Oh and thanks for your input in this thread. I will add the movies to the list.

*slaps himself on the forehead for forgetting The Twins Effect*

Thank you for the welcome, and fear not about your av, I used to spend the night with him all the time when I was a kid.

:wink:

I've seen many, many other Asian horrors but those were the cream of the crop. I could always name flicks like Uzumaki, Suicide Circle (or Suicide Club), Junk, Evil Dead Trap, The Happiness Of The Katakuris and many others that I kinda like or others like and I hate...I just hate recommending flicks I don't think are easily accessible, and most of those aren't. Hopefully we'll have time to discuss, debate and dissect many of them.