Ju-On: The Grudge
 

5/10

I had a less than spectacular time watching this movie. My biggest problem with this film was that it was told out of order which was somewhat confusing. It was probably because I didn't know it was told in a nonlinear way, and I had to look that up to see what the hell was going on. "The Grudge" isn't a terrible film. It favors dark hallways and creepy noises, something anyone can relate to, rather than excessive blood, but I couldn't find much to be scared of in this film and was bored most of the time. I must say, though, the scariest parts were the Hitori and Toyama segments. I might need to watch this again to get more into the film than I was last time.

Watched the first part last night, it was indeed another pretty decent horror flick from Indonesia. Found it on youtube but couldn't find the 2nd part with English subs so far. Have you downloaded the 2nd one? Then please share me the link. There's also a 3rd one btw.

I saw both on Youtube.

But the second movie only have a subtitled version in 2 parts where the second part is missing. That's the version i saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9Q2yTfncE

But it's only the last 15 minutes missing, so i found another version on youtube and saw the rest without subtitles.

lolz! I guess then the last 15 minutes are totally action packed with creepy stuffs. I found that upload too and not quite interested as the last segment was missing but now as it seems this is the only way available to watch this shit then I'll give it a watch soon. Thanks, man!::cool::

Yea, you can more or less figure out what's going on the last 15 minutes.

Couple Asian movies!
 

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Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S [ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ 東京SOS] (2003)
[*Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira Tōkyō SOS]

Special effects were sweet. Godzilla beating Mechagodzilla into a scrap metal. Is there anything that I wouldn't like? One of the Millennium-era movies.
(Japanese)

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Visitor Q [ビジターＱ] (2001)
[*Bijitâ Q]

Takashi Miike, he seems to give very mixed opinions and messages in his films... But, this was something, that I was kind of glad to witness. It was dark comedy, social commentary and it had very crooked plot.
About father who tries to make a documentary about violence and corruption of youth, but his family is not much better. We meet stranger, who just hooks up with family and is pretty okay for what is happening inside of closed doors. Includes whole bunch of taboos.
Recommended! (The beginning seems little slow, but it does not really matter, what will happen afterwards).
(Japanese)

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Pulgasari (1985)

One of the most infamous kaiju/monster movies of all time. Or anything that matter. Made by the help of, kidnapped director and his wife, who escaped from the clutches of North Korean government. I think story was that, Kim Jong-il was so big fan of the Godzilla movies, that he thought, that maybe his people needed something similar. IN THE NAME OF GREAT DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA!!!

So story goes like this. There is Korean people in agony and hunger. A big bad landlord takes all their metals/tools and food for his army. There is an old man, who rebels against the enslaving authority. He gets captured and dies. Before his death, he makes this clay(?) monster-thing.
His daughter gets this tiny statue, accidentally cuts herself, drops blood on it and it brings creature alive.
Creature eats only metal and later on joins on the side of the enslaved people. I really don't want to give anything up...
So, it has this propaganda going on, which is obvious if you know anything about the country where it came from.
Special effects are cheap, but I think, this was the "best" that they could come up with.
It really was, interesting piece about history of cinema and specially kind of history, where the country is very isolated.
Not really great movie, but check it out if you are interested!
(North-Korea)

Visitor Q was one of the most bizarre movies I've ever seen. Takshi Miike's films, for the most part, kinda turn me off. Audition is really the only one that I whole-heartedly liked.

Response.
 

Yeah, it was weird, not going to say "Oh yeah, this happens every day in my neighborhood." Haha!

Audition was good movie. Gotta love the last (30 minute? Last hour?) when things get really intense. That was a social commentary too. I think it's about, how women are seen and portrayed/treated in Japanese strict, conservative social molds and morals. In the end, life is hard both of them, male or female.
[No, I am NOT going to start gender-related conversation, which ends in wars against side or another. I have seen cases like that too much.]

But, hey horcrux2007, I respect your opinion! That's cool and stuff!

My Miike favorite is One Missed Call. Probably his most mainstream movie to date.

I haven't seen the original; I've only seen the god awful remake.

Brrrr... ::sad::

Response.
 

I remember having seeing it too. All I can come up with was, there was this phone ringtone, dead schoolgirls, pictures on the phone and in the end, corpse.
Ichi The Killer is not mainstream? Well, maybe not.
(Haven't seen GOZU [2003] yet. Or Dead or Alive: Trilogy. )

Oh boy. I only have heard about the remake and how bad it is. (What to expect?)

Kuntilanak 2 aka The Chanting 2 (2007)

Yup...not as good or effectively scary like the first one but this is a decent sequel at least. Sad, there's no English subtitle available for the 3rd part on youtube or any torrent sites yet. ::sad::

>>: B

I was wondering if anyone has seen "A Tale of Two Sisters". Is it anything worth watching?

It's one of the best asian ghost movies. In my asian top 3.

Ditto!::cool::

Ghost Of Oiwa (1961)

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Another classic film adaptation of the popular Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan. Nobuo Nakagawa's 1959 color version was more into horror & creepy but this is more of a drama than a horror flick. Still a good watch indeed.

>>: B+

I definitely list this as one of the Most Disturbing movies I've ever seen (along with Martyrs and Blue Velvet) - What I found really interesting about this movie is that it strives specifically to unnerve you in different ways -

You have psycho-sexual disturbing content, starting with the incest scene and you are confronted with other disturbing concepts, including violence and the violent scenes were played with humor, using violence to cut the intensity - Almost as though Miike was saying, "I'm going to create something so disturbing that THESE VIOLENCE SCENES will give you relief" If I recall. It's been a while and I'm not sure I need to see it again. Not that I think it's a bad movie; I just don't know if I need to feel icky like that again.

I used to have a thing for Miike -

• Audition is probably my favorite; that one I could watch again (though I did think that it dragged at the start)
• Gozu, at the time, I LOVED, but I remember very little of it (outside of it being very Lynch-like)
• Ichi the Killer I don't remember much of aside of the nipple-slicing - I think that what surprised me was that the movie focused on a character that I wasn't expecting to be the focus (that sentence probably didn't make sense...)
• One Missed Call wasn't bad, though if I recall it dragged a bit (and I thought that movies like Ringu and Ju-On did it better)
• The Happiness of the Katakuris - Er, I didn't really care for that one, but that could have been that I had really high expectations...
• I remember Zebraman being just OK
• And I think that I really liked The Great Yokai War
• His contribution to 3... Extremes is a brilliant and twisted horror short
• And I loved his Masters of Horror, "Imprint," though it shouldn't have been in English (the translation was bizarre)

The ending was a bit of a let down for me but otherwise I found it to be really genuinely creepy.

I watched the original Godzilla. I tell you what I think I just wasted a hour of my life.::mad::

I'll tell you what I think:

Godzilla is one of the most important horror films of the 50s, and is a brilliant piece of cinema.

Agreed!

Well your right, but the newer ones are pretty bad.

In the Realm of the Senses

6/10

If you like 'twisted', then you will like this one.

Rigor Mortis (2013)

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A beautiful modern homage to Jiangshi & Mr. Vampire films. Pretty entertaining & the best part is most of the major characters were well developed with emotionally moving contents. Loved it!

Recommended to NE, V, Ferox, Chrono & Angra.

>>: B+

I've tried to see that movie twice over the last half year. Each time i've only gotten 20 minutes in then I've lost interest. Goofy asian horror movies just ain't for me.

But thanks anyways.

P.O.V. - A Cursed Film (2012)

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After showing off the 3 video footage at the beginning, I thought it'd be another typical, creepy little Asian flick but I was wrong...to some extent, it's below average.::sad::

>>: C

Roshiq, what movie is this gif from?

http://giphy.com/gifs/horror-creepy-wtf-zTXBU8F8wqwRW

OMG! Haven't yet seen this super weird thing!::EEK!:::danger:

After a brief search on google, not though 100% sure but I think it's from Dark Tales of Japan!

Good job.

The hunt is on.

Any progress?::roll eyes::

Yes. Right now.

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...tales+of+japan

Back to back Turkish Double Bill: Dabbe 3 & 4
 

Being raised in a quite liberal Muslim community, the mythology of Jinns always fascinated me as I think there are many, challenging ways that a writer or a filmmaker can explore it interestingly. So I have been always eager to see films based on this strange & incredible mythology but after recently watching Jinn (2014) & Djinn (2013), I was pretty disappointed by both of them. Then lately, in a facebook group (created by some local movie lovers here) I found this recommendations of Dabbe series, a popular franchise from Turkey. The central theme of this whole series is about the Jinns & mostly their evil doings in our human world. So far there are 5 parts came out (2006-2014) & all made by Hasan Karacadag...an ardent 'Jinn-lover', Turkish director. Among the 5 parts, I've seen only the 1st part before and which was a pretty decent (& far better than American remake) adaptation of 2001 J-Horror masterpiece Kairo aka Pulse. What Mr. Hasan did there was he took the idea of 'ghosts' invading the world of the living via the Internet and then merging it with the doomsday aspect of their regional Jinn mythology...in D@bbe (2006), Jinns are invading our world via www(!) and it was all quite entertaining & creepy.

Anyway, though the 2nd part is available on youtube but without the English subs and I tried hard but couldn't find any English subs yet for Dabbe 2. That's why I followed the recommendation, downloaded & watched the later 2 available parts (Dabbe 3 & 4) with English subs.

Btw, the films aren't interconnected or not related with each other...each one offers their own, separate story just with a common theme of evil jinns.

Dabbe: Bir Cin Vakası aka Dabbe: A case of Djinn

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Though they have put several of its own elements into the plot but this 3rd installment in the series is actually a decently done Paranormal Activity rip-off!

>>: B-

Dabbe: Cin Çarpmasi aka Dabbe: The Curse of the JINN (2013)

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This is the best one! This 4th installment also filmed in found footage format but this time it comes with a more original, engaging and a better story. Unlike its former part, this time the setting is on a rural area of Turkish countryside which worked quite nicely with the plot line & to some extent, this sort of setting is actually more perfect for a more traditional & culturally rooted Jinn story like this time it offers. Moreover, as a foreign viewer this time you can also get the chance to look & have some idea about few areas of beautiful Turkish culture & their simple, friendly as well as changing lifestyle for a Muslim community. Though the length is more than 2 hour long but its got a good pace, characters & creepy set pieces from start to finish.

I enjoyed it & so recommending this to the found footage movie lovers.

>>: A-

The part 5 (Dabbe 5: Zehr-i Cin aka Dabbe: The Jinn's Poison) released in Turkey this September and hasn't yet released on dvd or become available with English subs.

Semum (2008)

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>>: C+

El Cin (2013)

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Another Hasan Karacadag's Jinn flick. Quite spooky at times but needed a better plot.

>>: B-

Occult (2009)

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>>: C+

A Tale of Two Sisters
 

I'll give this one more of a proper review here.

This movie almost requires a second viewing to see how good it really. The first time I watched this film, I was confused and lost, but I rewatched it, and the movie made more sense, and I saw how great it really was. It's not really a horror movie; it's more of a drama with some horror slipped in there. I was expecting more of a straight-up horror movie when I first watched it, which may be why I was slightly disappointed, but go into the movie expecting a more dramatic film, and you'll love it. The end twist definitely caught me by surprise too.

8/10

"Ju-on: The Beginning of the End" 6/10

A new Ju-on made by the director of "Shutter". FUCK YEAH, right?!! ::cool::

Wrong. This is the director behind the God awful american remake of Shutter. And for some odd reason this Ju-on centers around the hauntings of meow-boy, coz apparently the director thinks he is the scariest part about this franchise. He's not. He's painfully unscary, even when he kills people in all kinds of creative ways (and some less creative) he's still not scary. What a bad idea. And besides that i'm pretty sure ghostboy has grown since the first movie. How the hell is that possible?!!!

Oh well, even tho this is by far the worst movie in my favorite franchise it does contain its share of fun horror parts altho this story has nothing new to tell whatsoever. We've already seen the same story in the first 2 ju-ons. Only the kills are new. But not even all of them. Masayuki Ochiai, you remake freak. ::roll eyes::

Damn! I had (not high but) good hopes for it.::embarrassment::

Hey, it's not the worst asian horror movie you will ever see. You'll probably find it mediocre or rank it C.