Last seen ASIAN movie

[shadyJ]

I loved Pulse, in fact I think it may be one of the best modern horror movies. Sometimes ambiguity can work against a horror movies, sometimes it can work immensely in its favor, and for me Pulse very much did the later.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by shadyJ

I loved Pulse, in fact I think it may be one of the best modern horror movies. Sometimes ambiguity can work against a horror movies, sometimes it can work immensely in its favor, and for me Pulse very much did the later.

Agreed.

I think it's one of the best asian horror movies out there, containing one of the creepiest scenes in horror history. The ghost in the hallway. A classic.

[shadyJ]

Watched a Japanese anthology called Stories of Apparitions, also streaming on Netflix. Not bad, really, it had its moments. Like all horror anthologies, it had its hits and misses. Each story centers around a photograph that has a ghost in it.

The first story was about three young hikers who find the dead body of a man who had hung himself, and down at his feet is a strange photo with the words 'help me' written on back. As they try to leave the mountain, strange things occur. The next story is about a bizarre class photograph centering around a young girl who brings a curse to those pictured with her. The third story concerns a christmas party with some young teens and a Polaroid camera which has a habit of capturing unseen subjects. Interesting idea, but this was the weakest of the bunch by far due to terrible execution. A great movie waiting to be made about a Polaroid camera would be an adaptation of the Stephen King story 'Sundog'. The fourth story concerns a man who is secretly obsessed with a woman and takes hidden pictures of her but finds some kind of entity in the pictures with her. The final story has a young woman receiving a unexplained picture in the mail of a family photo with some kind of apparition behind them. The acquisition of this strange picture brings with it a curse which compels her to find the picture's origin.

'Stories of Apparitions' is a fairly routine Japanese ghost movie. It does not have a big budget, it is shot on video, but it looks more polished and professional than most video filmed movies, so I didn't find that detracted from this movie. It goes for the quiet creepy thrills rather than a loud, hectic scream fest. Some segments fair better than others. It is not up there with classics like Ju-on or Ringu, but I have seen worse from this genre.

[Khaleesi]

I just watched Marebito (2004). I really enjoyed the cross-cultural references to subterranean myths/legends and the Lovecraftian elements. Definitely a "slower" film, but it still held my interest. I only wish the main character spent a little more time underground, even if what he witnessed was only a delusion.

[shadyJ]

I watched The Chaser, a good Korean serial killer movie streaming on Netflix. I might not quite classify it as horror, but it certainly is bloody and brutal enough. An unusual story based on a actual Korean serial killer who was caught in 2004, and who wasn't caught by the cops but by a pimp who was tracking down his disappearing girls. Like many other Korean movies the tone shifts from comic to horror to tragedy to social commentary and so on. Korean movies seem to be dramatically sprawling in a way nobody else's movies are. I used to think their movies were just unfocused, but now I think it might be because they are taking a broader view of characterization. It's growing on me because many of these movies are entertaining as hell. Anyway I can easily recommend The Chaser as a unique and entertaining serial killer movie, it breaks away from so many of the genre cliches and has some terrific performances in it. It has a well paced plot with an involving story, and it is easy to watch, so give it a chance. If you liked Memories of Murder and I Saw the Devil, you will like The Chaser.

[Khaleesi]

Just saw "Cold Fish" (2010). I rather enjoyed the overly-gregarious serial killer. Geez, that guy must drink a lot of coffee, haha. Also, the ending reminded me a little bit of "Falling Down" with Michael Douglas.

[shadyJ]

29 February, an passable 2006 Korean horror film streaming on netflix. The movie is about a toll booth attendant who is targeted by a ghost of a serial killer that died on that location in a leap year Feb 29 some years ago. Now every leap year that ghost comes back and kills some toll booth attendants. It's basically another 'curse' type horror film, but with a twist in the end. Relatively high production values and some good performances make this film watchable. The story and script is competent in structure and pacing but it's fairly routine. The direction and editing could have been toned down a notch, but it wasn't terrible. It's not a boring movie but not at all scary or horrific either. So ultimately, as with all these aspects of this movie, you could do worse for a Asian horror movie about a curse, but you could easily do better as well.

[The Horror fan]

The Second Sight (2013)

Jet is a man who has a paranormal ability since he was born. But it makes him a freak among his friends.

First 10 mintues of the movie were so funny, I could not stop laughing, I don't know if it was some of the effects, or the thing that meant to be scary but look so silly and bad at times it's was funny.

I don't think 3D effect helped at all in 2D, as the 3D scenes looked really bad in 2D.

The rest of the movie was very strange in odd way, it was not boring, it flowed really well.

I enjoyed the twist and turns in the movie, thought they were decent, ending was very odd.

The acting was decent from the whole, the ghost in this movie, was okay but didn't find them scary at all.

I have no idea what to rate this movie, effect were really bad in 2D but I kind had soft spot for the plot and enjoyed the twist in this movie.

As the movie made me laugh, well for all the wrong reason, I going to give it a

5 out of 10

[shadyJ]

The Guard Post, also known as 'GP506', streaming in HD on Netflix. As with many other Korean movies, this doesn't feel very focused. Horror, Drama, a whodunit mystery, a disease outbreak movie... All told, not a bad movie though. A military squad is sent to a guard post on the DMZ to investigate the murder of all the soldiers posted there save for one guy covered in blood and holding an axe. A dark and somewhat gory film, it is handsomely produced and acted and was clearly working with a decent budget. It was paced well for the mystery aspect, but I found many of the character's decisions frustratingly illogical. I suppose it could be rationalized that they weren't thinking straight by suffering from a behavior-altering viral infection. If you want to watch a movie about mounting paranoia by a group of men stationed in a remote outpost a la 'The Thing' this isn't a bad example of that genre.

[hammerfan]

"Reincarnation" for the umpteenth time.