The HDC Asian Horror/Exploitation Top 100 compilation

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We have compiled almost all sorts of Top 100 lists to represent our collective tastes in horror here at HDC.

But, one final compilation has still been elusive.

The Asian horror scene has been going strong for almost as long as US & British horror, since Gojira (or possibly earlier, if I am missing anything before it). It would be a crime to leave it unrepresented, and with horror fans really curious about which Asian horror flicks they should be checking out, I think this will indeed be a really worthwhile project.

With the support of all of you, Despare is willing to compile a Top 100 for Asian Horror, as chosen by HDC. I think most of us are well versed in this particular branch, and will do our countless Asian horror fans of the world a ton of good by suggesting 100 of the best for them to watch at any time of the day. So sit back with your thinking caps on, and send Despare your lists of around 20-25 flicks (at least 10), in your favorite order.

Despare is also open to all sorts of suggestions here.

Shall we do an alphabetical one, or go for #100 to #01, its up to you. Of course, you will be choosing Judges for this also, if it will be just an alphabetical compilation. If it is to be a Top 100 ranked list, your rankings of the movies in your list will be taken into account.

You can contact Despare via PM, or email him at his email addy.

The deadline for submitting your lists of recs is 01st March 2009, unless Despare extends it any further.

[bwind22]

I don't watch much asian horror. I've probably only seen 10-12 total. There's a grand total of 3 that I like and maybe 7-8 I thought sucked. My dilemma is this... I don't want to rank a film that I thought sucked #4 on my list so should I just sit this one out or should I send a list of my top 3?

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I say send em. And you can always watch some more in the meanwhile, bw. You can send me a second list anytime between now and the deadline, which I will announce later.

[neverending]

This is a great idea and a worthy project. I really like Asian horror, and do my best to watch whatever I can. I'll defintely send in a list.

I nominate Chrono, Angra & Roshiq as judges for this. All three contribute frequently to the Asian forum and are well versed in the history of the genre.

[fortunato]

Yeah, I'll help in any way that I can as well.

And I'll try and get a list together tomorrow.

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I am counting on Flayed, Despare and Zwoti in this, too. All of them have plenty of history on Asian horror IMO.

You may rank your noms according to your favs. We can have a countdown list (one which we havent had since the original HDC Top 100), and see which Asian horror flick gets to be #1.

It could end up to be quite a battle for the top honors though.

[roshiq]

Wow! I was actually thinking something like that too that it'd be nice if there is at least an Asian Horror Recommendation thread at the Asian Horror section where members can suggests/recommends others some good Asian films to check out (like the HDC Recommendations at Modern Horror section). Anyway, thanks to V for coming with this fantastic & better idea. As a good fan of Asian horror I'm ready to contribute in any possible way with the best of my knowledge about the genre and surely within a day or two you'll get a list from me.

Thanks to NE for you honorable nomination for me.:)

[Elvis_Christ]

Hmmm I'm not very well versed on Asian horror but I'll sort out something.

[Disease]

Are you including Australian movies in this? I'm just asking as they are lumped with asia in economic situations quite often demographicly in research studies. They also play in the asia cup, etc, etc.

[Papillon Noir]

Can we include anime or is it live action only? Also, if anime is included can you include series or would it just be single movies?