Who here is into Jap horror?

Post by **LawL** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:02 am

I just watched Ichi the Killer. Anyone seen it? Got everything a Jap horror fan wants - good acting, typical Japanese weirdness, plenty of violence and gore. Best Jap horror I've seen since Battle Royale.

If you're into this genre then it's a must see. :icon14:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/

Post by **Deathshroud** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:14 am

Yea, that was a pretty good flick. I just watched 3 Extremes tonight, which was pretty good. They were more psycological thriller's, which is a nice break from all those flicks that just make you jump all the time.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:33 am

hah... ever see Izo (title reminded me of it)... that movie is fucked.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:42 am

Post by **JooKed** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:15 am

Battle Royal was the best horror movie I've ever seen. I need to go see the 2nd one. I heard it wasn't as good, but as long as it has the same amount of blood and gore the 1st one had then I'm set.

Post by **LawL** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:21 am

Ichi has far more blood and gore. Awesome torture scenes.

Post by **prince1000** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:58 am

angel dust

Post by **Turbine** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:05 am

I don't really watch asian horror movies, but I do watch Asian Cinema movies allot.
I find them much better than mainstream hollywood stuff.

It has more human and emotion in it, and majority of the stories are meaning full.

But like hollywood's cars explode when touched, in Asian Cinema people tend to defy gravity,
that's a little weird in the beginning.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:10 am

Dr_Watson wrote:hah... ever see Izo (title reminded me of it)... that movie is fucked.

yeah, it was a pretentious art-film wank fest

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:11 am

There are few times when dmmh's presence would benefit a thread, this is one of those times.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:49 am

havent seen Ichi. I think my fav jap horror is still the JuOn series *shudder*

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:56 am

Ichi the killer is more like a dark comedy than a horror... but yea, good shit.

Post by **r0n1n** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:02 am

I liked Audition. One of the most f'd up movies I've ever seen. :icon14:

Post by **LawL** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:05 am

Ryoki wrote:Ichi the killer is more like a dark comedy than a horror... but yea, good shit.

There are certainly a lot of comedy elements to it, but it's way more of a horror than a comedy.

Post by **LawL** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:05 am

r0n1n wrote:I liked Audition. One of the most f'd up movies I've ever seen. :icon14:

That's next on the list. :icon14:

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:57 pm

Battle Royal was horror?

(school kids on the island movie right?)

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:03 pm

JulesWinnfield wrote:Battle Royal was horror?

No, not at all... i'd call that a comedy as well. With the teacher and all. Goddamn was he a funny bastard.

Post by **LBt1st** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:36 pm

As a fan of this stuff, here's my list of must see shit:

Audition
Battle Royale (Don't bother with the sequel)
The Eye
The Eye II
1-Ichi (Anime Prequel)
Ichi The Killer
JuOn
JuOn 2
OldBoy (not really horror but still fucked up)
Shutter
Suicide Club
Versus
Visitor Q

-Bean

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:41 pm

The Eye is ok but it becomes more of a thriller halfway through

Eye2 busstop scene freaked me out though

Post by **feedback** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:35 pm

Old Boy isn't horror, it's a good revenge movie. The director's first movie is the only one that is a little closer to horror, but it's still definately drama, and that's "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" Mr., not Ms. That's a movie that will just leave you feeling horrible. I wouldn't call the director a one-trick pony, but it gets obvious the point he always tries to drive home is that revenge and violence beget eachother.

Post by **rep** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:04 pm

None of you dirtbags said anything to Law for saying, "Jap." ...................

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:20 am

I leave it to the mods to police ratial slurs.

Post by ***NoSleep*** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:41 am

No mention of the original "Ring" yet. It was genuinely creepy, although it's since been plagiarized to hell by Hollywood to the point where it's been spoilt for me.

The hollywood remake was so bad I couldn't understand what was going on, even though I'd seen the original.

I leave it to the mods to police ratial slurs.

Who's having a poke at ratios?

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:31 am

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:18 pm

score 1 for drunk spelling.