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Asian Horror

by sitenoise • Created 9 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
If you're curious what the "Asian Horror" thing was all about this is your starter list. The Glory Days were from 1998 to 2005. Mostly Japanese and Korean. This list is mainstream stuff that created the BUZZ, not the more bloody and painful "Extreme" offerings.
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  • Ringu (1998)

    1. Ringu

    19981h 36mNot Rated
    7.2 (82K)
    When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko sets out to investigate. She finds the tape, watches it and receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week.
    DirectorHideo NakataStarsNanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko Takeuchi
    This one kick-started the J-Horror movement and made famous the long-haired creepy girl, the J-Horror Goth Chick, a staple of many Asian Horrors. This also mainstreamed the frequent topic of a ghostly haunting as the result of an unnatural death--suicide or murder.
  • Whispering Corridors (1998)

    2. Whispering Corridors

    19981h 45mR
    5.9 (3.6K)
    In a Korean school, students are regularly beaten and mistreated by their teachers. However, the spirit of one pupil, who died ten years ago, periodically returns in the guise of a new girl, thus able to gain a revenge on the culprits.
    DirectorKi-hyeong ParkStarsKim Gyu-riYun Ji-hyePark Jin-hee
    There are five films in the Korean "Whispering Corridors" series. They aren't related by characters or plot, but they all take place in a girls high school and involve suicide or another type of uncool death and its requisite ghost.
  • Memento Mori (1999)

    3. Memento Mori

    19991h 37mR
    6.3 (3.7K)
    In this second installment of the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond.
    DirectorsKyu-dong MinKim Tae-yongStarsKim Gyu-riPark YejinLee Yeong-jin
    This is "Whispering Corridors II", my favorite of the series, although it's the least horrorish of the bunch.
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    4. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (95K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
    It didn't take long for established talent to enter the horror ring: Takashi Miike. The first two acts of this film aren't horror but the third act is must-see for the curious. The needle work isn't so bad but what this woman does with piano wire will make you squirm squirm squirm.
  • The Ring Virus (1999)

    5. The Ring Virus

    19991h 48mNot Rated
    5.8 (2.5K)
    After the mysterious death of her niece and other three teenagers on the same hour and with the symptoms of heart attack, the journalist Sun-ju decides to investigate their last moments. She discloses that the four friends had just watched a videotape exactly one week before their death in a resort. She travels to the place and finds the deadly video and after watching the weird footage, her telephone rings. When she takes a picture of herself, she sees her image blurred the same way that happened with the teenagers. She makes a copy of the cursed tape to her acquaintance, the skeptical coroner Choi Yeol. Together they seek for a hint, and find that it was taped thorough telekinesis by Eun-suh, a psychic girl that had disappeared years ago. When Sun-ju's little daughter watches the movie, Sun-ju has a stronger reason to unravel the mystery to save her daughter and her own lives.
    DirectorDong-bin KimStarsShin Eun-kyungSeung-Hyun LeeJung Jin-young
    This is the Korean remake of "Ringu". It's a little more clearly expository but not as creepy. Only for the curious.
  • Ring 0: Birthday (2000)

    6. Ring 0: Birthday

    20001h 39mNot Rated
    5.9 (10K)
    In this prequel to Ring, a young Sadako becomes an actress in hopes of escaping her troubled past. But strange visions and terrifying powers begin to manifest...
    DirectorNorio TsurutaStarsYukie NakamaSeiichi TanabeKumiko Asô
    This is a prequel to "Ringu" which gives us the background story of Sadako, the J-Horror Goth Chick. Of all the Ringu related remakes, prequels, and sequels this is the best film. Listed here for reference. It's not real scary but it's great for more info on Sadako.
  • Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

    7. Ju-on: The Curse

    20001h 10mTV-PGVideo
    6.8 (9.5K)
    A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsYûrei YanagiYueRyôta Koyama
    Low budget but effective.
  • Battle Royale (2000)

    8. Battle Royale

    20001h 54mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.5 (201K)
    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô Yamamoto
  • Visitor Q (2001)

    9. Visitor Q

    20011h 24mR
    6.5 (18K)
    A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKen'ichi EndôShungiku UchidaKazushi Watanabe
  • Pulse (2001)

    10. Pulse

    20011h 59mR68Metascore
    6.5 (29K)
    Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
    DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsHaruhiko KatôKumiko AsôKoyuki
  • Suicide Club (2001)

    11. Suicide Club

    20011h 39mR
    6.5 (23K)
    A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsRyô IshibashiMasatoshi NagaseMai Hôshô
  • Oboreru hito (2001)

    12. Oboreru hito

    20011h 22mNot Rated
    6.2 (110)
    A woman drowns in the bathtub. Her frantic husband pulls her out, then lays her on the couch. He drinks until he passes out. When he awakes, she's alive. They try to carry on like nothing happened.
    DirectorNaoki IchioStarsUnakami HiromiReiko KataokaHida Senko
  • The Eye (2002)

    13. The Eye

    20021h 39mR66Metascore
    6.6 (31K)
    A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she will be able to see again. She gets more than she bargained for upon realizing she can also see ghosts.
    DirectorsDanny PangOxide Chun PangStarsAngelica LeeChutcha RujinanonLawrence Chou
  • Dark Water (2002)

    14. Dark Water

    20021h 41mPG-13
    6.7 (36K)
    A mother going through a divorce moves into a run down apartment with her daughter. A persistent leak from above, visions of a missing girl, and other eerie phenomena become increasingly menacing as clues to a past tragedy come to light.
    DirectorHideo NakataStarsHitomi KurokiRio KannoMirei Oguchi
  • Phone (2002)

    15. Phone

    20021h 44mR
    6.1 (5.4K)
    Investigative reporter Ji-won begins to receive a series of menacing calls. To escape the terrifying and relentless clanging of the telephone, she changes her number and moves out. But the threatening campaign of terror continues unabated.
    DirectorByeong-ki AhnStarsHa Ji-WonKim Yu-miChoi Woo-jae
  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

    16. Ju-on: The Grudge

    20021h 32mR48Metascore
    6.7 (50K)
    A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsMegumi OkinaMisaki ItôMisa Uehara
  • Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003)

    17. Ju-On: The Grudge 2

    20031h 32mR
    6.3 (12K)
    As their curse spreads on, the ghosts find their chance to live once again through the pregnancy of a cursed woman.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsNoriko SakaiChiharu NiiyamaKei Horie
  • One Missed Call (2003)

    18. One Missed Call

    20031h 52mR54Metascore
    6.2 (20K)
    Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiShin'ichi TsutsumiKazue Fukiishi
  • Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Soo-jung, and Moon Geun-young in A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

    19. A Tale of Two Sisters

    20031h 54mR65Metascore
    7.1 (71K)
    After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-su
  • The Uninvited (2003)

    20. The Uninvited

    20032h 7m
    5.7 (1.7K)
    An engaged interior designer sees two small girls on the subway train that die there. He sees them again in his apartment. A woman he meets can also see them. He talks to her about his forgotten childhood.
    DirectorSoo-youn LeeStarsPark Shin-yangJun Ji-hyunYoo Seon
  • Ab-normal Beauty (2004)

    21. Ab-normal Beauty

    20041h 41mR
    5.8 (2.6K)
    Jiney, an artist, witnesses a car crash. She photographs the victim, becoming obsessed with death. She receives a snuff video. Her friend Jas realizes it's real. Jiney gets another disturbing tape, leaving her terrified.
    DirectorOxide Chun PangStarsRace WongRosanne WongAnson Leung
  • The Eye 2 (2004)

    22. The Eye 2

    20041h 35mR
    5.6 (5.2K)
    After a failed suicide attempt, a pregnant woman gains the ability to see ghosts.
    DirectorsDanny PangOxide Chun PangStarsShu QiEugenia YuanJesdaporn Pholdee
  • Three... Extremes (2004)

    23. Three... Extremes

    20042h 5mR66Metascore
    6.9 (21K)
    An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
    DirectorsFruit ChanPark Chan-wookTakashi MiikeStarsBai LingLee Byung-hunKyôko Hasegawa
  • Spider Forest (2004)

    24. Spider Forest

    20041h 52mR
    6.5 (2.3K)
    A recently widowed TV producer is drawn to an isolated cabin in a mysterious woods.
    DirectorSong Il-gonStarsKam Woo-seongJung SuhKang Kyung-hun
  • Ananda Everingham and Natthaweeranuch Thongmee in Shutter (2004)

    25. Shutter

    20041h 37mNot Rated
    7.0 (52K)
    When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
    DirectorsBanjong PisanthanakunParkpoom WongpoomStarsAnanda EveringhamNatthaweeranuch ThongmeeAchita Sikamana

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