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HatchingHatching (2021) Recommended
Dir. Hanna Bergholm
Feat. Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen
Hanna Bergholm's feature debut has finally put Finland on the horror film map – an enchanting pubescent allegory about a 12–year–old…
Train to Busan Presents: PeninsulaTrain to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020)
Dir. Sang-ho Yeon
Feat. Dong-won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, Re Lee
A standalone sequel to the 2016 action–horror hit TRAIN TO BUSAN, with director Yeon Sang–ho returning for a less focused but no less…
BacurauBacurau (2019) Recommended
Dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles
Feat. Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen
Fiercely political and utterly distinctive film blending elements of neo–western, ethnography, gonzo and horror, set in a fictional Brazilian…
ParasiteParasite (2019) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Cho
An unemployed family with a bleak future systematically ingratiate themselves into the lives of a wealthy family in this brilliant,…
Good MannersGood Manners (2017)
Dir. Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
Feat. Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano
A genre–defying Portuguese film which artfully blends social satire and horror to tell the story of a nanny called Clara, who works for Ana, a…
One Cut of the DeadOne Cut of the Dead (Kamera wo tomeruna!) (2017)
Dir. Shinichiro Ueda
Feat. Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama
Ridiculously fun and gleefully inventive movie–within–a–movie where the crew of a low–budget zombie film are terrorised by…
TerrifiedTerrified (Aterrados) (2017) Recommended
Dir. Demián Rugna
Feat. Maxi Ghione, Elvira Onetto, Norberto Gonzalo
Supremely creepy yet thoughtful Argentine horror–drama set in a Buenos Aires neighbourhood plagued by paranormal occurrences. Stacked with…
ThelmaThelma (2017) Recommended
Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Eili Harboe, Henrik Rafaelsen, Kaya Wilkins
A gracefully unsettling Nordic thriller about a painfully shy young woman whose oppressed, conservative upbringing and burgeoning passion for a…
Tokyo GhoulTokyo Ghoul (2017)
Dir. Kentaro Hagiwara
Feat. Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu
A live–action adaptation of the manga series by Sui Ishida. In modern day Tokyo, flesh–eating ghouls live among humans, and after…
Personal ShopperPersonal Shopper (2016) Recommended
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Anders Danielsen Lie
Utterly beguiling psychological horror closely following a troubled personal shopper to a fashion–world celebrity, who attempts to make contact…
RawRaw (Grave) (2016)
Dir. Julia Ducournau
Feat. Garance Marillier , Ella Rumpf
A bright young veterinary student and ardent vegetarian is unexpectedly subjected to a series of cruel hazing rituals in her first week at college,…
Terraformars: The MovieTerraformars: The Movie (2016)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Rinko Kikuchi, Rila Fukushima, Kane Kosugi
A team of human exterminators are on a mission to wipe out a ridiculous cockroach infestation that plagues the red planet, after a terraforming…
Under the ShadowUnder the Shadow (2016) Recommended
Dir. Babak Anvari
Feat. Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post–revolution, war–torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious, oppressive…
Untamed, TheUntamed, The (La región salvaje) (2016) Recommended
Dir. Amat Escalante
Feat. Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza
Unforgettable psycho–sexual horror featuring a multi–tentacled alien which becomes the source of obsession for members of a Mexican…
Wailing, TheWailing, The (Goksung) (2016) Recommended
Dir. Hong-jin Na
Feat. Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee
A bumbling police officer in a rural South Korean town investigates a series of horrific murders in this deeply immersive occultist thriller by the…
BaskinBaskin (2015)
Dir. Can Evrenol
Feat. Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Görkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu
A police squad inadvertently wander into hell in this terrifying tour–de–force feature debut from Turkish director Can Evrenol, which…
Lure, TheLure, The (2015) Recommended
Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska
Feat. Marta Mazurek
Utterly beguiling musical horror set in Poland in the 1980's, following the fate of a pair of mermaid sisters as they struggle to integrate into a…
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. DeadDead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
Dir. Tommy Wirkola
Feat. Vegar Hoel, Martin Starr
Direct sequel to the wintery zombie hit features more undead Nazis, Russkie POWs and other WWII foes.
Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, AGirl Walks Home Alone at Night, A (2014) Recommended
Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
Feat. Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh
A languid and luscious Iranian immigrant take on the vampire myth set in the ghost–town of Bad City (filmed in California), where the remaining…
Goodnight MommyGoodnight Mommy (Ich seh ich seh) (2014)
Dir. Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Feat. Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest
A sleek, uncompromising psycho–thriller from the Michael Haneke school of Austrian austerity centred around twin boys whose perception of their…
KillersKillers (2014)
Dir. Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
Feat. Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi, Katzuo Kitamura
A serial killer from Japan and Indonesia compete in a twisted game of one–upmanship by posting their latest sadistic crimes online in this…
Over Your Dead BodyOver Your Dead Body (Kuime) (2014)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ko Shibasaki, Ebizo Ichikawa, Miho Nakanishi
Takashi Miike takes his cues from the art of Kabuki in this chilly tale of how fiction begins to bleed into reality for actors as they rehearse a…
Parasyte: Part OneParasyte: Part One (2014)
Dir. Takashi Yamazaki
Feat. Shota Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto
Based on a long running Manga, this horror–comedy offers up Cronenbergian thrills in a world under attack from parasitic worm–like…
BorgmanBorgman (2013) Recommended
Dir. Alex Van Warmerdam
Feat. Jan Bijvoet, Jeroen Perceval , Hadewych Minis
Unforgettably creepy home–invasion thriller from Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam, where a rural vagrant preys on an arrogant upper class…
Why Don't You Play in Hell?Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de naze warui) (2013)
Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Kunimura Jun, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido
Described by its creator as "an action film about the love of 35mm", this frenzied fanboy fiction from Shion Sono bears his trademark excess and…
Dead SushiDead Sushi (2012)
Dir. Noboru Iguchi
Feat. Rina Takeda
An innkeeper proficient in both karate and sushi making must fend off a hoard of flesh–eating California Rolls after one of her guests injects…
Lesson of EvilLesson of Evil (Lesson of the Evil) (2012)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Yamada Takayuki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Hideaki Ito
Another manga adaption from director cult Takashi Miike based on the seinen manga on the same name. A successful English teacher who is secretly a…
ThaleThale (2012)
Dir. Aleksander Nordaas
Feat. Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold
An artful, serious–minded horror fantasy based on the Norwegian legend of the Hydra – a seductive, shape–shifting Scandanavian…
FourFour (2011)
Four cutting–edge tales of horror from the creators of ONG BAK and 13: GAME OF DEATH. Clean–up Day Four friends are discussing the…
HellHell (2011)
Dir. Tim Fehlbaum
Feat. Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Angela Winkler
Earth has been parched by solar flares in this resourceful variation on the oft–told post–apocalyptic survival tale. Swiss–German…
Juan of the DeadJuan of the Dead (2011)
Dir. Alejandro Brugués
Feat. Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina
A direct and surprisingly inspired Hispanic take on the SHAUN OF THE DEAD zom–com model that makes nifty use of its unique Cuban locale and…
LividLivid (2011)
Dir. Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Feat. Chloé Colloud, Catherine Jacob, Marie Claude-Pietragalla
The directors of the revered French horror film 'Inside' try their hand at the haunted house genre, with predictably savage but also surprisingly…
Monk, TheMonk, The (2011)
Dir. Dominik Moll
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Deborah Francois, Sergi Lopez
A devout monk (Cassell) experiences a crisis of faith which in turn manifests into a malevolent force in this abstract, atmospheric horror adapted…
Sleep TightSleep Tight (2011)
Dir. Jaume Balaguero
Feat. Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan
Unsettling portrait of a concierge who's romantic obsession with one of the tenants involves slowly sabotaging every aspect of her life.
BedevilledBedevilled (2010)
Dir. Chul-soo Jang
Feat. Yeong-hie Seo, Seong-won Ji
Nasty, though serious–minded Korean horror about a city dweller who, upon returning to the remote island of her youth, discovers her childhood…
Big Tits ZombieBig Tits Zombie (The Big Tits Dragon) (2010)
Dir. Takao Nakano
Feat. Saori Andô, Sola Aoi
Big, dumb fun born from Japan's recent spate of outrageous splatter comedies, centred on three air–headed strippers who unwittingly unleash an…
CagedCaged (Captifs) (2010)
Dir. Yann Gozlan
Feat. Zoé Félix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh
Standard–issue captivity horror revolves around a humanitarian aid worker who is kidnapped by a group of masked assailants while in Eastern…
I Saw the DevilI Saw the Devil (2010)
Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi
Terrifying revenge thriller following a man on a hunt for the serial killer who murdered his pregnant wife. Exceedingly brutal, this makes for a…
Julia's EyesJulia's Eyes (2010)
Dir. Guillem Morales
Feat. Belen Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui
Produced by Guillermo Del Toro this atmospheric chiller with a woman who is slowly losing her sight trying to investigate the mysterious death of…
KidnappedKidnapped (Secuestrados) (2010)
Dir. Miguel Ángel Vivas
Brutally authentic Spanish horror in which three hooded criminals break into a family home in a gated community, holding the others hostage whilst…
Last Circus, TheLast Circus, The (2010)
Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang
Clown rivalries collide in this violent, OTT genre riot from Spanish trash auteur, Alex de la Iglesia, set at both ends of Franco's dictatorship…
Mutant Girls SquadMutant Girls Squad (2010)
Dir. Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi
Feat. Yumi Sugimoto, Tak Sakaguchi
Japan's outlandish splatter–comedy phase reaches its logical end point with this three–chapter collaboration between the most notorious…
Rare Exports - A Christmas TaleRare Exports - A Christmas Tale (2010) Recommended
Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Onni Tommita, Jorma Tommila
A wicked brew of 80s adventure movie and twisted horror comedy, centred on an archaeological discovery which may prove to be the remains of the real…
Troll HunterTroll Hunter (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. André Øvredal
Feat. Otto Jespersen
Three college kids who set out to make a documentary about illegal bear hunters encounter more than bargained for in this thrilling Norwegian…
We Are the NightWe Are the Night (Wir sind die Nacht) (2010) Recommended
Dir. Dennis Gansel
Feat. Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich
A fraulein vampire flick of sleek, urbane sensibility, centred on an alpha–female vamp (Nina Hoss) who descends on Germany in search of a soul…
5150 Elm's Way5150 Elm's Way (5150 Rue des Ormes) (2009)
Dir. Éric Tessier
Feat. Marc-André Grondin, Normand D'Amour, Sonia Vachon
A man unwittingly places himself in the hands of a righteous, psychopathic chess player when he falls off his bike on a quiet suburban street and…
AmerAmer (2009)
An experimental journey inside the mind of a sociopathic woman. Isolated chapters cover the details of her bizarre surreal childhood and sexually…
Dead SnowDead Snow (Død Snø) (2009)
Dir. Tommy Wirkola
Feat. Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner
Nordic splatter comedy pitches a group of fresh–faced medical students against a hoard of re–animated Nazis in the snowy highlands.…
Ju-On: White Ghost / Jun-On: Black GhostJu-On: White Ghost / Jun-On: Black Ghost (2009)
Dir. Ryuta Miyake
Feat. Hiroki Suzuki, Natsuki Kasa, Ichirota Miyakawa
Two inclusions to the Japanese supernatural horror JU–ON series, released simultaneously. Both are a series of chronologically inconsistent…
Red NightsRed Nights (2009)
Dir. Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud
Feat. Frédérique Bel, Carrie Ng
This tantalizing far East giallo offers both gruesome kill sequences and flamboyant erotic style in its story of a sadistic patron of the arts (NAKED…
ThirstThirst (Bakjwi) (2009) Recommended
Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Kim Ok-bin, Ha-kyun Shin
A voracious vampire movie not afraid to explore the corrupting and liberating power of being undead, starring THE HOST’s burly Song Kang–ho…
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein GirlVampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (2009)
Dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Feat. Yukie Nakama, Eri Otoguro
Another enjoyable stock effort from the makers of TOKYO GORE POLICE et. al, this combines home–brewed splatter, ropey special effects, and…
[REC 2][REC 2] (REC 2) (2009)
Dir. Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza
Feat. Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza
Sequel to the smash Spanish fright fest has a Special Ops team heading into the quarantined apartment at the same time three teenagers let their…
Dead in 3 DaysDead in 3 Days (Dead in Three Days) (2008)
Dir. Andreas Prochaska
Chilling Austrian slasher involving a group of teenagers who must discover a serial killer’s identity in order to save themselves from getting…
Let The Right One In Let The Right One In (2008) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Sending many critics into raptures as a vampire flick to finally get excited about, this frost–bitten Swedish entry mixes social realism with…
Machine Girl, TheMachine Girl, The (2008)
Dir. Noboru Iguchi
Feat. Minase Yashiro, Asami Miyajima
Brainless ultra–violence combines straighforward revenge narrative with a novelty twist: a plucky schoolgirl, whose stand against local…
MartyrsMartyrs (2008)
Dir. Pascal Laugier
Feat. Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
You, the viewer, may feel martyred after enduring this unremittingly bleak French horror focused on a pair of unhinged women who seek revenge on the…
SaunaSauna (2008)
Dir. Antti-Jussi Annila
Feat. Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko
Something of a hybrid of the historical epic and ghost story, this unique genre entry from Finland concerns two brothers haunted by a young girl whom…
Tokyo Gore PoliceTokyo Gore Police (2008)
Dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura
Feat. Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Ltao, Yukihide Benny
Trashy, imaginative Japanese gore fest aims to out–splatter Peter Jackson’s BRAINDEAD with its outrageous hybrid of ROBOCOP and…
Apartment 1303Apartment 1303 (2007)
Dir. Ataru Oikawa
Feat. Noriko Nakagoshi
A woman is led to investigates a series of suicides in an apartment after her sister moves in and then throws herself off the balcony during her…
DororoDororo (2007) Recommended
Dir. Akihiko Shiota
Feat. Ko Shibasaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Electrifying action fantasy based on a manga comic by the grandfather of Anime – Osamu Tezuka (ASTRO BOY), in which an abandoned samurai's son…
Fear(s) of the DarkFear(s) of the Dark (Fears of the Dark, Peur(s) du noir) (2007) Aro Favourite
Dir. Blutch , Charles Burns, Marie Caillou
Six dynamic and distinct graphic artists illustrate various primordial phobias using only 'light and dark' in this impressive compendium of animated…
Frontier(s)Frontier(s) (Frontiers) (2007)
Dir. Xavier Gens
Feat. Samuel Le Bihan
Bludgeoning sadistic fantasy, following in the footsteps of other French exponents of the rather unsavoury torture–porn mini–genre, this…
KaidanKaidan (2007)
Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Kumiko Aso
Period J–horror from the director of THE RING relays the ghostly tale of a samurai’s son attempting to escape an ancient curse laid on his…
King of the HillKing of the Hill (El Rey de la montaña) (2007) Recommended
Dir. Gonzalo López-Gallego
Feat. Leonardo Sbaraglia, Maria Valverde
A well–crafted, believable take on the lost–in–the–woods genre, about a man who follows an attractive stranger into the…
Orphanage, The Orphanage, The (El Orfanato) (2007) Aro Favourite
Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Belen Rueda, Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cayo
Exemplary exercise in suggestive horror storytelling from first time feature director Bayona, with Belen Rueda superb as a woman who returns to her…
[REC][REC] (REC) (2007) Recommended
Dir. Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza
Sinister Spanish horror, from European creepy movie maestro Jaume Balaguero, which follows a callout from a Barcelona fire station to an apartment…
13: Game Of Death13: Game Of Death (2006)
Dir. Chukiat Sakveerakul, Stewart St. John
Twisted Thai horror in which a down–and–out salesman, targeted by a mysterious phone call, is offered millions if he can complete 13…
Darna Zaroori HaiDarna Zaroori Hai (You Gotta Be Scared) (2006)
Dir. Ram Gopal Varma
Feat. Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Shetty
Bollywood does horror in this six film omnibus told from the perspective of five children accosted by an old woman who begins to tell them stories…
Day WatchDay Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor, Daywatch) (2006)
Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Dima Martinov
The vampiric Muscovite forces of Good and Evil fight it out again in this frenetic, fantastic FX fantasy every bit as good as the first one (NIGHT…
Re-Cycle Re-Cycle (Gwai Wik) (2006)
Dir. Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Chinese gore connoisseurs Danny and Oxide Pang embark on another otherworldly excursion in this horror about an author who realises the supernatural…
RetributionRetribution (2006) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara
A skin–crawling 'mainstream' J–Horror from subtle spookmeister Kiyoshi Kurosawa, this trades heavily in established genre elements, but…
SheitanSheitan (2006)
Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Roxane Mesquida
A gaggle of young hedonists on a bender expend their energies at a disco and are invited by pouting barmaid Mesquida (A MA SOUER) to her remote…
Them Them (Ils) (2006) Recommended
Dir. Xavier Palud, David Moreau
Feat. Olivia Bonamy, Michael Cohen, Adriana Mocca
French horror that takes the 'home invasion' subgenre to chilling new heights, sees a young couple terrorized in their home by unseen intruders.…
PP (The Possessed) (2005)
Dir. Paul Spurrier
Feat. Suangporn Jaturaphut
A youngster’s flirtation with witchery and the occult gives rise to an unspeakable evil in this humid Thai horror. Part soft–core porn,…
Rampo NoirRampo Noir (Rampo jigoku) (2005)
Dir. Hisayasu Sato, Suguru Takeuchi, Atsushi Kaneko
Feat. Tadanobu Asano
Salacious quartet of horror segments all featuring actor Tadanobu Asano, with directing duties taken by four Japanese indie mavericks, crafting arty…
Red Shoes, TheRed Shoes, The (Bunhongsin) (2005)
Dir. Yong-gyun Kim
Feat. Hye-su Kim
Asian horror's preoccupation with inanimate objects continues in this self–consciously stylish, blood–curdling spin on the Hans Christian…
ReincarnationReincarnation (2005)
Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Yuka
Another freak–out from the dir. of THE GRUDGE that manages to transport the flaccid J–horror template into a more interesting,…
Tokyo ZombieTokyo Zombie (2005)
Dir. Sakichi Sato
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Tadanobu Asano, Arata Furuta
An enormous garbage dump in Tokyo begins to spawl hoards of the walking dead, prompting two dumb–and–dumber garage workers to unleash…
Ab-Normal BeautyAb-Normal Beauty (Sei mong se jun) (2004)
Dir. Oxide Pang
Feat. Race Wong, Rosanne Wong
Dir. Oxide Pang's solo followup to THE EYE is also a voyeuristically themed nerve–shredder, set around a young and rich photography student…
DumplingsDumplings (Gaau ji) (2004)
Dir. Fruit Chan
Feat. Ling Bai, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Miriam Yeung
Grotesque feature length version of Fruit Chan’s submission to the THREE…EXTREMES Asian horror omnibus, this time expanding the deplorable fable…
Eye 2, TheEye 2, The (Jian Gui 2) (2004)
Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Feat. Shu Qi, Jesdaporn Pholdee
Another venture into Asian horror for the Brothers Pang, here thematically sequelling their 2002 hit with the tale of an unhappy woman who gains the…
Ghost, TheGhost, The (Ryeong) (2004)
Dir. Tae-Kyeong Kim
Feat. Ha-Neul Kim, Sang-Mi Nam
Modest, but reasonably unnerving ghost story in which an amnesiac university student is seemingly last on a list of friends being dispatched one by…
InfectionInfection (Kansen) (2004)
Dir. Masayuki Ochiai
Feat. Michiko Hada, Shirô Sano
A further twist on the vengeful spirit genre sees a burns patient return from the dead as a lethal infection, liquefying victims' internal organs in…
KomaKoma (2004)
Dir. Chi-Leung Law
Feat. Angelica Lee
The attractive Lee plays a feckless young woman with kidney problems who gets caught up in a scandal involving a gang of organ thieves. This…
Night WatchNight Watch (Nochnoi Dozor, aka. Nightwatch) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Dima Martinov
A mega–hit in its native Russia, this sci–fi–horror–action cocktail concerns a running battle on the mean streets of…
Ordeal, TheOrdeal, The (Calvaire) (2004)
Dir. Fabrice du Welz
Feat. Laurent Lucas
Less gruelling than its title suggests, this is a macabre, blackly humorous slice of "redneck gothic" from Belgium, in which a cabaret singer's…
PremonitionPremonition (Yogen) (2004)
Dir. Norio Tsuruta
Feat. Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai
Competent J–Horror entry posits the intriguing, if unrealised premise of a man whose premonitions foresee the murderous acts of a killer,…
Spider ForestSpider Forest (2004)
Dir. Il-gon Song
Feat. Suh Jung, Woo-seong Kam
A refined and non–linear 'K–horror' concerns an amnesiac filmmaker whose foggy memories of the recent past concern a vast wild forest, a…
They Came BackThey Came Back (Les Revenants) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Géraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccai, Frédéric Pierrot
This disquieting, unconventional ‘zombie’ movie concerns a global phenomenon of returning dead, and their subsequent integration back into living…
Three...ExtremesThree...Extremes (3 Extremes) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Takashi Miike, Park Chan-Wook, Fruit Chan
Feat. Ling Bai, Tony Leung (Kar-fai)
Three prominent Asian maestros of terror serve up an intense and rewarding portmanteau of short horror works. 'Dumplings' (Dir. Fruit Chan)…
Anatomie 2Anatomie 2 (2003)
Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
Competently staged sequel again set in a clinical German medical school, where a new student gradually uncovers a program of human experimentation…
Green Butchers, TheGreen Butchers, The (De grønne slagtere ) (2003)
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Grim comedy focused on two down–and–out butchers who discover they can make a killing out of their customer's oblivious cannibalistic…
Grudge 2, TheGrudge 2, The (Ju-On 2) (2003)
Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Chiharu Nîyama, Noriko Sakai, Kei Horie
Followup to the original Japanese version of dir. Takashi's own JU–ON, this proffers an almost identical vision, with a TV crew visiting the…
Grudge, TheGrudge, The (Ju-On) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Takashi Shimizu
A horror film that understands that fear is best painted blacker than molasses, this cult Japanese hit follows in the ghostly steps of the RING…
High TensionHigh Tension (Haute tension, Switchblade Romance) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Cecile De France, Maïwenn
A grisly yet indeed tense French horror movie directed with stunning virtuosity, about two women whose rural weekend getaway turns horrific when they…
One Missed CallOne Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) (2003)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ko Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi
Another 'J–horror' riding on the wave of the RING phenomena, updating the supernatural formula with cell–phone technology and…
Tale of Two Sisters, ATale of Two Sisters, A (Janghwa Hongryeon) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kap-su Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim
A further revelation of the K–horror genre, this enters the forboding world of two devoted sisters who endure the lakeside household of their…
Dark WaterDark Water (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno
Running rings around the RING films in unsettling atmosphere, rich subtext and jump–in–your–seat moments, this creepy fable of…
Double VisionDouble Vision (Shuang tong) (2002)
Dir. Chen Kuo Fu
Feat. David Morse, Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Rene Liu
A slickly effective horror film, in which cross–cultural cop buddies Leung and Morse hunt a demonic serial killer in Taiwan. Imbued with a…
Eye, TheEye, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Feat. Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou
Almost guaranteed to give you goosebumps, this unnerving Asian horror show follows in the footsteps and spirit of the watershed RING films, though…
Fiancée of DraculaFiancée of Dracula (2002)
Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Cyrille Gaudin, Jacques Orth, Thomas Smith
A late addition in the filmography of cult fantasy director Jean Rollin, who once again turns his attention to vampire mythology in this tale of a…
In My SkinIn My Skin (Dans Ma Peau) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Marina de Van
Feat. Marina de Van
A disturbing, cerebral manifest on the nature of self–mutilation, portrayed with serious conviction by writer/dir. Marina de Van, regular…
MalefiqueMalefique (2002) Recommended
Dir. Eric Valette
Feat. Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac
Imaginative, atmospheric low–budget French horror, set around the discovery of a dusty book of supernatural spells by four convicts in their…
PhonePhone (2002)
Dir. Byeong-ki Ahn
Feat. Ji-won Ha, Yu-mi Kim
Down the more cluttered and preposterous end of the Korean–horror genre, this finds a new cellphone being the centre of all the terror for an…
Suicide ClubSuicide Club (Suicide Circle) (2002)
Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Masatoshi Nagase
Off–beat Japanese thriller based on apparently real–life incidents in which groups of high–school children commit mass…
Three...Extremes 2Three...Extremes 2 (Three) (2002)
Dir. Ji-woon Kim, Nonzee Nimbutr, Peter Chan
Feat. Leon Lai, Eric Tsang
Dubbed the second entry in the THREE...EXTREMES horror series, this pan–asian omnibus actually precedes said anthology, offering a trio of…
Vampire HuntersVampire Hunters (2002)
Dir. Wellson Chin
Feat. Ken Chang
Typically enjoyable and overblown Hong Kong mayhem, where five powerful warriors battle the Vampire King and his followers. Written and produced…
Brotherhood of the WolfBrotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups) (2001)
Dir. Christophe Gans
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Mark Dacascos
A ripping, action–packed 18th century detective story based on the true–life case of the Beast of Gevaudan – a killer or creature who…
Devil's Backbone, TheDevil's Backbone, The (2001)
Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Eduardo Noriega, Frederico Luppi, Marisa Paredes
This elegant amalgam of melodrama and horror movie set in a boys orphanage during the Spanish Civil War is rich in baroque atmospherics, and features…
Isle, TheIsle, The (2001) Recommended
Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Suh Jung, Kim Yoo-Suk, Park Sung-Hee
An art–shocker with a distinctly Asian streak of the perverse, this counterpoints a striking visual tableaux and tranquil setting with the…
PulsePulse (Kairo) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Kumiko Aso, Koji Yakusho, Koyuki
A clandestine by–product of the post–RING phenomenon, this refined and wholly disconcerting tale of a supernatural internet pandemic…
Ring 2Ring 2 (2001) Recommended
Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato
Esteemable sequel to the 1998 original, this finds the supernaturally fatal videotape – the one that causes death, a week after watching it –…
Shadow of the WraithShadow of the Wraith (Ikisudama) (2001)
Dir. Toshiharu Ikeda
Fitfully scary J–horror is set around a series of disconnected horrors in two halves: first, at a high school plagued by a creepy…
SleeplessSleepless (Non ho Sonno) (2001)
Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
A welcome return to his 'giallo' roots by dir. Argento, turning a tangled tango between a serial–killer and recently–retired detective…
Tomie: Re-birthTomie: Re-birth (2001)
Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Third entry in the J–horror series continues the vile career of the titular schoolgirl, here playing a murder victim who comes back to haunt…
Trouble Every DayTrouble Every Day (2001)
Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Beatrice Dalle, Alex Descas
This messy yet mesmerizing tale of visceral sexual obsession has vamp Beatrice Dalle spoiling a couple's Paris honeymoon when she develops a carnally…
Visitor QVisitor Q (Bizita Q) (2001)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenichi Endo, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe
Miike Takashi's most controversial film – which in this case is really saying something – finally coming to video (?). A legendarily…
AnatomieAnatomie (2000) Recommended
Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
Feat. Franke Potente
Franke Potente (RUN LOLA RUN) stars as a bright medical student at an elite college who discovers her fellow freshmen and women are turning up as…
IsolaIsola (Tajuu jinkaku shôjo) (2000)
Dir. Toshiyuki Mizutani
Feat. Yoshino Kimura
Curious but finally rather tepid riff on the J–Horror genre has a psychic woman (Kimura) travelling to the city of Kobe to offer help in the…
Pet Shop of HorrorsPet Shop of Horrors (2000)
Horror–tinged anime set in a mysterious pet shop in New York's Chinatown, where the androgynous proprietor 'Count D' has a sinister pet for…
Ring 0Ring 0 (2000)
Dir. Norio Tsuruta
Feat. Yukie Nakama, Seilchi Tanabe, Yoshiko Tanaka
Prequel to the first RING film details the transformation of the innocent schoolgirl Sadako in 50s Japan into the murderous demon who haunts the…
SeanceSeance (2000) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho
A hybrid of crime thriller and ghost story, this remake of the British classic "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" reinstates the supernatural emphasis of…
Tomie: ReplayTomie: Replay (2000)
Dir. Tomijiro Mitsuishi
Feat. Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kenichi Endo, Tomorowo Taguchi
Second (and best) installment in the manga–inspired series continues the vengeful streak of 'Tomie', the undying…
Wild ZeroWild Zero (2000)
Dir. Tetsuro Takeuchi
Feat. Guitar Wolf
Japanese punk tyrants Guitar Wolf shred up the screen in this appropriately chaotic zombie fest, gouged from the remnants of a meteor carrying…
CharismaCharisma (1999) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Ren Osugi
An eerie 'ecological horror' from the mind of dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, here following the path of a police detective (Yakusho Koji) who has been…
Criminal LoversCriminal Lovers (Amants criminels, Les) (1999)
Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Natacha Regnier, Miki Manojlovic
Before he made the lighter 8 WOMEN, dir. Ozon established his credentials with this twisted wee horror, which fearlessly ventures into sadistic and…
HypnosisHypnosis (Saimin) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Masayuki Ochiai
Feat. Hiroshi Inagaki, Miho Kanno
A mysterious force is causing a spate of bizarre suicides, creatively and gruesomely staged for our blackly comic pleasure, in this…
Nameless, TheNameless, The (Los Sin Nombre) (1999)
Dir. Jaume Balaguero
Feat. Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde
A family, devastated by the murder of their daughter, are sent into a fresh spin by her seeming re–appearance five years later in this visually…
TomieTomie (1999)
Dir. Ataru Oikawa
Feat. Tomorowo Taguchi, Miho Kanno
A severed head in a paper bag mutates into the film's titular school girl from hell in this malevolent Japanese horror offering genuine creeps under…
Quiet Family, TheQuiet Family, The (Choyonghan kajok) (1998)
Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi
A deliciously deadpan black comedy in which a respectable family decide to leave the rat race behind, buy a hotel in remote mountains and lead more…
RingRing (Ringu) (1998) Recommended
Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada
A cult phenomenon in Japan and everywhere else it’s played, it’s since spawned a sequel, a prequel, both a Korean and American remake, and its…
Ring: The SpiralRing: The Spiral (Rasen) (1998)
Dir. Jôji Iida
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani
The 'lost' first sequel to RINGU, follows on from the tale of the lethal videotape and the demonic Sadako with the rather prosaic solution to the…
CureCure (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Delivering one of the great, unsung horror movies, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa plumbs the depths of societal malaise with this novel take on serial…
Funny GamesFunny Games (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Michael Haneke’s disturbing, self–reflexive examination of violence, and violence as entertainment, in which two young men dressed in tennis…
Kingdom II, TheKingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Udo Kier
Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy. Raising the…
Day of the BeastDay of the Beast (1996) Recommended
Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Alex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura
If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…
Ebola Syndrome, TheEbola Syndrome, The (1996)
Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Anthony Wong
Birthed from the notorious "Category 3" underbelly of Hong Kong cinema, this close relative of THE UNTOLD STORY features another deranged murderer on…
Satan ReturnsSatan Returns (1996)
Dir. Allan Lam
Feat. Chingmy Yau, Donnie Yen
On a rash mission to find the devil's daughter, a cult member with strange powers resorts to wrenching the hearts (and we mean literally) of women…
Eko Eko AzarakEko Eko Azarak (Wizard of Darkness, Birth of the Wizard, Misa the Dark Angel) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Shimako Sato
Feat. Kimika Yoshino
Highly impressive and lurid high–school horror, has a teenage girl (Yoshino) contending with coven of Satanic witches at her new school, who…
Untold Story, TheUntold Story, The (1993)
Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Danny Lee, Anthony Wong
Outrageous gross–out thriller that may put you off Chinese food for life – based on the "Eight Immortals Restaurant murders" that took…
CronosCronos (1992) Aro Favourite
Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Ron Perlman
Elderly antique dealer Federico Luppi discovers the ancient (and sought–after) 'Cronos' device, which has the power to give eternal life, but…
Holy Virgin vs. the Evil Dead (1990)
Dir. Chun-Yeung Wong
Feat. Sonny Chang, Kathy Chow, Hei Man Chui
In taking advantage of the relaxation of some Asian countries regarding nudity, this comic horror mixes erotic fantasy into a tale of a wimpish…
Living Dead Girl, The (1982)
Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Marina Pierro, Francoise Blanchard, Mike Marshall
Rollin's dream–like visual style dominates this Gallic blood–lusting romp about a sexy vampire whose trail of gore engulfs her in bitter…
House By the CemeteryHouse By the Cemetery (1981)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezza, Catriona MacColl
One of the most notable from the filmography of director Lucio Fulci is this haunted house movie in which the guests at a New England home are…
Encounters of the Spooky KindEncounters of the Spooky Kind (Gui da gui) (1980) Recommended
Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
A groundbreaking Hong Kong blend of martial arts action, horror, and slapstick humour, set around Hung's attempts to battle the voodoo and hopping…
Legend of the MountainLegend of the Mountain (Shan zhong zhuan qi) (1979)
Dir. King Hu
Feat. Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang
A scholar translating Buddhist sutras visits a monastery filled with various mysterious characters, in this soothing spiritual drama with elements of…
Grapes of Death, TheGrapes of Death, The (Les Raisins de la Mort) (1978)
Dir. Jean Rollin
Eco–thriller set in the French countryside where a dangerous pesticide used in a local vineyard has turned residents into the walking dead.…
HouseHouse (Hausu) (1977) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi
Feat. Kimiko Ikegami
Words don't do justice to this one–of–a–kind Japanese horror romp about a gaggle of teen girls caught in a haunted house whose…
Cauldron Of DeathCauldron Of Death (Ricco) (1973)
Dir. Tulio DeMicheli
Feat. Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo
Masquerading as a B–grade horror, this is actually a melodramatic Italian revenge thriller concerning the son of a murdered mobster who is…
Don't Torture a DucklingDon't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Barbara Bouchet, Florinda Bolkan, Tomas Milian
A compelling Giallo mystery from Italian master Lucio Fulci (THE BEYOND) following a detective investigating a series of child murders in a southern…
Who Saw Her Die?Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Dir. Aldo Lado, Vittorio De Sisti
Feat. George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi
Moody Italian giallo horror about a child killer roaming the streets of Venice. The family of the latest victim begin their own investigation…
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the KeyYour Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli
Another brilliantly lurid psycho–sexual horror from Italian giallo master Sergio Martino (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH). Edwige Fenech…
Daughters of DarknessDaughters of Darkness (Le Rouge aux Levres) (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Harry Kumel
Feat. Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, Andrea Rau
Significant, sultry vampire horror, justly celebrated for its blend of understated dread, unusual eroticism and elegant trappings which has been…
Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, TheStrange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The (1971)
Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Bruno Corazzari
Mesmerising giallo horror starring 70's Italian cinema queen and frequent Martino collaborator Edwige Fenech as the socialite wife of a diplomat who…
Tombs of the Blind DeadTombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
Dir. Amando De Ossorio
Feat. Lone Fleming, Cesar Burner, Maria Elena Arpon
Savage 13th Century Templars are resurrected in modern times to exact revenge on young nymphs. The Redemption label redeems another trashy bloodlust…
Valerie and Her Week of WondersValerie and Her Week of Wonders (Valerie a tyden divu) (1970) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jaromil Jireš
Feat. Jaroslava Schallerová
Mesmerising surrealist horror film from Czechoslovakia, following a young heroine as she encounters vampires, priests, and other fantasy characters…
Spirits of the DeadSpirits of the Dead (Histoires Extraordinaires) (1969)
Dir. Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Terence Stamp, Alain Delon
A classy compendium of three Edgar Allan Poe stories directed by Europe's finest. Metzengerstein (Dir. Roger Vadim) – Jane and Peter Fonda…
Cremator, TheCremator, The (1968)
Dir. Juraz Herz
Feat. Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlasta Chramostova
Widely considered one of the greatest films of the Czech new wave, a blackly humorous fantasy horror following the increasingly deranged impulses of…
KuronekoKuroneko (1968)
Dir. Kaneto Shindo
Feat. Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi
Visually exquisite black and white horror film from Japanese director Kaneto Shindo (ONIBABA). An adaptation of a supernatural folktale set during…
KwaidanKwaidan (1964) Recommended
Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratana, Misako Watanabe
A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…
Roman Polanski Collection, TheRoman Polanski Collection, The (Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac) (1962-1966)
Dir. Roman Polanski
The first three features of the Polish master – "Knife in the Water", "Repulsion" and "Cul–de–Sac".
Eyes Without a FaceEyes Without a Face (Yeux sans visage, Les) (1960) Aro Favourite
Dir. Georges Franju
Feat. Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
Landmark European horror tells with French artistry and tonal malevolence the magnificent obsession of a surgeon determined to restore his…

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