Looking for a way to scare the crap out of yourself this evening without the bother of costumes or candy or clubbing??? Be our date and celebrate NrrrdyGrrrl’s birthday by joining us with our blankies and pop corn and these terrifying masterworks of Asian contemporary horror cinema.
Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から)
(2002) Hideo Nakata
Japan
WATCH ON YOUTUBE
Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ)
(2004) Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom
Thailand
WATCH ON BUDAGEMOK
The Grudge (呪怨じゅおん)
(2002) Takashi Shimizu
Japan
WATCH ON DAILY MOTION
A Tale of Two Sisters (薔花, 紅蓮)
(2003) Kim Jee-woon
South Korea
WATCH ON VEOH HERE
One Missed Call (着信アリ)
(2003) Takashi Miike
Japan
WATCH ON YOUTUBE
The Ring (リング)
1998 Takashi Shimizu
Japan
WATCH ON DAILY MOTION
PART ONE
PART TWO
Our lovely friend Tananarive Due is noted for her work in many fields, genres and media but for Dark Matters’ POCtober, we want to draw your attention to her work in horror- on the page and on the screen.
Here’s a profile of Tananarive in The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror
Check out her films, videos & more at Tananarive Due’s YouTube Channel
And have a look at Tananarive Due’s official blog: Reading Circle
And her website TananariveDue.com
Watch and read about the horror short she made with Steven Barnes: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes’ Horror Short ‘Danger Word’, an adaptation of their novel “Devil’s Wake”.
And finally take a listen to this in-depth interview Tananarive had with Farai Chideya for National Public Radio in 2006:
A Conversation with Tananarive Due PART ONE
&
A Conversation with Tananarive DuePART TWO
Here at Dark Matters, we’re really impressed by Ashlee Blackwell’s website Graveyard Shift Sisters and her mission to purge the “black female horror fan from the margins” of not only horror and genre media in general, but also from the confines of persistent, destructive, and ultimately boring stereotypes.
For two years, Graveyard Shift Sisters has been doing a fantastic job of educating folks with interviews and articles about black female horror directors, actors, TV & web series, writers, characters, books, and fans, all while putting her enthusiasm and respect at the forefront. This month’s treats include an article about black women in zombie movies, an interview with author Constance Burris and another with the creator of comic Eating Vampires and founder of Women in Comics NYC Collective International, Regine Sawyer.
So go to the site and discover black women directing, acting in, producing, writing, reading, and freaking loving horror and sci-fi. Black female horror mavens exist, hear them roar!
(Seriously. Do yourself a solid and check out Graveyardshiftsisters.com.)
Read about it at Fangoria.com.
In honor of the news that “Ash vs Evil Dead” has already earned itself a second season….!
“NIGHT WALKER” A Horror Short By Glenn Singer
“Night Walker” is a story we’ve all heard about hitchhikers on the rez… This short film project incorporates an all Navajo cast and crew. It was written and directed by Navajo film maker Glenn Singer of Ganado, Arizona.
Here are some site recs to celebrate horror and history through out Latin America!
Latin Horror
The first English-language website dedicated to the genre of Latin horror. Features the leading Latin/Spanish/International “dark creative expressionists” working in film, theater, music, photography, illustration, graphic novels, “dark art” novelas, comic books, literature, and games—from the seasoned masters—to the up-and-coming Latin horrorphile whose work is grounded in horror, the macabre, and gothic arts.
100 Must See Brazilian Horror Films / 100 Filmes Brasileiros de Horror
A REC LIST CREATED BY Created by C Primati for IMDb
100 recs from site member C Primati.
Latina.com: 7 Terrifying Latin American Legends
Mexico Less Travelled: Haunted Mexico
BikeHike: The Spookiest Ghost Stories of Central and South America
Peru This Week: Five Famous Peruvian Ghost Stories
Beyond Samba: Brazilian Folklore: Magical Creatures that Inhabit the Forests
Remezcla: The Top 5 Latino Horror Legends & Monsters
Wander Argentina: Haunted Buenos Aires: Ghost Stories of the City
YouTube: Las Leyendas de Guatemala (The Legends of Guatemala)
Latin Times: Top 5 Scariest Latin American Ghost Stories
Travel Basecamp: Exploring Roatán’s Haunted Caverns In Honduras
Per Fangoria.com: “Welcome, FANGORIA Readers, to CROSSING OVER, our newest column that highlights the films, series and content out there outside of horror that is fashioned towards or pays tribute to our beloved genre. By shining a light onto these projects, FANGORIA hopes to open a world of entertainment perfect for fright fans that lies just beyond the borders of the horror community.”
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