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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdIjzRtA3jo
Dark Tales of Japan (Nihon no Kowai Yoru) is a 2004 made-for-TV film anthology of five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Norio Tsuruta, Kōji Shiraishi, Takashi Shimizu and Masayuki Ochiai.
Director: Juno Mak, Producer: Takashi Shimizu
Hong Kong’s multi-talented wunderkind Juno Mak has struck gold in his every creative endeavor in music, fashion, and film. As the director of this 2013 vampire flick, Mak pairs up with J Horror innovator Takashi Shimizu who birthed the Ju-on/Grudge franchises.
The resulting movie pays tribute to Ricky Lau’s 1985 horror/comedy Mr Vampire and bends the fourth wall by including cast members from that iconic film. Eschewing the Western take on bloodsucker mythology, both films instead hinge Chinese folklore’s jiangshi, a Taoist creature roughly described as a “hopping vampire”.
Director: Takashi Shimizu
This had a sorta arthouse feel that I was not expecting- at all. Not in an annoying way, either. Just really well written storytelling with an appealing visual simplicity. So different from the remake; captivating.
Dark Matters 
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