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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…
Happiness of the KatakurisHappiness of the Katakuris (2001) Recommended
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano
A delirious confection from Japanese bad boy dir., Takashi Miike, this “zombie musical” is his most benevolent yet purely entertaining…
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…
Idle Hands (1999)
Dir. Rodman Flender
Feat. Seth Green, Devon Sawa, Elden Henson
An evil spirit moves from person to person, afflicting only a single hand, which proceeds to wreak five–fingered carnage. High–school…
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…
Scream 2Scream 2 (1997)
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
Neve Campbell and friends get revisited by another round of cell–phone threats, masked stalkers and spotty, self–referential…
ScreamScream (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich
The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
Vampire in BrooklynVampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett
Eddie Murphy and the ever–dynamic Angela Bassett team up for horror specialist Wes Craven, who injects a mix of comedy and gothic romance into…
Wes Craven's New NightmareWes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Recommended
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
Addams Family ValuesAddams Family Values (1993)
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Not bad sequel focuses less on Gomez & Morticia, and gets more comic mileage from the rest of the gang.

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