Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Foreign Cinema: 163 Films to Buy & Rent
- Eye, The (2002)
- 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 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 Skin (Dans Ma Peau) (2002)
- 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…
- Malefique (2002)
- 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…
- Phone (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 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 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 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.
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- Brotherhood 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, 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…