Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Grudge, The (Ju-On) (2003)
- 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 Tension (Haute tension, Switchblade Romance) (2003)
- 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…
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
- Dir. Rob Zombie
Feat. Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon…
- A gut–churning, schlocky homage by rock–singer Rob Zombie (of White Zombie fame) to the underground 'gore' films of the 1960s and…
Killing Words (Palabras encadenadas) (2003)
- Dir. Laura Mana
Feat. Darío Grandinetti, Goya Toledo, Fernando Guillén…
- This quality, award–winning thriller has a woman waking to find herself restrained in a dark basement, while a seeming serial–killer,…
Last Horror Movie, The (2003)
- Dir. Julian Richards
Feat. Kevin Howarth, Antonia Beamish
- A 'no budget' horror spin with a self–reflexive hook, has suave photographer Howarth film weddings by day and grisly killings by night –…
Locals, The (2003)
- Dir. Greg Page
Feat. John Barker, Dwayne Cameron, Kate Elliot…
- A local horror outing that follows a couple of surfie city kids into the Waikato bush, where they discover an undead netherworld of shady rural types…
One 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…
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Denise Richards
- Further hit–and–miss spoofery of the horror movie genre, and popular culture in general from dir. Zucker and the Wayans clan.
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Serial Slayer (Claustrophobia) (2003)
- Dir. Mark Tapio Kines
Feat. Melanie Lynskey
- Interesting indie thriller has a maniac with a crossbow stalking victims from Los Angeles rooftops, before narrowing in on three women having a…
Sin Eater, The (The Order) (2003)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Peter Weller
- Priest Heath Ledger investigates a series of mysterious deaths within the Catholic Church that lead him to the Vatican, and beyond, in this murky…