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Horror > Paranorma: 171 Films to Buy & Rent
Grudge, The (2004)
- Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Bill Pullman…
- Unnerving imagery and soundscapes abound in the Japanese director's remake of his own horror film for a western audience, that while recast with…
Hex (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Jemima Rooper, Christina Cole, Michael Fassbender
- Bewitching, BUFFY–comparable series in which a feisty English schoolgirl is bestowed with supernatural powers amidst a looming demonic threat.…
Hide and Seek (2004)
- Dir. John Polson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen…
- Bogeyman horror which has psychologist De Niro withdrawing to a lakeside mansion for some quiet time with his daughter, recently traumatized by her…
Kingdom Hospital (TV Mini-series) (2004)
- Dir. Craig R Baxley
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Bruce Davison, Diane Ladd…
- Horror–writer Stephen King expands his King–dom with a solid adaptation of dir. Lars von Trier's celebrated Danish TV series "The…
Marebito (2004)
- Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara…
- A delve into more conventional 'horror' for dir. Shimizo (THE GRUDGE), still retaining considerable austerity and dread with his fable of urban fears…
Saint Ange (Sanatorium) (2004)
- Dir. Pascal Laugier
Feat. Virginie Ledoyen, Katriona MacColl, Lou Doillon
- A young woman (Ledoyen) journeys into the remotes of the French Alps to help clean up an abandoned orphanage, but soon begins to notice strange…
Village, The (2004)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody…
- A further investigation in atmospherics from the maker of SIGNS and THE SIXTH SENSE, this time sent in the foreboding microcosm of an 18th century…
Grudge 2, The (Ju-On 2) (2003)
- Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Chiharu Nîyama, Noriko Sakai, Kei Horie…
- Followup to the original Japanese version of dir. Takashi's own JU–ON, this proffers an almost identical vision, with a TV crew visiting the…
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…
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…