Watched any good films lately??

[northepaul]

Anyone like Japanese films? I can recommend some very good psychological horrors, if interested.

[lizzylemon]

Anyone like Japanese films? I can recommend some very good psychological horrors, if interested.

I've 'done' some of these in the past - extremely good at it aren't they? I always try to get the original Japanese version as a lot of them have been re-made in the US and just not as good.

[lizzylemon]

Sounds good, might be tempted

Only prob is my OH wont watch subtitled films, or horror/detective etc genre so it'll have to wait until I have an evening of ironing to do!

Well it is subtitled but don't be fooled into thinking its a normal vampire film. It's really very good and my OH, who also hates horror, was really surprised by the film and said it was the best film he's seen in ages.

Just make sure you get the original Swedish version, it's being / been made into a US version will probably loose the essence.

[Rhona]

Anyone like Japanese films? I can recommend some very good psychological horrors, if interested.

I'm a fan of Japanese films, across the genres. From the spooky 'yurei-type' stable, I think Ring, Dark Water and Audition are gripping. I can't bear bloodspilling/violent horror films. The seemingly gentle nature of Japanese scary films (albeit with the layers of terror) is much civilized.

I can only 'do' one or two a year though... and even then I watch from behind a cushion. I'm a wuss, basically.

[lizzylemon]

I'm a fan of Japanese films, across the genres. From the spooky 'yurei-type' stable, I think Ring, Dark Water and Audition are gripping. I can't bear bloodspilling/violent horror films. The seemingly gentle nature of Japanese scary films (albeit with the layers of terror) is much civilized.

I can only 'do' one or two a year though... and even then I watch from behind a cushion. I'm a wuss, basically.

You're much braver than me - the last J-Horror I did was a few years ago now. I'm pretty sure it the was the Grudge original version and the little girl with the eyes did me in well and truly

The psychological stuff is much more scary than silly slasher style films. Blood & gore is just boring after the first splat!


I just wish I could remember names of films / directors etc. Theres a director who made The Cell with J-Lo and more recently The Fall who is visually stunning. Worth watching for the cinematography alone - the cells story line is an OK thriller and the Fall is a bit weak but I have to admit to being in tears by the end of it. In my defence - The monkey started it!

[northepaul]

Woman of the Dunes 1964 director Hiroshi Teshigahara - without giving too much away heres some blurb:
"A professor in search of rare butterflies (what else when the film is concerned with transformation) on the dune coast of Western Japan, misses his transport home and is offered shelter by the local people in the strange sand pit home of a widow. All is fine until he tries to leave, and finds that the villagers have other ideas, for the widow needs help in shifting the sand from her pit, an endless and thankless task, and he is held captive. At first he rails against his captivity, sometimes violently, until he finds a purpose in this case the need to keep sand out of the water butt, and he no longer thinks of escape.

Filmed in 1964 at a time when Japan was undergoing a period of growing discontent, the student riots were only a few years away. The film serves as an excellent metaphor for the problems a rapidly changing society has with maintaining the belief systems of the past, and the alienation found in progress."

Its a slower paced psychological horror, very disturbing and caustrophobic. Infact I would recommend any of Teshigahara's films.

[miffy]

We watched Driving Lessons with Julie Walters and Rupert Grint, was a very gentle English comedy, also recently watched Invictus and Sherlock Holmes which were good films too.
Clash of the Titans is ok as long as you are not expecting a film to tax your brain cells too much!!

[Bren In Pots]

I've just finished watching 'Matilda' I know its a kids film but i thoroughly enjoyed it, wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa with a box of tissues for my snotty nose.