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1942
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During World War II a battle-scarred cameraman joins a group of Japanese 6th Army fighters separated from the main unit. Unfortunately, the jungles of Malaysia hide horrid secrets, which affect the accuracy of maps, destroy their radios and cause untraceable apparitions to emerge and disappear. Kelvin Tong (The Maid) directs this terrifying tale. In Japanese with English Kelvon Tong---Japan---2007---85 mins.
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3 EXTREMES
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Three of the most exciting and audacious figures in Asian cult cinema lend their talents to this horror triad, which "just may be the sickest, most twisted flick you'll see all year" (Vibe). In Box (Takashi Miike) , a tortured female novelist receives a mysterious invitation to meet at the site where she caused her twin sister's death. In Dumplings (Fruit Chan), an aging actress grows distraught at the realization that her beauty is slipping away. Desperate to reverse the process, she seeks the rejuvenating effect of a doctor's "magic" dumplings, only to discover that they contain some stomach-churning ingredients. Finally, Cut (Park Chan-Wook) is a gut-wrenching exercise in the macabre from the director of Oldboy. A sadistic mastermind captures a film director in an impossible puzzle; the man must decide whether to let his child be killed or watch his wife's fingers cut off one by one. In Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese with English subtitles. Takashi Miike/Fruit Chan/Park Chan-wook---Japan/China/South Korea---2005---125 mins.
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49 DAYS ( SPECIAL EDITION )
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According to Chinese folklore, the souls of the dead have seven weeks to roam the earth before proceeding to either heaven or hell. This Hong Kong horror film from co-directors Lam Kim Lung and Tsui Siu Ming tells of a physician (Stephen Liu) who's awaiting execution after being convicted of murdering a his close friends. During the 49-day period of purgatory, the doctor must intercept the victim's spirits and convince them to help prove his innocence. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Lam Kim Lung/Tsui Siu Ming---Hong Kong---2006---93 mins.
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AB-NORMAL BEAUTY
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When Jin (Race Wong), a talented photography student, witnesses a gruesome car accident, she turns her camera on the carnage instead of recoiling from it. Aroused by what she sees, the young artist begins to seek out images of death until her pursuit makes her the target of a shadowy aggressor's deadly game. Anson Leung co-stars in a Hong Kong production that mixes elements of Asian horror with a Cronenberg-esque interrogation of psychology and physiology. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Oxide Pang---Hong Kong---2004---101 mins.
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ACACIA
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The acacia tree in Ki-Hyung Park's (Whispering Corridors) languidly paced, atmospheric horror film serves as a kind of oracle that warns of impending terrors. As it blooms, the happy lives of Do-il, Mi-Suk, and their adopted child Jin-seong fall prey to a series of gruesome "accidents". Beautifully photographed and eerily paced, Park's film is a masterful piece of South Korean horror. In Korean with English subtitles. Ki-Hyung Park---South Korea---2003---102 mins.
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ALL NIGHT LONG COLLECTION
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This 3 DVD set compiles the gruesome, sick and twisted adventures of a group of high-school students who exact revenge after a rape and murder. Japanese with English subtitles. Japan---2003---252 mins.
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ANGEL DUST
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In this Japanese "Silence of the Lambs on acid" (Andrew Sarris, New York Observer), a mysterious serial killer is murdering women with a letha l needle on the Tokyo subway system. Police psychologist Setsuko has been assigned to the case for her ability to merge her mind with that of the killer's. As she delves deeper into the case, she finds herself in a maze of mind control, hallucination and terror as her ex-boyfriend becomes her prime suspect. A stunningly shot psychological thriller from one of the hottest of "new wave" Japanese filmmakers. In Japanese with English subtitles. Sogo Ishii---Japan---1997---116 mins.
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ANOTHER HEAVEN (ANAZA HEVUN)
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Joji Iida (Ring: The Spiral) directs this horror thriller about two Tokyo cops hunting a serial killer that is removing victims brains, but leaving few clues. Action and supernatural thrills blend nicely in this tense, but not gory, Japanese movie. Starring Yosuke Eguchi and Miwako Ichikawa. In Japanese with English subtitles. Letterboxed.
Joji Iida ---Japan---2000---132 mins.
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APARTMENT 1303
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A Japanese ghost story about a girl investigating the apartment where her sister committed suicide by leaping to her death. Turns out the domicile has a long history of driving its inhabitants off the ledge. In Japanese with English subtitles. Ataru Oikawa---Japan---2007---94 mins.
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ASIA CULT CINEMA EXTREME
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Four blood-soaked examples of extreme Asian horror, all of them guaranteed to prevent a good night's sleep. Organ (Kei Fujiwara, 1996, 105 mins.) is the graphically violent story of a Tokyo policeman who falls victim to a Yakuza body-parts selling syndicate. Horrifically unsettling, the film caused an uproar of controversy upon its theatrical release. Evil Dead Trap (Toshiharu Ikeda, 1988, 102 mins.) was a runaway horror hit and eventually spawned a pair of sequels. The film follows a talk show hostess who receives a brutal snuff film in her mail before becoming the subject of the killer's new feature. Entrails of a Virgin (Kazuo Komizu, 1986, 73 mins.) is roughly as disturbing as its title implies. Komizu's film chronicles the horrors of a small group who fall prey to a mud-covered swamp monster. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman (Kazuo Komizu, 1986, 68 mins.), the film's explicit follow-up, tells the story of a young doctor who falls prey to an evil Yakuza Kei Fujiwara/Toshiharu Ikeda/Kazuo Komizu---Japan---1986-1996---348 mins.
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ASSAULT! JACK THE RIPPER
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Despite the title, this shocking thriller has nothing to do with Jack the Ripper. A bossy waitress and a pastry chef, both co-workers at a restaurant, give in to bizarre fetishes and desires in this prime example of Nikkatsu Studio's "violent pink" films from the 1970's. After accidentally killing a female hitchhiker during a drive home from work, the couple finds the sight of bloody death moistening their own bodies as the two embark on a series of gruesome murders and mutilations to feed each one's perverse sexual appetites. In Japanese with English subtitles. Yasuharu Hasebe---Japan---1976---74 mins.
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BLACK HOUSE, THE
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Based on Yusuke Kishi's bestselling novel Kuroi Ie, this Japanese shocker directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Masaaki Uchino and Shinobu Ootake follows a shaky insurance adjuster as he investigates a troubling claim that leads to a trail of corpses. Corpses with lucrative policy payouts. "This movie is no drive-in quickie. Instead it is Morita's attempt to challenge several cherished genre conventions, made with his characteristic polish and inventiveness" (Mark Schilling, The Japan Times). In Japanese with Yoshimitsu Morita---Japan---1999---118 mins.
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BLACK KISS
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Aspiring model Asuka (Hashimoto Reika, Survive Style 5+) moves to Tokyo where she shares a small apartment with Kasumi (Kawamura Kaori). Soon, a string of bizarre murders occur all around the them, and at the scene of the crime, all the police can find is the perpetrator's black lip print. Could Asuka and Kasumi be this crazed serial killer's next victims? In Japanese with Makoto Tezuka---Japan---2004---133 mins.
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BLACK MAGIC
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A gruesome Shaw Brothers production starring Ti Lung, Lo Lieh, Tanny Tien Ni, and Lilly Li. In it, an obsessed widow pays a necromancer to cast a spell of enchantment on an unsuspecting couple. However, the magician has darker plans for this love triangle. Culminates in a sweet battle between two opposing sorcerers. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Ho Meng-hua---Hong Kong---1975---96 mins.
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BLIND BEAST VS KILLER DWARF
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Banned upon its original release, this nightmarishly surreal cult classic is the final film by Teruo Ishii (Female Yakuza Tale). Based on the works of horror novelist Rampo Edogawa, the film follows a dime-novel writer on a macabre journey that brings him into contact with misshapen dwarfs, bodiless limbs, and the kidnapped star of an all-girls' operetta company. In Japanese with English subtitles. Teruo Ishii---Japan---2004---95 mins.
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BLOODY ARIA
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A South Korean shocker about an opera student (Cha Ye-ryun) who takes a trip through the countryside with her music professor (Lee Byuong-jun). Not only is he getting excessively touchy-feely, but a group of young toughs starts harassing them to boot. She takes off into the woods and comes across a state patrolman, accepting a ride back to civilization. Bad news: his idea of civilization is taking her back to the creeps and acting out a series of sadistic tortures. "...a commentary about authority and violence in Korean society..." (Village Voice). In Korean with English subtitles. Shin-yeon Won---South Korea---2006---115 mins.
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BLOODY REUNION
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Also known as To Sir with Love, this Korean slasher movie pursues a group of former schoolmates on a class reunion with one of their former teachers. When old grudges and dark secrets emerge, friends begin to disappear in a series of gory murders. Class dismissed, indeed. In Korean with English and Spanish subtitles. Dae-wung Lim---South Korea---2006---93 mins.
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BONG JOON-HO COLLECTION (HOST / MOTHER / BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE)
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Three inventive horror films from South Korea's Bong Joon-ho. The director's first feature, Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000, 106 mins.), is an inspired dark comedy about a young, tenure-seeking professor and soon-to-be father (Lee Sung-jae). Somewhere outside the tiny apartment he shares with his wife, a dog is barking--nonstop. In addition to mounting academic and parental pressures, the constant yapping is slowly driving him mad. He eventually snaps and murders the neighbor's dog, but the barking doesn't stop. Neither does the killing. The Host (2006, 119 mins.), a box-office busting horror flick, takes the slapstick excess of Kung Fu Hustle and throws it at Godzilla's exoskeleton. A giant, slimy, shape-shifting creature rises from the Han River and attacks an onlooking mass, seizing a young girl, Hyun-seo (Ko Ah-sung), and plunging back into the depths. The government tries to quarantine the victims by claiming the monster is carrying a virus unleashed by the American military. With Mother (2009, 128 mins.), Joon-ho delivers a more serious, but equally grotesque crime thriller about the older, single mother (Kim Hye-ja) of a grown son (Do-joon) who is "on the slow side." On the street one night, he drunkenly crosses paths with a schoolgirl and follows her until she vanishes into an alley. When her body turns up mutilated, the police quickly arrest and convict him. But mother is a madwoman, and she will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. In Korean with English subtitles.
Bong Joon-ho---South Korea---2000-2009---358 mins.
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BOXER'S OMEN, THE
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A surreal Hong Kong horror film produced by the Shaw Brothers, Chin Hung Kuei's supernatural thriller tells of an embattled boxer on a quest to reverse an ancient curse on his family. Flying heads, female zombies, ghostly crocodiles, and other creatures populate this wildly imaginative film, called "a mind-roasting melange of rapid-fire insanity" by Fright.com. With Phillip Ko, Bolo Yeung, and Lung Wei Wang. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Chin Hung Kuei---Hong Kong---1983---99 mins.
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BRUTAL RIVER
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In this Thai horror film, villagers are disappearing one by one along the banks of a quiet river that flows through Lang Suan. The deaths are attributed to a giant crocodiloid creature, and everything from witch doctors to army soldiers are thrown at the scaled beast in hopes of freeing their village from its deadly jaws. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Anat Yuangngern---Thailand---2005---87 mins.
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