Hey, poker playas!
Halloween is just around the corner. So here is the second list of horror movies you can watch. we definitely would make our own list soon. but for now, we hope you enjoy this list.
For today, it would be the top 10 Asian horror movies. lets go.
The Grudge
Definitely one of our favorite, The creepy apparition of a little boy, a creaky haunted house, and the devastatingly scary ghost of a scorned woman––on paper, it sounds like a cookie-cutter formula for a horror movie. But there’s something brilliant and nuanced about Japanese director Takashi Shimizu’s film, Ju-On that makes it one of the most well-known Asian horror movies.
It is a movie that you know what will happen but how it will happen is what they don’t reveal until the last moment. Everyone that steps into the house will meet a grim fate. the silence and simple warning that something is about to happen and then it hits you. the pacing is quite great. Definitely a must-watch.
The Ring
Adapted from a novel based on a Japanese legend known as Banchō Sarayashiki, The Ring is the story of a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it exactly one week after viewing. The film follows reporter Reiko Asakawa as she investigates these terrifying and mysterious deaths while trying to save her loved ones from their fatal curse.
It was at the time when people were using VHF which might be ancient to some readers now. but it was when people were scaring each other with the tape.
Satan slave
directed by Joko Anwar, one of Indonesia’s most influential directors—is a loose remake and prequel to the 1980 cult classic of the same name. The story follows a family who is being haunted by the death of their mother. The eldest daughter, Rini, tries to find answers as to what led to her mother’s death and discovers a tie to a Satanic cult.
Munafic
This Malaysian supernatural horror film centres around Ustaz Adam, a Muslim medical practitioner who is coping with the death of his wife. He starts to doubt his abilities and refuses to help people—that is until he meets Maria, a young woman possessed by an evil spirit. Hoping that he would learn the truth about his wife’s death, he tries to save her.
Dark water
Newly divorced Yoshimi Matsubara is forced to move into a grim, old apartment with her daughter. Soon, she notices a dark spot on the ceiling where water appears to be leaking through––as this happens, strange things start to occur, including unsettling visions of a ghostly little girl who seems to be drawing the mother-son duo toward the supernatural.
The eye
After being blind for 18 years, violinist Wong Kar Mun receives a corneal transplant which allows her to see again. She’s overjoyed, but not for long, as she begins seeing horrifying premonitions of death and disaster. Desperate to find out what’s happening to her, Wong travels to Thailand and tracks down her donor, only to discover a dark and gruesome truth.
Shutter
After fleeing from a tragic accident, a photographer named Thun and his girlfriend Jane begin to see strange figures in the photographs that they take––soon enough, terror ensues beyond the frame.
The pacing was actually great with this movie. they were giving early hints on what was really behind it. but it was only in the end till everything fell into place.
A definite must watch.
A tale of two sisters
In this psychological thriller, a girl returns home to her father, sister and her deeply unhinged stepmother after spending time in an asylum––but to say any more about it would be to take away from the ingenious ride of clever twists and turns that this film takes its viewers on.
A Tale of Two Sisters takes its time in getting the ball rolling, but once you get a grip of what’s really going on, it’s all mind-bending, spine-tingling thrills from there.
Lada land
True enough, the story follows a family who moves into a new house and begins to encounter paranormal events. Sounds like a classic horror movie right? Except there’s not just the fear factor but also the family drama.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, South Korea
The film is based on a real-life psychiatric hospital of the same name and follows a horror web series crew that goes to an abandoned asylum to live stream.
Given the popularity of live streaming, the film seems suited to the age of the internet. As the style is that of found footage, you will feel like you’re literally watching a horror live stream instead of a movie.
