The first instalment of the trilogy of Korean director Chan-wook Park is Boksuneun Naui Geot (English Title: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance). This Korean thriller is a class in itself, if you like the style of Park. Though most of his movies (OldBoy, Bakjwi etc.) are kind of similar at the first instance and they definitely revolve around... More

There are several ways to die. E.g. you can hang yourself, consume poison, jump in front of a speeding vehicle (preferably a train), jumping off from a tall building, and there are some extreme machines used in ancient India to kill yourself. Death is guaranteed. This is all what you get in the Suicide Manual. Directed by Osamu Fukutani,... More

Chi-Leung Law tried hard to make a clever movie but Jiu Ming (English title: Koma) turned to be one of those not-so-smart films that have been produced in Asia. However, this does not really mean that this Hong Kong thriller does not have any tight moments, but as usual, often the twists and turns in the plot are way out of the reach... More

Sei Mong Se Jun (English Title: Ab-Normal Beauty) is full of abstract visual art and style. This is a colorful film, full of visual psychedelic appearances. A mixture of variety of colors, moods and lights make this Asian movie a special one. Oxide Pang Chun did a good job as the director, giving life to the sex and death related... More

Rosemary’s Baby is an intense horror film and known to be director Roman Polanski’s one of the finest movies of  the Apartment Trilogy. Rosemary’s Baby had been really blended well with bits of drama and romance too apart from the expected horror element; and the end result is the birth of a fantastic movie. This... More

Kairo (English Title: Pulse), written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa can easily give a tough competition to movies like The Others, Ringu and The Sixth Sense. This Japanese horror movie begins with a young group of Tokyo residents’ experiences of strange incidents after one of their friends commits suicide. The vision of... More

Uzumaki (English title: Spiral) deals with the weird concept of supernatural imagination. This film directed by Higuchinsky has earned a good reputation in the history of Asian Horror movies. Kirie Goshima (Eriko Hatsune), as a young girl comes across her boyfriend’s father videotaping a snail. The father is unaware of it (Kirie... More

Written and directed by Sion Sono, Jisatsu Saakuru aka Suicide Club is one of the well made Asian horror flick that I have ever seen. It is based on a very abstract subject matter and often makes you feel suffocated, at least to some extent. The movie starts with a mass suicide of 54 Japanese school girls, who throw themselves in... More