Ten More Essential Unreleased-in-the-U.S. Horror Films
Here I have another round-up of worthwhile international horror films that have yet to be distributed (outside the festival circuit) in the United States.
WOLFGUY: ENRAGED LYCANTHROPE
Kung Fu and lycanthropy: an irresistible combination if you ask me, and this fun Sonny Chiba movie proves it!
THE MYSTERY OF RAMPO
A strange and often puzzling fantasy about the late Edogawa Rampo (1894-1965), Japan’s foremost horror/mystery scribe
MY SOUL IS SLASHED
The Japanese video market of the 1990s produced some pretty amazing films, among them this highly audacious take on vampires, an exhausted subject this film treats with considerable freshness and ingenuity
MIKADROID: ROBOKILL BENEATH DISCO CLUB LAYLA
This 1991 Japanese thriller, whose plot is neatly summed up by its subtitle, has amassed a minor cult following, even though it isn’t all that good
METAMORPHOSIS (HENGE)
Clocking in at just 54 minutes, this film is gory, audacious and romantic, and can’t be faulted for being too long
MATANGO
This classic of Japanese horror, from the creator of the GODZILLA flicks, was a groundbreaker in its day and remains an effective piece of work
MARRONIER
This shot on video J-Horror fest sucks, but does contain some arrestingly weird imagery
MAREBITO
One of the more interesting products of the early-00’s J-Horror boom, a twisted and consistently unpredictable depiction of psychosis, vampirism and Lovecraftian dread
THE MANSTER
An American-Japanese co-production that apparently horrified an entire generation of sixties-era youngsters