pans labyrinth. spain. wonderful fantasy movie about a girl with an abusive stepfather who learns from a faun that she is a princess in a fantasy world that her mother is the queen of

Picnic At Hanging Rock '75 (Australia)


During a school outing three students and a teacher mysteriously vanish.
The scenes when the three female students disappear while hiking around Picnic Rock ranks as one of the creepiest moments in film for me. The whole films has a dreamlike quality to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jWyiE7068

Angst '83 (Austria)

(From IMdB)A man is released from prison after serving four years for murdering an elderly woman. He quickly begins to feel the compulsion to kill again. After failing to murder a cab driver, he flees and discovers a secluded rural home, where a young woman lives with her sick mother and retarded brother. He then begins to take out his sadistic pleasures on them, attempting to hold them hostage, while thinking of his troubled childhood with his abusive mother and grandmother...


A sadly overlooked film. As effective as films like Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer are, they seem very tame when compared to a film like Angst.

Based on the real case of mass murderer Werner Kniesek.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xajpl3_angst-1983-directors-cut-trailer_shortfilms

An excellent movie.

When The Wind Blows '86 (UK)

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack...

Absolutely brilliant animated film. Music score by Roger Waters, theme song by David Bowie.

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntI-7vR2zRs&feature=related

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom '73 aka Kyôfu joshikôkô: bôkô rinchi kyôshitsu (Japan)

(From IMdB) Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).


Extremely entertaining. Part of the Pinky Violence film series: Terrifying Girls' High School.

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0ZNsvdGGE

House '77 aka Hausu (Japan)

Group of high school girls stay at one of their aunt's house. Little do they know, it's haunted. Insane, surreal, and wacky horror fantasy comedy.

Finally released on Region 1 DVD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN0HVJ5tkIM

I remember this film. It was undoubtedly one of the most disturbing movies ever made. I did like that they opted to have the main character do a narration.

Loved this!

Hilda: [as she hears a radio announcement about an imminent nuclear missile attack] Oh dear, I'd better bring the washing in.

The narration quotes confessions of real life serial killers.

Yes, I know. That made the movie disturbing for me. The flavor of truth in that movie is very strong.

@Red_Lace
Thx for starting this topic
You italiano posts evokes fond memories of a variety of Classico Italiano including:

Ladri di biciclette ~ The Bycycle Thief (De sica)
Amacord (Fellini)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone)
But in particular, 'Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave ' mush=t have beena influence on
The Profumo Affair (TV, UK)



@Art_girl
I look forward to Bienvenue chez les ch'tis, but it not the south's favourite film for obvious reasons and was exploited by the Paris St Germain fans at a football match than involved Sarkozy !
'soul Kitchen' looks fragmented but I'll perisist with it & I bypass anyhting that sounds like Brigit Jones crossed with catherine zeta jones (i.e.Tamare drewe)
For Delicatessen see the Pre...
- The City of Lost Children (FR)
& the Post...
-Amelie (FR)
-A Very Long Engagment (FR)

Dominique Pinon is the only connnection to these films





@AndyBgood
Enjoy
-Zatoichi (JR)




@shrxfn68
Consider...
-Amarcord (FR)
-Ghost in the Shell (JR)
-Up (US)
-Akira (JR)




@Torgo70
Consider
-2001 (US)
-Solaris (RU)
-Blade (US)
-Brazil (US/UK)

Inglorious Basterds has too much input on their solo form certain actors that Christoph Waltz can't save
when the winds blows is fabulous

From the japanese teenage slasher
Battle Royale (JR)



@lilyelf
Consider the remains of the Trilogy
Chronos (ES)
The Devil's backbone (ES)

El espíritu de la colmena - Spirit of the Beehive (ES) was also mentioned above


~Stevie

Hi, Stevie! Welcome to Mingle, specifically to the movie section. It's always nice to meet new people who appreciate and has knowledge regarding film. Will certainly look forward to your posts.

14 Blades (Hong Kong) 2010

(Action|Drama|Thriller)



An Action thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Donnie Yen).

Donnie holds a high position in the emperor's court but then he is betrayed and hunted by his colleagues.

(IMDb review)14 Blades is an epic martial arts drama set against a back drop of love, honour and betrayal. The fate of the Chinese empire rests in the hands of one man, who may have to sacrifice everything in order to defeat a rebellion.

The remainder of the cast offer excellent support, and it's especially good to see elder statesman Sammo Hung being cast against type as the bitter, vengeful Prince Quin. My only grumble is that he seems woefully underused, but the run time of 114 minutes is just about perfect.

14 Blades is a very good film. Imaginatively made and skilfully performed. Be prepared for an entertaining Eastern thrill ride with an emotional heart and fabulous performances to drive the story through. If a little more care had been made with the script, this could have been incredible, but it still comes highly recommended. SM

24 Hours Ghost Story (HK)



Wellson Chin Sing-wai spins this ghost yarn about a spirit who haunts the unsuspecting customers of a 24-hour convenience mart.

When clerk Mo tai-ho starts hearing Peking opera coming out of the telephones, the freezers and from the back room, he's sure he's going nuts. He is also troubled by dreams dominated by a hideous ghoul which isn't helping much.

Amazing stories 1993 (HK)



With karma and revenge as the central themes, this intriguing movie is made up of three amazing stories.

The 3 stories include revenge dolls,fairy foxes,murder,abuse and most of all revenge and the wheels of karma in motion.

Biozombie (HK) 1998



An extremely CHEESY zombie movie. A soft drink tainted with bio-chemicals has the power to turn people into flesh-eating zombies. Soon there are zombies everywhere! A group of mall employees must bond together to try and fight their way out.

Bunman: The Untold Story (HK)



In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. The hands belong to the missing mother of the restaurant's former owner, he and his family have disappeared, staff at the restaurant continue to go missing, and Wong can't produce a signed bill of sale.

2LDK '03 (Japan)

(IMdB)Two actresses who have auditioned for one part, sharing the same apartment with opposite personalities equals a night which neither of them will forget - if they survive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk4SV0ZL4Ro

Amsterdamned 1988 (Netherlands)

(IMdB) A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer

This is how you make a horror action film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_A5rr-Z6A