[kj] OT: Scary/horror films vs. "disturbing" movies

[bongo]

have to also mention the first 3 peter jackson films...
now, if yr stomach doesn't turn during the custard eating scene in
'braindead' yr a bit of a legend!


=)



On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Three Extremes is actually composed one Japanese, one Hong Kong (the

> alarmingly disturbing one about dumplings) and one South Korean film. The SK

> one is from the director of Oldboy, by the way.

>

> JIm.

>

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> --- On Mon, 8/9/08, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>

> From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Scary/horror films vs. "disturbing" movies

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Monday, 8 September, 2008, 9:44 PM

>

> Yes, you're right. I tend to unflatteringly-to-myself blur Korean and

> Japanese horror together. I probably should have said "East Asian."

> :)

> South Korea and Japan have some fierce competition going on as far as

> disturbing, horrific movies go, no? There's great stuff coming from both

> places. The global economy ... ah! The _3 Extremes_ DVD available in the

> US I think is comprised of 1 Korean and 2 Japanese films. I personally

> found the Korean film to be the strongest/creepiest, if memory serves.

> (Someone tied to a piano.)

> Anyway, what's the NYC and Chicago KJ USA tour situations looking like?

> -Oliver

> Jim Harper wrote:

>> Apologies for nitpicking Ollie, but Oldboy is South Korean rather than

>> Japanese. It is an exceptional film though.

>>

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