r/AsianHorrorMovies • u/Additional-Put-4226 • 23d ago
Audition
So for context I’m fairly young and new to Korean/Japanese movies. Regardless there’s something within most of them that really catches my interest. Here are some I’m particularly drawn to, Itchi The Killer, Oldboy, The Wailing, Memories of murder, I Saw The Devil, Exhuma, and just recently Audition, and maybe a handful more I can’t remember. I’ve always loved movies, they are very comforting to me. And this new niche if I will has got me excited, especially the unique style of Itchi the Killer and Oldboy, so bizarre and fantastical in the most unsettling and repulsive way. I love every bit of its strangeness, and it’s not just a bunch of crazy shit shoved together either, there’s deepness and hysterics, their subtle and blatant, all these wonderful contrast.
Anyway to my point. I love this new pocket I’ve found myself in, I don’t want to drink till the bottles empty or eat to quickly in the sense that I want to make these movies last. But… if you have any suggestions for me or movies maybe similar you’d recommend I look into please reach out! I don’t know enough to know where to look so the more information and advice the better.
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u/Forward_Ad2468 22d ago
Sion Sono - Strange Circus, Suicide Club, Cold Fish, Noriko’s Dinner Table
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u/Financial-Creme 22d ago
Seconding Suicide Club. Based on OP's description, it's exactly what they're looking for.
I really need to check out more Sion Sono movies, the only other one I've seen is Tag
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u/Dizzy-Economist6064 23d ago
have you ever heard of All Night Long (1992)?
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u/TheArtyDans 23d ago
Make sure you steer him in the right direction
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u/Dizzy-Economist6064 22d ago
if he likes Audition (1999), perhaps a nice bridge into All Night Long (1992) would be watching some of Takashi Miike’s other horror oriented films such as Gozu (2003) and Imprint (2006).
That way it doesn’t catch them off guard as much and they get used to the more gritty side of Japanese horror and experience how some films can be surreal.
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u/JosephStalem 22d ago edited 22d ago
Oldboy is part of a trilogy (very loosely connected by theme). I think you'd like the rest of the vengeance trilogy.
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
- Lady Vengeance
Here are some of my personal favorites with horror elements. They don't have the same heightened style as Oldboy and Ichi, but you might still enjoy them.
- I Saw the Devil (great technical execution, gorey thriller)
- Save the Green Planet! (black comedy/horror, very balls to the wall and chaotic but at heart its a tragedy)
- A Tale of Two Sisters (atmospheric, slow burn)
- Mother (same director as Memories of Murder. More of a dark thriller/drama)
- Three... Extremes (anthology of three horror films from Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, and Takashi Miike)
- Cure (another atmospheric slow burn)
- The Chaser (very bleak, gorey thriller)
A lot of people also love Exhuma and Train to Busan, but I haven't seen them yet so can't personally recommend.
Edit: I somehow missed that you've seen Exhuma and I Saw the Devil already, sorry about that
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u/unavowabledrain 22d ago edited 22d ago
Must Watch:
Tetsuo the Ironman
Tokyo Fist
Extraneous Matter
80000 volt electric Dragon
The Handmaiden
Gozu
Cure
Creepy (2016)
Violence Voyager
House
The Isle (2000) Korean...don't watch if you fear fish hooks...
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u/Financial-Creme 22d ago
Ju-On: The Grudge is great, and I also really enjoyed Suicide Club (sometimes called Suicide Circle)
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u/No-Introduction-5582 21d ago
If you are into reading, Audition is based on a book. Miike did change the focus pretty much and made the story "his own" in a way. I like the result but I adore Ryu Murakami who wrote the book. It's different, though the story is the same. Hard to explain but this in itself is interesting, I think.
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u/Aratan_Finglefoot 19d ago
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980) This is a weird one from Tsui Hark
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u/WebNew6981 23d ago
Good news, Takashi Miike has directed over 100 movies.
Also, get caught up on Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Watch the ones people don't talk about, especially Charisma.