On "Before You Die, You See"
@angermonkey : I agree -- the American remake is a better movie. There, I said it!
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On Actually Scary Movies
@figwiggin : No love for Paprika? That flick blows Inception out of the water.
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On Actually Scary Movies
@AbdulAlhazred : Yep! He made The Great Yokai War and Zebraman, which are a children's fantasy movie and a straight-up superhero movie, respectively. But then, Miike makes everything, and lots of it (like, 6 or 7 movies a year, some years). He's like the Japanese Roger Corman.
Protip : Though The Happiness of the Katakuris does have musical song-and-dance numbers, it is definitely not a family-fun movie.
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On Actually Scary Movies
@thatsrealbutter : Criterion has a great DVD release of it, so buy immediately.
I also love how much Hausu is like Evil Dead's spiritual ancestor. CAT MOUTH SPEWING KOOL-AID BLOOD.
Also, bananas! Bananas! BANANAS!
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On Actually Scary Movies
@purefog : Audition is both absolutely insane and one of the tightest movies ever. The best experience would be to see it without knowing it was a horror movie, because you'd be all "OK, so this is an off-kilter romantic comedy? Oh, wait, so it's more like a Hitchcock movie ... OH SHIT WHAT'S IN THE BAG". Soooo pitch-perfect.
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On Actually Scary Movies
@monicamcl : Argento got those awesome hallucinatory colors by filming Suspiria with the last of the publically available three-strip Technicolor film stock (most directors were switching over to cheaper Eastmancolor). That's the same film and process used for The Wizard of Oz which, well, it looked familiar, didn't it? So creepy.
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On "Before You Die, You See"
@annepersand : Delicatessen, yes! I applaud your taste in relationship filter movies. (Relatedly, any girl who gives Audition two thumbs up is a keeper.)
For those above, I always recommend Pulse (the original Japanese one, obvs.) as the go-to creepy J-horror movie. It's the best kind of scary : the slow, crawling kind of creeping scary. And holy God does it stick with you. Brrr, awesome.
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On "Before You Die, You See"
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On "Before You Die, You See"
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On Actually Scary Movies
@emilylouise : The book is legitimately creepy as hell! It's either the most insane true story ever or a fantastically well done bit of fiction masquerading as fact.