Director: William Castle
Writer: Robb White
Release year: 1960
Now you see ‘em… Now you don’t!
The Zorba family is a about to find out that some inheritances don’t come cheap. Especially when it comes with 13 more souls to feed… Souls of the terrifying kind. Oh well, there’s always the option of putting on your blue glasses and ignore them. Good riddance for the squeamish. And the red viewer will provide all the more fun for ghost fanatics.
Director: Yoon Hong-Seung
Writer: Yoon Hong-Seung and Kim Eun-Kyeong
Release Year: 2008
Korean title: Gosa
Saw set in a Seoul school
It’s Saturday in Seoul. Twenty intelligent high school graduates have gathered for some special tutoring to prepare for the university’s entry exam. What they didn’t anticipate, is that their very lives will depend on their correct answers when they find themselves targeted by an anonymous killer, who is about to turn this exam into a merciless game of torture, horror and death.
Director: William Castle
Writer: Robb White
Release Year: 1959
First Film With the Amazing New Wonder EMERGO: The Thrills Fly Right Into The Audience!
The above tagline refers to the special gimmick that was used in the theatre when it was first released. At the right time in the film, a plastic skeleton was flown over the audience as if it came out of the movie, effectively breaking the ‘fourth wall’. Or as they described it: “The Amazing New Emergo! The ghost emerges right off the screen and actually SOARS into the audience!“.
Director: Elio Quiroga
Writer: Elio Quiroga
Release year: 2009
English title: The Beckoning
Routine ghosts with inventive tricks
After the birth of their new child, Francesca and Pedro movie into their new home. A large house, away from the city… that seems to harbour some dark secrets.
Director: Toby Wilkins
Writer: Brad Keene, based on a concept & characters created by Takashi Shimizu
Release year: 2009
Mimic 3 meets Amityville 6 in a J-Horror franchise... or maybe not.
After surviving the vicious spirit attacks in a Chicago apartment building, Jake is placed in a psychiatrical clinic. While most of the tenants have already left the building, the curse lives on in the appartment complex. Back in Tokyo, a Japanese woman believes she holds the key to stopping the vengeful ghost of Kayako once and for all…
Director: Charles Guard and Thomas Guard
Writer: Graig Rosenberg, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, based on a 2003 screenplay by Ji-woon Kim
Release year: 2009
Uninvited but nevertheless endurable US re-make.
When Anna, who lost her mother in a tragic accident, returns from a psychiatric clinic, she is happily re-united with her sister Alex. But she also comes home to Rachel, her father’s new girlfriend, to which she doesn’t take a liking. When terrifying nightmares begin to haunt her, Anna gets convinced not all is well with her family…
