The Ring (2001) Anyone who watches a strange videotape dies one week later. A reporter (Naomi Watts/Matsushima Nanako/Shin Eun-Kyung) and her ex search for the origins of the tape, and how to stop the curse before it kills them and their child . Horror films are rarely actually frightening. They can be sickening, repulsive, suspenseful,
Gen-Y thrill seekers watch a cursed videotape that kills in 7 days, and then see how long they can hold out before having someone else watch a duplicate, thus breaking the curse. Jake (Ryan Merriman), an obnoxious high school student, is drawn in by the college crowd to play this dangerous game, but when the
Thirty years before the events of Ringu, and eleven after anything of interest to audiences will happen, Sadako (Yukie Nakama), the evil ghost of the first film, is a meek, twenty-something-year-old who has joined an acting troop in Tokyo. She’s also followed by the visage of her evil self. People of no importance die, and the
Mai Takano (Nakatani Miki), the assistant/girlfriend of the professor and “ex” in Ringu joins with a journalist colleague of the reporter from Ringu to investigate the strange occurrences around a video tape that kills anyone who watches it seven days later. When Yoichi, the child from Ringu, starts exhibiting strange powers, Mia and a scientist
A mine disaster releases enormous ancient insects that go on a killing spree. As the safety officer, police, and eventually the military hunt the bugs, an earthquake releases a greater foe in the form of a supersonic flying reptile. With the same director, producer, composer, and FX artist as Gojira/Godzilla, King of the Monsters, it
The vampire women rise after their two century nap to claim the daughter (María Duval) of a local scientist (Augusto Benedico) as their next queen. It is up to Samson (Santo), the masked wrestler and part-time crime fighter, to defeat the evil females and their three bulky henchmen. To truly understand the wonders of Samson vs.
Five hundred years ago, a samurai summoned the demon Kodeni (Santi Sudaros) to save his clan, but afterwards, the demon entered his daughter to be born as a superhuman. Now, Kodeni needs a new body, so chooses Akemi (Maï Anh Le), the daughter of Commissioner Fujiwara (Yasuaki Kurata) to be his mother. Fujiwara is visited by the
Hinako, Fumiya, and Sayori were childhood friends. Sayori, the leader, was the daughter and heir to the local priestess, but had big plans that didn’t involve sticking around. But it was Hinako who left for the big city when her father got a job in Tokyo. Years later, Hinako (Natsukawa) returns to find Sayori (Chiaki
OK, this will take some time, so try to follow along. Hashimoto (Yosuke Eguchi) a rogue, crippled scientist (who really doesn’t like the word “cripple”), and his team have created the Menger Sponge out of human protein. This device can do just about everything, including suck in any type of energy, trap ghosts, allow the
With the ice caps mysteriously melting and a Himalayan outpost destroyed, Commander Rod Jackson (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart aka Jack Stuart) and his sidekick, Frank (Renato Baldini), are sent to investigate. Joined by plucky Lisa Nielson (Ombretta Colli), they discover that blue, hairy snowmen from outer space are planning to invade the Earth. Ah, another Italian tale
The surviving aliens from the 3rd Planet rebuild Mechagodzilla. With the aid of a bitter scientist and his android daughter, they gain control of the giant dinosaur, Titanosaurus, and send both creatures to destroy Tokyo. Godzilla, in his last appearance as a hero, stomps into town to defeat the bad guys. A direct sequel to
Tsukiko is a regular girl with amnesia. She doesn’t worry much about the loss of her memories, but she’s none-to-happy about her bouts of insomnia, so she’s started visiting a laconic hypnotherapist who’s office looks suspiciously like a quickly built and non-dressed set. In a trance, Tsukiko repeats the name “Tomie,” which is the summoning