Category Archives: Foreign Films

The Awakening (2011) Movie Review

February 18, 2013 by Fister Roboto

Directed by Nick Murphy Written by Stephen Volk and Nick Murphy Starring: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Isaac Hempstead Wright, and Imelda Staunton In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the ‘missing’ begin to show themselves. I might be a sucker for a good ghost story, but I’ll be damned if the Brits don’t […]

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Cronos (1993) Movie Review

February 17, 2013 by Fister Roboto

Written & Directed by Guillermo del Toro Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, and Tamara Shanath A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. Narrator: [over the opening sequence] In 1536, fleeing from the Inquisition, the alchemist Uberto Fulcanelli disembarked in Veracruz, Mexico. Appointed official watchmaker to the Viceroy, Fulcanelli was determined to perfect an invention which would provide him with […]

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South Korea’s “Twilight”? Check out “A Werewolf Boy” Trailer

December 7, 2012 by Fister Roboto

This sounds weird…par for the course in the world of Korean horror flicks. “Summoned by an unexpected phone call, an elderly woman visits the country cottage she lived in as a child. Memories of a boy she knew 60 years ago come flooding back to her. Then young Suni and her family moved to a small village in Korea. There, they encounter a bedraggled orphan boy hiding under a bush and take him in out of pity. Called a “wolf […]

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Black Sunday (1960) Movie Review

November 15, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Directed by Mario Bava Written by Ennio De Concini and Mario Serandrei Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson and Andrea Checchi A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch’s beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl’s brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way. Seriously – they don’t make movies like this anymore. Italian horror from the 1960′s was its own animal and Black Sunday stands […]

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Juan of the Dead (2011) Movie Review

October 13, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Alejandro Brugués Starring: Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina, and Andrea Duro A group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government. Obviously this is much more Shaun of the Dead versus Dawn of the Dead, regardless of inspiration – this movie nails it. 50 years after the Cuban Revolution, and shit is messed up. Another zombie-buddy movie is a […]

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House (1977) Movie Review

August 15, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written by Chiho Katsura Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo and Kumiko Ohba When Oshare finds out that her Father’s girlfriend is joining them on their summer trip, she and her friends decide to go to her aunt’s farmhouse instead. From the moment they arrive, strange things begin to happen and the girls slowly begin to realize Oshare’s Aunt may not have their best interest in mind. This film generally gets remarkable ratings from fans and […]

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White: The Melody of the Curse (2011) Movie Review

August 4, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Directors: Gok Kim, Sun Kim Written by Sun Kim, Gok Kim Starring: Eun-jeong Ham, Woo-seul-hye Hwang and Maydoni Girl group “Pink Dolls” is always pushed into the background by other popular idols. When the girls release their new song “White” – a remake from unknown origins they become instant sensations. As the group becomes more and more popular, jealousy and competitiveness increases as all the girls tries to become the lead singer. But, when a […]

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Intruders (2011) Movie Review

July 21, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Written by Nicolás Casariego & Jaime Marques Starring: Clive Owen, Carice van Houten and Izán Corchero Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them. This was another sleeper I hadn’t heard of until I saw it available through my cable’s OnDemand service. I didn’t google it, read any reviews, I just took a chance and went in blind. […]

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The Road (2012) Movie Review

July 1, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Yam Laranas Starring: Carmina Villaroel, Rhian Ramos, and TJ Trinidad A 12-year-old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades. The Road delivers up a classic three chapter tale about ghostly revenge over a twenty year span from 1988 to 2008. Beginning in 2008, we see a lone traveler pull over on a deserted road, […]

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High Tension (2003) Horror Movie Review

June 8, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Directed by Alexandre Aja Written by Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur Starring: Cécile De France, Maïwenn and Philippe Nahon Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia’s father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia’s family–including their dog–and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and […]

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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Movie Review

June 3, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Guillermo del Toro Starring: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil and Sergi López In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she’s a princess, but must prove her royalty […]

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Suicide Club (2001) Movie Review

May 29, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Shion Sono Starring Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase and Mai Hosho 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train. This appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn’t as simple as one could hope. This may be my shortest movie review […]

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Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru) (2001) Movie Review or “The Book The Hunger Games Ripped Off”

April 8, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written by Kenta Fukasaku Directed by Kinji Fukasaku Battle Royale takes place in a dystopian alternate universe where, each year, a select group of young students is given weapons and pitted against one another on an island. The “winner” of the Battle Royale contest is the game’s sole survivor. Most Americans liked the pasteurized, Bud Light version of this, called The Hunger Games. Seriously, this was based on a Japanese novel that eventually become a […]

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“Nobody Leaves” The Road

March 23, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com A twelve-year-old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an abandoned road. In the course of the investigation, deeper and gruesome stories of abduction and murders are discovered. After more than two decades, the secrets of the haunted road may finally be revealed. So, I’m a big lover of foreign horror flicks, and The Road looks troubling. The Road stars Carmina Villarroel, Rhian Ramos, TJ Trinidad, and Alden Richards and you can […]

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The Skin I Live In (2011) Movie Review

March 18, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, and Jan Cornet A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. Dr. Robert Ledgard (Banderas) is a gifted doctor and researcher in this bizarre soap opera of a horror film that delivers a modern-day version of Frankenstein […]

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“Creak” Short Film Review

February 20, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Luther Bhogal-Jones I received a very enthusiastic email today from filmmaker, Luther Bhogal-Jones. This was one of those little things that helps make your day. Mr. Bhogal-Jones explained that he enjoys making these shorts because they don’t monopolize his time the way longer, feature-length films do. Creak is a five-minute horror short dealing with two women who literally hear something creak in the middle of the night. Of course getting up […]

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Irreversible Movie Review (2002)

February 12, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything. Irreversible […]

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Genesis (1998) Short Film Review

February 8, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written & Directed by Nacho Cerda 29 minutes A sculptor is traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident. He builds a sculpture in her memory. As the lifelike sculpture begins to bleed through the cracks of clay, the sculptor’s flesh mutates and crumbles away. While Genesis isn’t nearly as gore-drenched and disgusting as Cerda’s short, Aftermath, (my review) the artist’s forte of death remains the theme of the film. Aftermath was […]

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I Saw the Devil Movie Review

February 6, 2012 by Fister Roboto

Article by FisterRoboto of lefthandhorror.com Written by Hoon-jung Park Directed by Jee-woon Kim Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in […]

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