“Oh the hills are alive with the sound of Griswold, this shit’s been around for a very long time. I’m feeling so high, I just can’t stand it. It’s as if I’ve been here for at least a week.” Clark Griswold said it best…visiting lands abroad is…well…was the best. Since we can’t travel, here are some foreign horror specially curated from our staff. Enjoy!
Noroi: the Curse
Noroi: the Curse is an underrated gem that I had to wait for years to watch. This documentary-style found footage film features missing journalist, his investigation of a curse, and his incomplete documentary. The pace is slow and deliberate, but I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. It delves into way more depraved territory than I expected and the ending is burned into my brain.
-Elizabeth Talbott
Let the Corpses Tan
Let’s take a trip to Corsica, a small island in the Mediterranean sea, which happens to be the filming location for Let the Corpses Tan. Let the Corpses Tan isn’t horror, per se, but skirts the line of multiple genres…all while being brutally violent and extremely stylized. It’s a simple story set around a love triangle, a group of thieves, and stolen gold…set in a single location where they all collide. The movie LOOKS insanely gorgeous. The camera angles used, the zooms, the gritty film grain…all of it works so well together. Made by the French married couple Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Let the Corpses Tan is their 3rd feature film. All of their movies are similar in style, and made as homages to Giallo films of the 70’s. I can’t recommend them and their work enough.
-Jacob Sever
A Tale of Two Sisters
After being treated in a psychiatric hospital, Su-Mi returns home with her sister. However, her return sparks a string of odd and disturbing events that soon give light to the family’s dark past.A Tale of Two Sisters is a slow-burn family drama, horror. It’s a perfect blend of psychological twists and ghostly scares with an absolutely superb sound design. The film is riddled with bread crumbs, and this might be one you’d watch at least twice. This one’s great for anyone who already loves Korean horror, but if you liked The Lodge you might like this too.
-Lona Zhao
Drácula
When you think of Universal’s 1931 version of Dracula, my guess is that you think of Bela Lugosi and some really creepy eye stares. Well, during the same time Lugosi’s Dracula was in production, Universal produced a Spanish speaking version. Same production sets and basic story, but this version is better acted, has better lighting and effects, and is overall a much better version of the classic take on the blood-sucking creature of the night. If you like classic horror, give this version a watch, you won’t regret it.
-Danny West
