Thursday, August 26, 2010

World Cinema: Horror

A student has asked me what I would suggest and I have to admit this is not my specialty, so, please feel free to provide suggestions in the comments:

Battle Royale (Japan: Kinji Fukasaku, 2000: 121 mins)

Brotherhood of the Wolf (France: Christophe Gans, 2001: 142 mins)

The Company of Wolves (UK: Neil Jordan, 1984: 95 mins)

Cube (Canada: Vincenzo Natali, 1997: 90 mins)

The Devil's Backbone (Spain/Mexico: Guillermo del Toro, 2001: 106 mins)

The Host (South Korea: Bong Joon-Ho, 2006: 119 mins)

Hour of the Wolf (Sweden: Ingmar Bergman, 1968: 90 mins)

Let the Right One In (Sweden: Tomas Alfredson, 2008: 115 mins)

Pan's Labyrinth (Spain/Mexico: Guillermo del Toro, 2006: 119 mins)

The Pitfall (Japan:
Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1962: 97 mins)

Pontypool (Canada: Bruce McDonald, 2008: 95 mins)

Ringu (Japan: Hideo Nakata, 1998: 96 mins)

Save the Green Planet (South Korea: Jang Joon-Hwan, 2003: 118 mins)

Scanners (Canada: David Cronenberg, 1981: 103 mins)

2 comments:

Vanitas said...

Hey, quick question, you're a humanities professor? That is excellent and interesting: I am currently looking around for a list of the best Humanities departments in the country... places that do Liberal Arts and Classics really well and that might offer PhD programs. Any info/suggestions are MUCH appreciated.

My email is nick.a.smyth(at)gmail dot com, if you'd rather keep such discussion private.

Michael said...

Sorry Nick, I really don't know... while I am a Humanities professor, I'm not invested in the hierarchal rankings of universities

good luck