America/Canada
---David Cronenberg
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---Guillermo del Toro
---Sam Raimi
---Stuart Gordon

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---Dario Argento
---Lucio Fulci
---Mario Bava
---Michele Soavi
---Jean Rollin

Britain
-1965-1970
-1971-1976
---Clive Barker

Asia
-1996-2002
---Hideo Nakata
---Toshiharu Ikeda

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The Asian Horror Film, 1996-2002

In Japan, the resurgence of Horror Films is attributed to the extraordinary success of RING (1998). Of course, nether RING nor its numerous sequels would have enjoyed the cultural mania if it weren't for that country's rich history of supernatural entertainment. Traces of the traditional ghost story, as exemplified by the classic GHOST OF YOTSUYA (1959) and KWAIDAN (1964) are firmly entrenched in the foundation of RING and it's imitators.
---- - Thomas Weisser from ACC #35, 2002

. . . and then, of course, there are the horror films - titles like Ahn Byeong-ki's splatterfest NIGHTMARE, Kim In-Soo's BLOODY BEACH and Chang Yoon-hyun's masterful TELL ME SOMETHING.
---- - Travis Crawford from Fangoria #203, 2000

Books, Magazines, DVD, VCD

Tokyo Scope, The Japanese Cult Film
---- - Patrick Macias, 2001.
Eros in Hell: Sex, Blood & Madness in Japanese Cinema
---- - Jack Hunter, 1998.
Mondo Macabro : Weird Cinema Around the World
---- - Pete Tombs, 1998.
Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy and SF
---- - Thomas Weisser, Yuko Mihara Weisser, 1998.

Poker Industries
---- - Videos, DVD's, VCD's and Magazines.
Asian Cult Cinema
---- - Videos, DVD's, VCD's, Books and Magazines.
HK Flix
---- - Videos, DVD's, VCD's, Books and Magazines.
Fangoria
---- - check out issues 193, 200, 203, 206, 212, 213

Below is a selected list of the films, along with the Director, Country and links to Amazon.com, Asian Cult Cinema, Poker Industries and the IMDb. All films are listed alphabetically within their year of production and/or release.

Title Director Country Source IMDB Review
1996
Joyurei / Don't Look Up / Ghost of an Actress Hideo Nakata Japan DVD IMDb M
Organ Kei Fujiwara Japan DVD IMDb A B
Senrei / Baptism of Blood Kenichi Yoshihara Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Xie sha / The Imp Kai Ming (Ivan) Lai Hong Kong DVD IMDb J
Yibola bing du / Ebola Syndrome Herman Yau Hong Kong DVD IMDb J
1997
Gawi / Nightmare Ahn Byung-Ki S. Korea DVD IMDb DVD
Kyua / Cure Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan VCD IMDb J K L
Parasaito Ivu / Parasite Eve Masayuki Ochiai Japan DVD IMDb DVD
1998
Rasen / The Spiral Joji Iida Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Ringu / Ring Hideo Nakata Japan DVD IMDb J K L
Toemarok / The Soul Guardians Kwang-chun Park S. Korea DVD IMDb DVD
1999
Duo she / Walk In Herman Yau Hong Kong VCD IMDb J
Shiryour Gari / Junk Atsushi Muroga Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Kaosu / Chaos Hideo Nakata Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Karisuma / Charisma Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan DVD IMDb K
Kuroi ie / The Black House Yoshimitsu Morita Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Mu lu xiong guang / Victim Ringo Lam Hong Kong DVD IMDb J
Nang Nak Nonzee Nimibutr Thailand DVD IMDb DVD
Odishon / Audition Takashi Miike Japan DVD IMDb D J K L
Ring / Ring Virus Dong-bin Kim S. Korea DVD IMDb DVD
Ringu 2 / Ring 2 Hideo Nakata Japan VCD IMDb J L
Saimin / Hypnosis Masayuki Ochiai Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Shikoku / Ghost Land Shunichi Nagasaki Japan VCD IMDb K
Tell Me Something Yoon-Hyun Chang S. Korea DVD IMDb DVD
Tomie Ataru Oikawa Japan DVD IMDb K
Yeogo goedam II / Memento Mori Tae-Yong Kim, Gyu-Dong Min S. Korea VCD IMDb DVD
2000
Another Heaven Joji Iida Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Freeze Me Takashi Ishii Japan DVD IMDb J
Haebyeoneuro gada / Bloody Beach In Soo Kim S. Korea DVD IMDb J
Hakkyousuru Kuchibiru / Crazy Lips Hirohisa Sasaki Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Inugami Masato Harada Japan VCD IMDb K
Korei / Seance Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Ringu 0: Baasudei / Ring 0: Birthday Norio Tsuruta Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Sakuya:yokaiden / Sakuya:Slayer of Demons Tomoo Haraguchi Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Saseul / The Shackle Myeong-hwa Jo S. Korea VCD IMDb DVD
Seom / The Isle Ki-duk Kim S. Korea VCD IMDb DVD
Uzumaki / Vortex / Spiral Higuchinsky Japan VCD IMDb K
Wild Zero Tetsuro Takeuchi Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Zzikhimyeon Jukneunda / The Record Gi-hun Kim S. Korea VCD IMDb DVD
2001
Battle Royale Kinji Fukasaku Japan DVD IMDb D J K L
Bizita Q / Visitor Q Takashi Miike Japan DVD IMDb J
Gaichu / Harmful Insect Akihiko Shiota Japan DVD IMDb K
Honogurai mizu no soko kara / Dark Water Hideo Nakata Japan VCD IMDb D J K
Hung bo yit sin / Horror Hotline Cheang Soi Hong Kong DVD IMDb DVD
Kairo / Pulse Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan VCD IMDb J K
Kakashi / Scarecrow Norio Tsuruta Japan VCD IMDb J
Kuon puos keng kang / Snaker Fai Sam Ang Thailand DVD IMDb DVD
Kurosufaia / Cross Fire / Pyrokinesis Shusuki Kaneko Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Nightmares in Precinct 7 Herman Yau Hong Kong DVD IMDb DVD
Otogiriso / St. Johns Wort Shimoyama Ten Japan VCD IMDb DVD
Sorum / Goosebumps Jong Chang Yoon S. Korea DVD IMDb DVD
Tomie: Replay Tomijiro Mitsuishi Japan DVD IMDb DVD
Versus Ryuhei Kitamura Japan DVD IMDb J K
Youling Renjian / Visible Secret Ann Hui Hong Kong DVD IMDb J
2002
Jian Gui / The Eye Pang Brothers Hong Kong DVD IMDb J L
Youling Renjian 2 / Visible Secret 2 Ann Hui Hong Kong DVD IMDb DVD
San Geng / Three Jee-Woon Kim, Nonzee Nimibutr, Peter Chan S. Korea, Thai, Hong Kong DVD IMDb L