Thursday Movie Picks #66: Halloween Edition - Asian Horror (Remakes)

This weeks topic over at Wandering Through the Shelves is about Asian Horror movies.  The only problem with that is I have never seen any Asian horror movies, but I have seen some of the remakes of Asian horror movies, so I am going to cheat and list 3 of the remakes I have seen and enjoyed.  Hopefully that is ok with everybody.

The Ring is pobably the best asian remake I have seen.  It is about a video tape that if you watch it, you will die in seven days. 

Next pick is The Grudge.  It has been awhile since I have seen this, but remember it stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as nurse and a creepy looking spirit of a kid.  Deifinately need to rewatch this one and then see sequels as I haven't seen those yet.

Final pick is One Missed Call, think it is the only other Asian Horror remake I have seen, so I am sure there are better ones I haven't seen.  But in this one, people get mysterious phone calls telling them the time and date of when they are going to die.



Not a really good list this week as haven't seen any of these in a long time and besides The Ring, didn't really stick out as excellent movies to remember a lot about.  Hopefully next week my list will be better and more in depth.

Thursday Movie Picks #65: Halloween Edition - Villainous Children

This week over at Wandering Through the Shelves the topic is Evil Children.  So after missing out on last week here is my list of movies that I have seen that I liked with Evil Children.

First up is Stephen King's Children of the Corn.  This classic features a couple who get stranded in a small Nebraska town, where it turns out all of the adults have been killed by the kids of the town and now they are after the couple who have shown up in town looking for help.

Next up is The Good Son, starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood.  In this movie Elijah Wood goes to spend some time at his cousins house only to realize there is something not quite right about his cousin.  This was quite a different character for Macaulay Culkin after his Home Alone movies.

Finally my last pick is Sinister.  This was a great horror movie that my wife didn't want to finish.  It features a Ethan Hawke as a writer investigating a murder of a family where the daughter has disappeared and assumed to be kidnapped by the killers.  Don't want to spoil anything if you haven't seen this but know it does within the category.