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KousakaK Apr 12, 3:23 PM
Hell yeah so happy to hear that, I think the third is super underrated, as you said incredibly anxiety inducing cinema, it's so well done. And yeah the sequels were essentially the director's hail Mary, hoping to get back on his feet after his film, Fear X, bombed so hard, luckily the Pusher sequels were both great and successful. Bleeder's so great too in my opinion, really fun to watch after Pusher as well.
KousakaK Apr 12, 2:46 AM
Lmao I have a tradition with my friends that we watch video game movie adaptations every Friday and it just so happened to fit perfectly with the MAW challenge since I hadn't watched a UK movie. We do find some fun things once in a while but it's mostly quite bad.

Happy to hear you found some enjoyment in it! Pusher 2 is my personal favorite but I think they all have merit, even if the third one is very different compared to the others.
Gsarthotegga Apr 6, 5:41 AM
lol, I'll respond to more of what you said later. Would you mind telling me how this dystopian porno ends?
Gsarthotegga Apr 5, 3:19 PM
lol, the scripting there is weird. It sounds like they're in a revolutionary cell together, but with the way she was explaining things at first, I figured she was part of the status quo trying to comfort the main into adhering to the system. That girl on the right sure likes to sneak a lot of peeks at the camera. XD

It makes sense to me. It's just too boring and meaningless, and they want something else. lol, I was talking about this with sheaswee earlier. This blog post he linked gives an example.

https://retrospring.net/pauseandselect/a/23997

This second one is longer and more detailed. First should be fine if you just want a quickie.

https://blog.psychopopular.com/translations/mass-death-mass-life
Gsarthotegga Apr 5, 2:30 PM
I was expecting some kind of weird sci-fi twist to the scene. I guess it's an interesting concept for porn. Sounds like a Tsai Ming-liang film, and he did have that one pornographic film (though it's an art film and meant more so as anti-porn). :\
Marcelo_Flores Apr 5, 12:28 PM
Hey Bro! Thanks so much for sharing your blog—it looks awesome! I just checked it out and loved the sci-fi stuff. The titles you picked are really cool; "666: The Mark of the Beast" caught my eye 👀.

And haha, I don’t use Letterboxd, but I’m a total Goodreads nerd! Here’s my profile if you wanna peek. I track all my books, manga, and comics there—this year’s list is here.

We’ve got overlapping taste! Though for me, anthologies are a lifesaver… way kinder to my wallet than other hobbies 😂. Let me know if you spot anything on my lists we should geek out about!
fh1478 Apr 5, 2:42 AM
I created my username when I was six, so that's a funny coincidence.
Gsarthotegga Apr 2, 11:26 PM
You should probably try some more Miike then. He has an absurd amount of variety. Gozu reminds me a lot of Lynch, just with an equally weird Japanese sensibility. Maybe Ichi the Killer or Izo or worth a look. I'm trying to remember the titles for his more laid back ones, though. Bird People in China, I guess. He also has that comedy musical the Happiness of the Katakuris.
Gsarthotegga Mar 29, 11:12 PM
Based on the names, I was thinking this might be from the Loop anthology, but I guess it's not. Yeah, it's fairly annoying, lol.
Gsarthotegga Mar 26, 2:42 PM
I assumed the entry was old because of that 2024 post on the forum, but I'm guessing the entry was only added recently, because it wasn't there back when I watched the prequel film. Agreed, it's annoying that you can't follow staff and studios. I wonder if those other ones that were recently added are available anywhere.
Gsarthotegga Mar 26, 11:22 AM
I've heard a lot about Pusher over the years. I might look into that eventually too. Thought you might be interested in knowing that that horror anime director is doing a sequel or spin-off of his film series:

https://myanimelist.net/anime/57797/Calabi_Yau_no_Sukima

I guess you probably heard about this already, as the page has been around for a while, but I didn't see it.
Gsarthotegga Mar 25, 4:56 PM
Totally agree on Fukui (I think this is the name of the Pinocchio director) and Tsukamoto. Tsukamoto also had some pure horror stuff, though some of it isn't as good. I remember liking his Haze a lot, and it kind of reminded me of the film Cube. I'm pretty sure you'd like Junkhead, btw. Not sure if I ever mentioned to it or if you saw it. It's like a more light-hearted dark comedy version of Blame! I don't mind the audio stuff that much when it comes to avant-garde cinema, but many of these directors become inconsiderate when it comes to repetition and glacial pacing. I think those are my primary complaints. Sometimes it works in their favor, but it often detracts. If you ever end up watching Noroi, I'd also recommend the same director's Okaruto. It's a fairly unique spin that blends a cult, murder mystery, supposed Lovecraftian entities, etc. Shiraishi is very hit or miss, but he's one of the few horror directors in Japan consistently trying to do something different. You've probably seen Miike's Gozu, but that's also worth a look.
Gsarthotegga Mar 25, 11:48 AM
Oh, maybe so on Herzog. You were watching a lot of these with basically same chara, plot, setting, though it's certainly low key, atmosphere-oriented, and not too exciting. A pretty simple script and the like. More average or slightly above average to me rather than amazing. Herzog from that period can be pretty sparse. I'm not too into that many of them other than Kaspar Hauser. I remember I was reading about the story and was fascinated by it, and I had to watch his film on it.

I think Shimizu's Ring film is okay. But I never liked Ju-on and the countless clones. Dark Water isn't that bad. But it is hard to find unique stuff.

It's true that a lot of those old art films were obnoxious. Like you're talking Weekend's car jam scene that lasted like 10 mins? Just a big middle finger held up to the audience. XD

Kraanerg would probably agree too actually, especially depending on the film. Because a lot of these scenes are borderline art troll stuff. XD
Gsarthotegga Mar 24, 8:13 PM
Japan indeed mostly does ghost stories. Either that or some kind of serial killer gorey thing or body horror. One of my favorite live action Japanese horror films is Noroi, and I like many of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films. Cure and Pulse are worth looking into. The latter is basically like tech/ghost horror but feels more unique than the tiresome Ringu and Ju-on horror boom. I generally really like gritty sci-fi/horror pairings. And plenty of sci-fi films are so bleak and often feature body horror, so they come across as horror too. Older Tsutomu Nihei, for example. I like some of Ito's stuff, but I find him pretty hit or miss, and he gets too absurd sometimes. Some Hideshi Hino is also alright. I liked this one manga that's a bit more obscure, though. It's oceanic/Lovecraftian horror:

https://myanimelist.net/manga/30603/6000

Some of his other works are also alright.
Gsarthotegga Mar 24, 6:10 PM
I actually think the best thing that could happen to Frankenstein is an anime adaptation because they tend to not make "real" horror anime, so it will have a more elaborate or thoughtful script, perhaps. Then again, the main take on Frankenstein I can think of is this piece of shit:

https://myanimelist.net/anime/28625/Shisha_no_Teikoku
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