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posted by [personal profile] stunt_muppet at 02:34am on 14/10/2010 under ,
Someone tell me why I thought it'd be a good idea to watch not one but two Asian horror movies at 11:00 p.m. while I'm alone in the house. One of which was by Takashi Miike. Yes, the guy behind Audition.

So, yeah, there go my plans of ever sleeping again. And I was all set to go to bed on time tonight, too. :(

I am greatly in need of something light and calming to settle my nerves before I sleep, if anyone has any suggestions.

Though, if you do happen to be into freaky shit, Fruit Chan's short "Dumplings" manages to be the most stomach-churning thing I've ever seen while using about one-twentieth the gore that most full-length movies use in their attempts at claiming that title. So...sort of a recommendation?

Also DAMMIT JAPAN what is it with you and aborted fetuses. Or fetuses in general. I'm noticing a pattern here and it's not one I like.

Although, actually Fruit Chan's from Hong Kong, so apparently this strange fetus motif is MULTINATIONAL. Oh my God WHY.

Also this is like the fifth day in a row where I've intended to write and have done something stupid instead (go on TV Tropes, watch horror movies, etc). I've got to stop this. In fairness, I did manage to be productive and get stuff washed today, but still. A colossal timewaster is me.

I should at least try sleeping, I guess.
Mood:: 'traumatized' traumatized
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 06:41am on 14/10/2010
WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF. D=
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 06:48am on 14/10/2010
I DON'T FUCKING KNOW. I've been curious about these movies for such a long time, but I've always restrained myself from looking at them because I knew it'd freak me out and then I had a moment of weakness this happened. Stupid Asian horror movies. :(
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 06:53am on 14/10/2010
AT LEAST DO IT IN THE SUNSHINE.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 06:56am on 14/10/2010
I have a secret to tell you.

...I'm not very smart.

I think I'm starting to calm down, though. Playing with the kitties helped. And the one 'good' thing about these particular movies is that it's just the imagery and scenarios that are scary - they're not paranoia-based movies, so I don't have that lingering dread of OMG OMG THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME SOMEONE COULD COME INTO MY HOUSE.

Which probably isn't going to stop that awful hand-face-thing from appearing in my nightmares, but at least I'll be able to shut off the lights when I go to bed. Probably.
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 07:00am on 14/10/2010
Kitties do seem like a good fear-combatting tool.
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posted by [identity profile] kayliemalinza.livejournal.com at 07:09am on 14/10/2010
Until someone makes a horror movie ABOUT kitties.

:x
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 07:17am on 14/10/2010
OH NO. There would be no reason left to live if that happened.
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posted by [identity profile] kayliemalinza.livejournal.com at 07:19am on 14/10/2010
Don't be silly. There's still chocolate.
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 07:26am on 14/10/2010
Until there are horror movies about chocolate.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 07:28am on 14/10/2010
Just you wait. I'm sure there's already a movie in development about chocolate made from aborted fetuses.

I'm not sure how someone would manage that, but it's Japan; they'll find a way.
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 07:31am on 14/10/2010
OH CHRIST MY MIND'S EYE
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 01:41am on 15/10/2010
I don't know, for some reason that's so over-the-op it wraps around from being disturbing to hilarious. Like, new Nestle Wonderball! The surprise inside is BABIES. D:
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 07:18am on 14/10/2010
I'm sure there are already several out there.

I will not go looking for them. :|
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posted by [identity profile] kayliemalinza.livejournal.com at 07:23am on 14/10/2010
But what if it was a horror.... musical?


GRISBELLA'S DEMISE: the Shocking True Story of the Jellicle Cult and their Annual Ritual of Death
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 07:35am on 14/10/2010
...that might be pretty cool, actually.

I'm imagining Cats crossed with Blood Feast or whatever that movie from the 70s about a Grand Guignol theater that killed people onstage was called, and it's just bizarre enough to work.

Though it helps that exploitation horror in that vein doesn't usually get to me quite as badly as squishy, crunchy J-horror, but maybe that's just because of the wodgy special effects.
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posted by [identity profile] kayliemalinza.livejournal.com at 08:08pm on 14/10/2010
Mister Mistofolees' final trick will be to turn himself inside out. :3
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 01:54am on 15/10/2010
And inside he has a parasitic twin cat head that tells him to kill.

Yeah, that sounds about right.
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posted by [identity profile] kayliemalinza.livejournal.com at 01:58am on 15/10/2010
::snort::

and THEN does he abscond from the tribe and become a chocolatier? With more helpful advice from the parasitic twin? Espech w/r/t the ~~special ingredient?
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 02:46am on 15/10/2010
That's actually the plot twist of Imprint. No exaggeration. And the "twin" is a hand with a face inside it. It doesn't sound like it should be scary but it's a damn freaky-looking special effect.

And then he befriends an animal-control person across the street who brings in stray cats and they come to an ~arrangement. Might as well get some Sweeney Todd in there.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 07:19am on 14/10/2010
They can protect me from scary things! Even though they're about a fifth the size of the scary things in question. Whatever.
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posted by [identity profile] elyssadc.livejournal.com at 03:57pm on 14/10/2010
Which Miike movie? I looooooooooove him and have seen most of what he's put out. If you want something rather hilariously gross with musical numbers in it, watch The Happiness of the Katakuris. Seriously. MUSICAL NUMBERS.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 02:33am on 15/10/2010
Imprint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprint_%28Masters_of_Horror_episode%29), his episode on the Masters of Horror collection. I also watched part of his Three Extremes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three..._Extremes) short, "The Box". Those were actually my first Miike films, and while I think Imprint suffered from the actors having to speak English (and the guy playing Christopher blew a couple of his reactions) I couldn't get over just how beautifully they were both shot. So much of the fear and the atmosphere in both of them came just from the camera work.

I had no idea that movie existed and now I have to find it just so I can see a Miike movie with musical numbers. It's what I never knew I wanted. :D
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posted by [identity profile] elyssadc.livejournal.com at 03:24am on 15/10/2010
Oooh! I haven't seen those! Definitely going on my queue. He's probably my favorite horror director and I love me some horror movies. If I may, I'd also recommend Gozu. It's utterly surreal. But not anywhere near as sick and surreal as Visitor Q which might be his best movie of all. Good lord does that one stay with you. Not because it's gory or anything, but because of the subject matter. It's twisted as hell.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 04:34am on 15/10/2010
All three of the shorts in Three Extremes are very, very good - I was particularly fond of Dumplings (for a given value of fond), and it also contains a short from Chan-Wook Park, the director of Oldboy, which has a degree of surrealism and medium awareness. And, in particular, The Box has these almost wordless sequences that still convey such heightened feeling.

I looked up Visitor Q a while back (because even without seeing Miike's movies I've been fascinated by them), and wow, even after just reading the description it sticks in my mind. I just want to know how you think up stories like this, because really. I hadn't heard of Gozu, though, which...yeah. Same reaction, really.
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