Who is the New Blood?

Chadman · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:08 pm **Post subject:** Who is the New Blood?

Who are the new crop of great horror film directors? I'm not going to include a poll, so just throw some names out here.

Miike - He mostly does extreme/cult cinema, but his love of violence crosses him over enough. And Audition is a masterpiece.

Hideo Nakata - Ringu and Dark Water are enough for me.

Marc Evans - I wanted to include a western director. My Little Eye freajced the crap out of me, so I think he deserves some mention. Plus, everything else he has done is horror/suspense. To me, he seems someone to watch

This list is so short. There must be, at least, a few more. So, let's hear it.

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:56 pm **Post subject:**

Honestly, I have currently NO Favorites .... nor do I reckon anyone (anymore) to have a gift for the genre ...

Then again i'm one of those moaners who believes that good horror movies haven't been made in over 20 years ....

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:05 am **Post subject:**

Ronny Yu seems to be active but I'd hardly say he's great.
M. Night Shamalayan did his sixth sense, which was okay, then dropped the ball with Signs; hardly horror though.
David Fincher has his Se7en,Fight Club, the Game and Alien3, but did Panic Room. Not out-and-out horror either, and hardly 'new'.

Found this site that lists some:
http://members.tripod.com/~southwor/toshiharuikeda.html
http://members.tripod.com/~southwor/hideonakata.html

Apart from that, there aren't any big names since Horror kind of fizzled out (became far too commercial and samey)

d0c · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:25 am **Post subject:**

the horror genre is pretty dead if u ask me by now... some goodies still come but its like 20 years in between they come.... sad but true!

Grindhouse · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 2:22 am **Post subject:**

M. Night Shamalayan is soooo overrated!!!!
I think i am the only guy who hated Sixth Sense
I figured out the twist ending within the first 12 min

Signs ... Oh god i hated it .. the tin foil hats?

:mrgreen:

They don't make Horror films anymore they make or try to recycle the great genre of the past.

the original horror film has surely died.

They can't even make a good old unintentional bad b movie anymore!

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 2:24 am **Post subject:**

Grindhouse wrote:

M. Night Shamalayan is soooo overrated!!!!

:mrgreen:

indeed, but he's 'new' and something for filmcrickets to talk about :matrix:

Iconoclast · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 3:04 am **Post subject:**

Grindhouse wrote:

I think i am the only guy who hated Sixth Sense

No. You aren't. :mrgreen:

I've really hated all his movies I've seen so far.

Grindhouse wrote:

I figured out the twist ending within the first 12 min

Pretty much same here.

Chadman · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 8:04 am **Post subject:**

Byeong-ki Ahn, the director of Horror Game Movie/Nightmare and Phone is another one worthwatchging. Nightmare was okay with a few creepy moments. And, to me, Phone was a masterpiece. It reminded me of Argento's best, plot holes everywhere, but some stuff to freak you out.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:56 pm **Post subject:**

First of all, I think you made a typo. The topic should offcource be 'Who is the new flesh?' =)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cure' and 'Kairo' are on my alltime top list.

Alejandro Amen?bar is also king offcource because of the birlliant 'Tesis' 'Abre Los Oyos' and 'The Others'.

I'm also anxious to see what Jaume Balaguer? will make after 'Darkness'. And if Gaspar No? will manage to make a worthy followup to 'Irreversible'.

And whatever happened to 'Super Troopers' creators Broken Lizard's new supposed horror film?

Chadman · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 7:55 pm **Post subject:**

I've seen the trialer foir Club Dread. It looks funny.

I agree iwth all your choices except Noe. I found Irreversible to be lame. And, with Kurosawa, I'm not sure if he counts as new. He's been making movies since the 80's. I won't argue with you too much though. Most of hsi great horror is recent and, at least, you've come up with a few names. I should have thought of Amenabar. I've been trumpeting him for a while.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:35 pm **Post subject:**

ed2k: club_dread_m480.mov [17.94 Mb] [Stats]
=)

and look what I just found:
ed2k: Puddle_Cruiser.asf [282.76 Mb] [Stats]

alas. seams to be incomplete. =(

[ Add all 2 links to your ed2k client ]

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:56 am **Post subject:**

drop that edk trailer. http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/593cd ... d_m480.mov

Chadman · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:23 am **Post subject:**

WHat about writers? Of all the screenwriters or authors, who is the new blood? I can't think of anyone. Kathy Koja's the newest author I've read and she's been around since the 80s too.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:23 am **Post subject:**

I guess K?ji Suzuki who wrote the original novels Ringu and Dark Water were based on is worth mentioning.

If you want an extremley good book recomendation try this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 57-1778807
I found it at the end of a Clive Barker paperback. you know sometimes they contain ad's for other books... Well, this one is now one of my favorites. so good and different to read. mixes many genres; sci-fi, suspence, drama and comedy (it's very funny at times). it's a 'must-read'!!

I'm just glad the Kevin Williamson hype has faded...

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:38 am **Post subject:**

I LOVE Michael Marshall Smith's books, I've read all of them and they are all excellent.

Spares especially would make a superb film (very dark subject matter).

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 2:50 pm **Post subject:**

great to hear that as I'm awaiting all the rest of them in my mailbox from amazon! even preordered the two new ones that aint come out yet...

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:11 pm **Post subject:**

I only see 1 to come (not sci-fi) what's the other?

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:20 pm **Post subject:**

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 57-1778807

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 57-1778807

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:41 pm **Post subject:**

Aah, I've got (but have yet to read) Straw men, I'll reserve judgement until I've read that as to his non Sci-fi stuff. But his sci-fi is superb.

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:10 pm **Post subject:**

Director : Eric Stanze

All low budget so far, but he's shown a promising start given the restricted funds he's been working with.

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