The Red SHoes

I really liked this movie.  If you're looking for a decent Korean horror movie, this might be the one for you.

That said, the shoes are fuschia.  Which wouldn't be that big a deal, except people wear them with red clothes and red lipstick, so it sort of sticks out that they're not red in the slightest.

The premise of the movie is kind of a riff on the Hans Christian Andersen story of the same name - it centers on a pair of shoes with which people become obsessed, to horrifying ends.  The main character is a woman leaves her cheating husband, taking her small daughter to an apartment.  Then things get crazay!  Just kidding.  Only not really.

Anyway, I don't want to spoil it for you - but it's good!

Availability: DVD only
Released: 2005
Added to queue: 2/11/2008
Reason added to queue: Added with all those other Asian horror movies, which had been getting on my nerves, but this one was good.

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

This movie shows a mass shooting at a bank, and then shows the victims' lives in the leadup to the shooting, along with real news footage from around the world at the time (1991).

I found the premise and the characters interesting.  It's in German, which might be why I felt sort of disconnected to it.  But it was decent.

Availability: DVD only
Released: 1994
Added to my queue: 5/13/2008
Reason added to my queue: Not sure.  I also added Funny Games that day, so maybe I was on a German kick?  Who knows.

One Missed Call II

Okay, I can't believe I even watched this movie, considering how terrible the first one (and the American one) was (were).  

But dude, if you have to watch a movie about a cell phone call portending death, this is definitely the one to watch.

It's not nearly as vapid as the first one - the characters are engaging, you actually don't want them to die - and you hope they get to the bottom of the mystery.

No promises on that front.

The premise is the same - creepy ringtone you didn't download, then three days later you die.

Availability: DVD

Released: 2005

Added to my queue: 2/11/2008 

Reason added to my queue: I seem to have added tens of movies that day, nearly all of them Asian horror.  Who knew I'd be paying 5+ years later?