29 February (2006)<--- Click Me 4 Movie!!!

WEDNESDAY-  September 11th, 2013
"I QUIT!!!"

29 February- Hazardous Leap Year!?:
(Title LINK is in English subtitles)
2006/Korea/R/Horror

"Ji-yeon, a tollgate ticket girl, is frightened by a mysterious black car, which hands over a bloodstained ticket as a fee at midnight. Her fear deepens after her colleague, Jong-sook, tells her that 12 years earlier a prisoner transport vehicle caused a traffic accident wherein all the prisoners involved died - and some of the corpses disappeared. Since then, a murder has occurred near the tollgate on February 29th, every four years."~ The Curse of February 29th (2006)



HQ Thoughts: "This movie was seriously creepy and I absolutely didn't expect it. Great premise and a decent twisted ending. 
 
Ji-yeon is a tollbooth clerk who finds out about an accident with prison inmates and the disappearance of a body that was never found. She soon becomes obsessed with the myth of the woman (who was a serial killer btw) and starts to look into the situation herself. 

She ends up getting tormented by a woman in a black car, a vision of her own self and some super paranoia that starts to creep up on her.

Without giving it away, I have to say that I was utterly surprised at the direction this movie took and how it wasn't boring in any fashion. Recommended for Asian Horror fans.... A lot different from the usual revenge films."

Strange Circus (2005)<----Click Me 4 Movie!!!

WEDNESDAY-  September 4th, 2013
"Umm, So About That Incest..."

Strange Circus- Can You Stomach Through It?!:
(Title LINK is in English subtitles)
2005/Japan/R/Horror

"The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear."~ Strange Circus (2005)



HQ Thoughts: "Move over Old Boy and Visitor Q.... Strange Circus is a shocking roller coaster of a sick reality in life. Incest. Nothing to hide here folks, the movie starts off so straight forward that I took 3 days to eventually get through it all. Don't get me wrong, this is a visually brilliant film with a story line that is as delightful, as it is disturbing.

Matsuko lives with her mother Sayuri and father Gozo in a well kept mansion. Her father is the principal of the school she attends and his highly respected, her mom- is around to satisfy dad. If you pay close attention, you will understand the undertones of some SERIOUS family issues beginning to arise, this is no joke people.

Everything begins when Matsuko does what I think every child does at one point in their life, and this is catch their parents having sex... ehk. The difference here, Matsuko pays for it in the weirdest, sickest way ever which eventually causes a riff between her and her mother. Ridiculous. 

AND that is the book that best-selling author Taeko is penning out for all to read... hmmmm

I can't stress enough how much of a sadistic surprise this beautiful movie was. Another to go on my best list and another who receives my 10/10 imaginary score. I RECOMMEND! *chants* watch this. watch this. watch this."

Gothika (2003)<----Click Me 4 Movie!!!

SUNDAY- August 4th, 2013
"Who Do You Love Again?"


Gothika: The Ultimate Cover-Up!:
(Title LINK is English)
2003/US/R/Horror 

"Ghost story in which a repressed female psychiatrist wakes up as a patient in the very asylum where she worked with no memory of why she is there and what she has done." ~ Gothika (2003)




HQ Thoughts: "Halle has played everything from a drug addict to CatWoman but in this film, she is a criminal psych who mysteriously wakes up in a cell in her own ward after blacking out one day at home. When she wakes up, she realizes that she is the Numero Uno suspect in the brutal hacking death of her husband, another prominent figure in this small town.

The story is super dark with the likes of Robert Downey Jr. reversing his role and taking her on as his client to further try to find out why she took the hatchet to her husband. Halle gives a believable psychotic trip as she tries to maintain her real sanity while being tormented by a twisted ghost who seems to be trying to tell her something.

Clean, sharp movie with decent twists that are well written. Goes to show you how it's all in who you know. Good watch!"

House Hunting (2013)<----Click Me 4 Movie!!!!

SATURDAY- July 27th, 2013
"Round & Round We Go."


House Hunting: May The Best Family WIN?!:
(Title LINK is English)
2013/US/R/Horror 

"Upon entering a desert farmhouse, two families discover that every attempt to leave takes them right back in. Stuck in purgatory, they are haunted by the home's former owner, who declares only one clan will be able to call the house their home. " ~ House Hunting (2013)




HQ Thoughts: "This film started out simple enough with 2 families out looking for a new home. They are both, one way or another, made aware of a 70 acre farmhouse right on the outskirts of town by the owner, who is also looking to a move of some sort. One family (with their son whose leg is broken) go to the location, beautiful home- amazing space and no one is there to help except some voice boxes apparently telling the story of each room in the house. No real estate agent, nothing. 

The 2nd family arrives (with the daughter) shortly after and debate, leaving the other family with the choice to buy. They decide to leave. After making the initial attempt, they end up crashing into a battered and bruised girl whose tongue was cut out. Bad signs ASAP!

Just like any normal family, person, animal- they grab the girl and make a run for it, only thing is that every time they drive away, before they even get to the highway, they end up back in front of the house. The weird voice box is yapping away and I'm totally freaked by now. Different concept, refreshing. 

Movie seems to over extend itself in the acting department, feels like everyone strained their part but I'm not here to deter you from what can potentially be a good horror night. This had me walking away satisfied. The movie is a mind catcher. I liked it!"