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Prepare for sleepless nights as we explore the most bone-chilling frights from around the globe! Join us as we count down the most terrifying international horror films that will have you checking under your bed. From psychological nightmares to supernatural threats, these foreign masterpieces redefine fear in ways Hollywood never could.
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00:00I'm 12 years old, but I've been there for a long time.
00:30Themes of social hierarchy and classism come into play within 2016's Train to Busan.
00:46At the same time, however, this film from director Yong Sang-ho also never forgets to be captivatingly scary.
00:52The makeup effects upon the undead hordes here are convincing, with a sufficient gruesomeness
00:57that allows Train to Busan to feel at home within that long-standing legacy of zombie cinema.
01:18Meanwhile, the fast and hungry nature of the zombies here in Sang-ho's film
01:22is ripped from the World War Z and Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead mould.
01:26This allows for the intense pacing to reflect the fear present within the eyes of Busan's human protagonists.
01:45Number 9, Hau Su.
01:47The stories behind the production of 1977's House, aka Hau Su, rely on the strange and hallucinogenic imagery
02:02that resides within this celluloid head trip.
02:05Director Nobuhiko Obayashi's young daughter, Shigumi, actually receives story credit for the film.
02:20This could lead one to believe that Hau Su is going to be kid stuff.
02:23That isn't exactly the case, however, since Obayashi's film melds together absurdity and morbidity
02:29in a manner unlike anything else released to the screen.
02:45The tone of Hau Su vacillates wildly to be sure, but it's the unpredictability of this thrill ride
02:50that makes watching this vividly striking horror film so much fun.
03:06Number 8, Ringu.
03:08Horror fans bore witness to a glut of Americanized remakes of Japanese horror movies during the early 2000s.
03:25The Ring from 2002 was one of the most successful of this lot.
03:28Although, for our money, there's no beating the original source material, Ringu, from 1998.
03:33The plot of a cursed videotape remains relatively unchanged between both the American and Japanese takes to the Ring,
03:39but the visuals of Ringu really set the stylistic template high for its competitors.
03:58This was a horror film that connected with an audience and refused to release its watery grip.
04:02Number 7, Eyes Without a Face.
04:14We, as horror fans, might occasionally take for granted many of the stylistic tropes that have been established by older films,
04:21classics like 1960s Eyes Without a Face from French filmmaker Georges Franju.
04:24The screenplay here allows plenty of room for its main antagonist, Dr Genessier, to retain understandable motivations for his crimes.
04:33Genessier has dedicated himself to restoring physical beauty to his daughter, Christiane,
04:39the latter of whom has suffered severe facial wounds from an automobile accident.
04:53The mask worn by Genessier's daughter deliberately obscures these wounds,
05:09although Christiane's eyes express both pain and sorrow to the audience.
05:13Eyes that may not have a face, but which burrow deep into our collective soul nonetheless.
05:18Number 6, The Wailing.
05:34This South Korean film from 2016 incorporates elements from multiple genres within its final product,
05:49including classic zombie cinema, occult horror tropes, and even old school police procedurals.
05:54The Wailing is ultimately a scary film at its core, however,
05:57a modern horror classic that takes its time washing over the viewer,
06:00but bears much fruit for those dedicated to its narrative.
06:10Worlds of Eastern mysticism and an uncomfortable, almost impenetrable darkness lurk within the shadows of The Wailing,
06:16an exercise in atmospheric terror that doesn't hold the audience's hand,
06:20but instead almost dares them to come along for the journey.
06:32Number 5, Cure.
06:34This Japanese horror film from 1997 may not be discussed as often as Ringu or Ju-On, The Grudge,
06:46but The Cure more than deserves its place as an influential slice of J-horror.
06:52Writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa inserts elements of police procedurals and psychological horror into this story of strange killings and even stranger killers,
07:10all of which are left with more questions than answers.
07:13What do you call that person's name?
07:15What do you call that person's name?
07:16What do you call that person's name?
07:17What do you call that person's name?
07:18What do you call that person's name?
07:19What do you call that person?
07:20Cure also has aged quite well over the years and comes as highly recommended for those seeking out a little bit of contextual history
07:31regarding Japan's horror boom during the late 90s and early millennium.
07:35The genesis of the found-footage style of horror filmmaking can largely be traced back to Italy's cannibal holocaust from 1980.
08:03However, Spanish movies such as Wreck from 2007 serve as worthy connective tissue for that country's rich cinematic history
08:10that dates all the way back to the 1950s and 60s.
08:13Wreck proved that the found-footage style could deliver some truly legitimate scares.
08:18This is thanks primarily to the anything-goes atmosphere that lurks behind every corner of Wreck.
08:26Cinematographer Tom Doyle creates unpredictability and chaos via the first-person viewpoint,
08:31incorporating shaky camera angles before this approach became too old-hat.
08:36The results that never feel cheap and remain fairly thrilling even by the standards of today.
08:41Mano!
08:42Mano!
08:43Mano!
08:44Mano!
08:45Mano!
08:46Mano!
08:51He won!
08:52Go!
08:53Go!
08:54God!
08:55The reputation of Audition from director Takashi Miike has travelled fairly far and wide within horror circles at this point.
09:16This is despite Miike's film not really becoming a true horror film until its final act.
09:20This is when we realise that the widower character, Shigaharu, who's been auditioning potential new girlfriends, has made one serious mistake.
09:34Her name is Asami, and although Shigaharu's behaviour hasn't exactly been on the up-and-up throughout Audition,
09:41what happens to both him and Asami at the film's climax has to be seen to be believed.
09:50Number two, Suspiria.
10:20The world of Italian horror is vast, with many peaks and valleys.
10:27It also includes a number of crossover hits, including Suspiria from 1977.
10:32This masterpiece from director Dario Argento and screenwriter Daria Nicolodi
10:37inserts occult mysticism, dance and even dark fairy tales into the mix.
10:42The outcome is as potent as anything released within Italy or anywhere else.
10:52A violent yet perversely beautiful film, with gorgeous colours and iconic music.
10:57Additionally, the murder set pieces here are wince-inducing and beyond grotesque.
11:02An almost prurient exercise in bloody excess from one of Italy's most brutal maestros.
11:08Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honourable mentions.
11:22Black Sunday, Mario Bava's moody gothic masterpiece.
11:25In the 17th century, Satan was abroad on the earth.
11:31And great was the wrath against those monstrous beings thirsty for human blood,
11:36to whom tradition has given the name of vampires.
11:40The orphanage.
11:41Atmosphere for days.
11:43Un, dos, tres, toca la pared.
11:45Angst, not to your average stalk and slash.
12:09The platform, a dystopian sci-fi-horror hybrid.
12:32Don't torture a duckling.
12:36Small-town secrets and hypocrisy reign in this cult giallo.
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13:08Number one, let the right one in.
13:11I can't be with you.
13:12Just so you know.
13:15What do you mean?
13:17Beast.
13:18There must be a reason.
13:21It's like that.
13:22It must be a difficult task for the average screenwriter to try and reinvest, as best they can, established creatures such as vampires.
13:32This is essentially why Let the Right One In affected so many viewers back when it was released in 2008.
13:38This Swedish film not only featured talented young leads with a legitimately compelling relationship in chemistry.
13:44Let the Right One In also made sure to include true, died-in-the-wall horror elements,
13:48as well as some sinister subtext that's never truly made clear.
13:52It's not true.
13:54No.
13:56It's not true.
13:58I've forgotten what to do.
13:59Instead, this cinematic adaptation of Jean-Avidé Lindquist's novel
14:04tackles thematic elements of love, violence and loneliness,
14:08the latter of which might be the most frightening emotion of all.
14:12Do you enjoy exploring outside of your comfort zone when it comes to horror movies?
14:27Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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