Manufacturer: Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Starring: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman
Directed By: Gore Verbinski, Hideo Nakata

In Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto draws on the marriage of flesh and technology that inspires so much of David Cronenberg's work and then twists it into a Manga-influenced cyberpunk vision. A man (Tomoroh Taguchi) awakens from a nightmare in which his body is helplessly fusing with the metal objects around him, only to find it happening to him in real life... or is it? Haunted by ...

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Renji Ishibashi, Naomasa Musaka
Directed By: Shinya Tsukamoto

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Kap-su Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun, Seung-bi Lee
Directed By: Ji-woon Kim

Much of the controversy surrounding Takashi Miike's Audition centres on the disturbing nature of the later part of the film--understandable when you consider the imprint these admittedly horrific images leave on the viewer--but fails to note the intricate social satire of the rest. This is a film that offers insight into the changing culture of Japan and the generation gap between young and ...

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Directed By: Takashi Miike

A major box office hit in the Far East, Hideo Nakada's Ring is a subtly creepy Japanese ghost story with an urban legend theme, based on a series of popular teen-appeal novels by Susuki Koji. Far less showy than even the restrained chills of The Blair Witch Project or The Sixth Sense, Ring has nevertheless become a mainstream blockbuster and has already been followed by ...

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Sato
Directed By: Hideo Nakata

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Sato Hitomi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Daisuke Ban, Kyoko Fukada
Directed By: Hideo Nakata, Norio Tsuruta

The Ring 2 sequel further complicates the urban myth of the original tale, adding a chilling back-story concerning the origins of Sadako, the long-haired, bug-eyed living dead girl who chills her victims like a video nasty. Shell-shocked by the sudden death of her boyfriend, Koichi, Mai Takano takes it upon herself to investigate the sinister videotape that purportedly kills those who watch ...

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato, Kyôko Fukada, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kenjiro Ishimaru
Directed By: Hideo Nakata

Ring 0 is the prequel to the successful Japanese ghost/horror movie Ring which has already spun off a conventional follow-up (Ring 2) and inspired a host of Far Eastern imitations, with a US remake in development. Opening with some tiny scene-setting to remind you of the urban legend of the cursed videotape, the film skips back to "30 years ago" and dramatises the ...

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Daisuke Ban
Directed By: Norio Tsuruta

Two years after leaving the grungy cyberpunk calling card of the original Tetsuo, Shinya Tsukamoto re-enters the world of flesh and metal metamorphoses with Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer, a more narratively ambitious film that is neither sequel nor remake, but a rethinking of the ideas on a bigger scale with more impressive effects. The film begins in the recognisable world of the ...

Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Kei Fujiwara, Tomoro Taguchi
Directed By: Shinya Tsukamoto

Manufacturer: Ventura
Starring: Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Chiaki Kuriyama, Toshie Negishi, Ren Osugi
Directed By: Shunichi Nagasaki