JAL's October Horror Movie Binge

[JAL]

Oct 17th
The Mole People (1956). If they didn't come from space or the depths of the ocean, they can also come from underground at the center of the Earth. Two archaeologists find a race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth. They keep mutant humanoid mole men as their slaves to harvest mushrooms, which serve as their primary food source. The horror of it all ensues from there when the albinos discover they are mortal humans and not Gods.
THEY CLAWED THEIR WAY . . .
TO STRIKE . . . TO KILL . . . IN FRENZY!
HERE IS TERROR TO SHATTER YOUR NERVES!

The Mole People (1956) ⭐ 5.0 | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

1h 17m | Approved

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 18th
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957). The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crashes into the sea off the coast of Sicily. Fishermen in their boats pull two astronauts from it before it sinks. In the meantime, a little boy finds and opens a translucent cylinder marked “USAF” on the beach. It contains a gelatinous mass egg, which he sells to a zoologist studying sea creatures. As the captain of the spacecraft recovers, the other rescued crew member dies of the same disease that killed the rest of the crew. The egg hatches, a Venusian "dinosaur" emerges, quickly growing to enormous size and the rampaging horror ensues. Another of Ray Harryhausen's monster stop-motion animations.
CAPTIVE VENUS MONSTER ESCAPES . . .
DOUBLING IN SIZE EVERY NIGHT . . .
RUNNING AMOK ON EARTH!
MODERN WEAPONS HELPLESS TO STOP IT!
WORLDWIDE PANIC!
NOTHING LIKE IT EVER KNOWN OR SHOWN!

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) ⭐ 6.3 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

1h 22m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

 

[Alamo]

Color Out of Space is on Amazon Prime video.

 

[JAL]

Oct 18th Bonus Feature
Village of the Damned. The 1960 UK film was adapted from John Wyndham's 1957 novel, The Midwich Cuckoos. All the inhabitants and anyone entering Midwich village suddenly fall unconscious. It's quickly cordoned off and a man with a gas mask attempts to enter, also passing out, and is pulled back out with a rope. After about four hours, everyone regains consciousness with no apparent effect. However, two months later, all the women and girls capable of bearing children discover they're pregnant. They all give birth on the same day and the children are unusual in appearance and behavior. The horror of what they are and do ensues.
BEWARE THE STARE!

Village of the Damned (1960) ⭐ 7.3 | Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 17m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 19th
The Giant Claw (1957). Another Sam Katzman movie, but Ray Harryhausen did not do the animation (so don't blame him for it). It was done using animatronics "puppet". If the monsters can swim and crawl, they can also fly! Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. Includes the stereotyped General Chompsacigar character. Described by some of the critics when it hit the theaters as a turkey, they're only half right. It's a flying turkey.
SCREAMING DOWN FROM THE STRATOSPHERE . . .
PANIC from Broadway to Bombay!
ATOM-AGE SCIENCE HELPLESS . . .
AGAINST ICE-AGE KILLER!
HORROR darkens sky and screen!

The Giant Claw (1957) ⭐ 4.6 | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 15m | Approved

www.imdb.com

 

[ZurokSlayer7X9]

Oct 18th Bonus Feature
Village of the Damned. The 1960 UK film was adapted from John Wyndham's 1957 novel, The Midwich Cuckoos. All the inhabitants and anyone entering Midwich village suddenly fall unconscious. It's quickly cordoned off and a man with a gas mask attempts to enter, also passing out, and is pulled back out with a rope. After about four hours, everyone regains consciousness with no apparent effect. However, two months later, all the women and girls capable of bearing children discover they're pregnant. They all give birth on the same day and the children are unusual in appearance and behavior. The horror of what they are and do ensues.
BEWARE THE STARE!

Village of the Damned (1960) ⭐ 7.3 | Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 17m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

I think I was ten when my mom had this on. I don't remember much of the movie, but I do remember the ending. For the next week, I kept going through in my head if I could focus on a brick wall long enough for the dynamite to go off. Dynamite is a good way to end a horror movie, though.

 

[JAL]

October 19th Horror Binge Bonus Feature(s):
The Twilight Zone, Season 1, Episodes 1,2 & 3 (1959)
The Outer Limits, Season 1, Episode 1 (1963)
* Where Is Everybody?; TZ Oct 2nd, 1959
* One for the Angels; TZ Oct 9th, 1959
* Mr. Denton on Doomsday; TZ Oct 16th, 1959
* The Galaxy Being; OL Sep 16th, 1963

Twilight Zone had a CBS half-hour time slot on Friday evenings.
(Seasons 1-3 and 5; Season 4 had a one-hour time slot)
NEXT STOP, THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

"The Twilight Zone" Where Is Everybody? (TV Episode 1959) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

25m | TV-PG

www.imdb.com

Mike Ferris finds himself alone in the small Oakwood town and without recollection about his name, where he is or who he is. Mike wanders through the town trying to find a living soul. The tension increases and Mike has a breakdown.

"The Twilight Zone" One for the Angels (TV Episode 1959) ⭐ 7.6 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

25m | TV-PG

www.imdb.com

A pitchman is visited by Mr. Death and is forced to get his priorities in order.

"The Twilight Zone" Mr. Denton on Doomsday (TV Episode 1959) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

25m | TV-PG

www.imdb.com

The town drunk in the old-west faces his past when Fate lends a hand.

Outer Limits had an ABC one-hour time slot on Monday evenings.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION SET
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THE PICTURE

"The Outer Limits" The Galaxy Being (TV Episode 1963) ⭐ 7.5 | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

51m

www.imdb.com

A scientific technician working at a radio station makes first contact with an energy alien from the Andromeda galaxy. An underling's disobedience brings it to Earth.

 

[JAL]

Oct 20th
Zombies of Mora Tau. Yet another 1957 film produced by Sam Katzman. Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship off the coast of Africa have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed? This movie begins a breaking away from the "Atomic Monster Apocalypse" sub-genre that was pervasive in the first half of the 1950's. Sets the more modern tone for "living dead" zombies compared to the handful of earlier movies, and predates George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" by 11 years. Nevertheless, it's a low budget B-movie that was popular in the grindhouses and drive-In theaters. I don't have an affinity for producer Sam Katzman. He was a prolific B-movie creator, churning them out quickly in the 1950's and early 1960's. He's among several in that era that specialized in fodder for the grindhouses and drive-in theaters.
HORROR ON THE AFRICAN VOODOO COAST!
ZOMBIES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE . . .
. . . WALK THE OCEAN FLOOR!
WALKING DEAD STALKING THE LIVING!
A TIDE OF TERROR FLOODS THE SCREEN!

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) ⭐ 5.1 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

1h 10m | Passed

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 21st
Monster on the Campus (1958). Back into the Atomic Effects realm, the blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress into an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid. Has the feel of a werewolf story without it being a werewolf. Originally released as the bottom half of a double-feature for grindhouses and drive-in theaters. Its low budget shows.
HORROR THAT WAITED A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS . . .
. . . BECOMES A TERRIFYING REALITY!
YOUR FLESH WILL CRAWL!
YOUR BLOOD WILL CHILL -- IN TERROR!

Monster on the Campus (1958) ⭐ 5.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 17m | Approved

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 22nd
A Bucket of Blood. This 1959 Roger Corman movie features most of his typical moviemaking. A dim-witted busboy finds acclaim as an artist for a plaster-covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statuette. The desire for more praise soon leads to an increasingly deadly series of works. The Beat Generation and its Beatnik Counterculture from the mid to late 1950's definitely shows as Corman exploited its stereotypes and tropes. The humor is dark.
A COMEDY OF ERRORS!
A COMEDY OF TERRORS!
DON'T BREAK A PLASTER STATUE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE IT!

A Bucket of Blood (1959) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy, Crime, Horror

1h 6m | Approved

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 23rd
The Mummy. This 1959 Technicolor film (unusual for horror flicks in its era) is another from Hammer Studios in the UK, directed by one of their "Go To", Terence Fisher. A team of British archaeologists discover the untouched tomb of Princess Ananka in the 1890's, but accidentally bring the mummified body of her High Priest back to life. Three years later in England, a follower of the same Egyptian religion unleashes the mummy to exact grisly revenge on the despoilers of the sacred past. Typical "Mummy" premise used in one variation or another to unleash the horror on mankind (similar to Universal's "Mummy" film in the 1930's). Stars Peter Cushing, one of their "Go To" actors. I wonder how many in the UK (where it was made) thought they were going to see a nice family film about someone's dearly beloved "mother".
THE GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD IS THE TERROR OF THE LIVING!
HE WHO ROBS THE GRAVES OF EGYPT -- DIES!

The Mummy (1959) ⭐ 6.7 | Adventure, Horror

1h 28m | Unrated

www.imdb.com

 

[indiucky]

I am a fan of "folk horror" and have binged on a bit of it lately...a great...I mean great, documentary on the subject is on ShudderTV right now and is worth a watch if one is a fan of the genre.....Woodlands dark and days Bewitched it's called....I didn't like the way they portrayed films about the Scots Irish that immigrated here...they didn't include the 80s flick, Eyes of Fire which was, literally about Scots Irish settlers venturing into French territory in the 1750s and was written and directed by a Kentuckian....plus the firearms were very accurate for the period and were all custom pieces...the director is from around Dixie Gun Works area of SW Kentucky and I swear a couple of the guys portraying longhunters in it were well known reenactors around friendship back in the day...so that one is NOT a Scots Irish folk horror but Jughead and any "OMG the hillbillies are gonna kill us because we made a wrong turn" are considered Scots Irish immigrant folk horror...whatever...other than that it's pretty good...covers the world...put me on some good Asian folk horror flicks....

 

[JAL]

. . .
put me on some good Asian folk horror flicks....
. . .

The Asians -- Japanese and Koreans (not much at all from China) -- have a different concept for horror than North America and what little comes out of Europe. Much of it is based on "ghosts" and ancestral "spirits" -- and rampaging giant animal monsters. Don't know what your tastes are in the Asian stuff. Here are a few aside from the obvious Godzilla, Mothra, and their derivatives.

Japan:

• Kwaidan (1964) -- a compendium of four folk tales with spiritual themes -- likely some of what you're looking for
  
  

  Kwaidan (1964) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  3h 3m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Onibaba (1964) -- Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask. Also likely what you're looking for.
  
  

  Onibaba (1964) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Horror, Thriller

  1h 43m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Daimjin (1966) -- A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depredations of an evil warlord. Likely a set of tales you're looking for. First in a trilogy made back to back.
  
  

  Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  1h 24m | Unrated

  www.imdb.com
• Return of Daimajin (1966) -- The giant stone statue exacts revenge on those who conquer its worshipers. Second in the trilogy.
  
  

  Return of Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.4 | Drama, Fantasy

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Wrath of Daimajin (1966) -- In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own. Has Diamajin returned from its supposed destruction by Lord Arakawa? Third in the trilogy.
  
  

  Wrath of Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.2 | Fantasy

  1h 27m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The X from Outer Space (1967) -- Spores from outer space spawn a giant dinosaur type monster. Very much similar to Godzilla. Whatever was left untouched in Tokyo by Godzilla in the 1950's, this monster, called Guilala, finishes off in its rampage.
  
  

  The X from Outer Space (1967) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 29m | PG

  www.imdb.com
• Genocide (1968) -- All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing an Armageddon.
  
  

  Genocide (1968) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | Approved

  www.imdb.com
• Goke, Body Snatchers from Hell (1968) -- Survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
  
  

  Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | PG

  www.imdb.com
• The Living Skeleton (1968) -- A young woman lives in a seaside town haunted by the ghosts of a ship's crew murdered by modern-day pirates. Likely some of what you're looking for.
  
  

  The Living Skeleton (1968) ⭐ 6.3 | Horror

  1h 20m

  www.imdb.com
• The Green Slime (1968) -- After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
  
  

  The Green Slime (1968) ⭐ 4.8 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 30m | G

  www.imdb.com
• Kuroneko (aka Black Cat, 1968) -- Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder passing samurai. Possibly what you're looking for.
  
  

  Black Cat (1968) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama, Horror

  1h 39m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The Great Yokai War (1968) -- When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him. Possibly a tale you're looking for. A loose trilogy.
  
  

  The Great Yokai War (1968) ⭐ 6.4 | Horror

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) -- The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.
  
  

  Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969) --The murder of an old man on sacred grounds provokes the intervention of vengeful yôkai (Japanese spirits.)
  
  

  Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Horror, Mystery

  1h 18m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Space Amoeba (1970) -- A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.
  
  

  Space Amoeba (1970) ⭐ 5.4 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | G

  www.imdb.com
• House (1977) -- A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted. Also likely what you're looking for.
  
  

  House (1977) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy, Horror

  1h 28m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Zigeunerweisen (1980) -- A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways. Possibly what you're looking for, and yes it has a German title.
  
  

  Zigeunerweisen (1980) ⭐ 6.9 | Horror, Mystery

  2h 24m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Ringu (1998) -- A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
  
  

  Ringu (1998) ⭐ 7.2 | Horror, Mystery

  1h 36m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Ju-on: The Curse (2000) -- First in a five film franchise series. A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
  
  

  Ju-on: The Curse (Video 2000) ⭐ 6.8 | Horror, Mystery

  1h 10m | TV-PG

  www.imdb.com
• Kairo (aka Pulse; 2001) -- Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
  
  

  Pulse (2001) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

  1h 59m | R

  www.imdb.com
• Dark Water (2002) -- A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
  
  

  Dark Water (2002) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

  1h 41m | PG-13

  www.imdb.com

South Korea:

• The Quiet Family (1998) -- Dark comedy horror which you'd probably like -- A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates and the family attempts to deal with it to keep their inn in business, in a continuous comedy of errors. Takashi Miike did a remake of it in 2001, The Happiness of the Katakuris, and set the story in Japan while maintaining the story's concept.
  
  

  The Quiet Family (1998) ⭐ 7.0 | Comedy, Crime, Horror

  1h 41m

  www.imdb.com
• The Host (2006) -- A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
  
  

  The Host (2006) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

  2h | R

  www.imdb.com
• Train to Busan (2016) -- While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
  
  

  Train to Busan (2016) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Horror, Thriller

  1h 58m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The Mimic (2017) -- The Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, encounters a family affected by the creature.
  
  

  The Mimic (2017) ⭐ 5.6 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

  1h 40m

  www.imdb.com

Those should give you a good start. My film library has significant depth. About 25% of it is from non-English speaking countries. The horror genre is only about 12% of it.

 

[indiucky]

The Asians -- Japanese and Koreans (not much at all from China) -- have a different concept for horror than North America and what little comes out of Europe. Much of it is based on "ghosts" and ancestral "spirits" -- and rampaging giant animal monsters. Don't know what your tastes are in the Asian stuff. Here are a few aside from the obvious Godzilla, Mothra, and their derivatives.

Japan:

• Kwaidan (1964) -- a compendium of four folk tales with spiritual themes -- likely some of what you're looking for
  
  

  Kwaidan (1964) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  3h 3m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Onibaba (1964) -- Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask. Also likely what you're looking for.
  
  

  Onibaba (1964) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Horror, Thriller

  1h 43m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Daimjin (1966) -- A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depredations of an evil warlord. Likely a set of tales you're looking for. First in a trilogy made back to back.
  
  

  Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  1h 24m | Unrated

  www.imdb.com
• Return of Daimajin (1966) -- The giant stone statue exacts revenge on those who conquer its worshipers. Second in the trilogy.
  
  

  Return of Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.4 | Drama, Fantasy

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Wrath of Daimajin (1966) -- In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own. Has Diamajin returned from its supposed destruction by Lord Arakawa? Third in the trilogy.
  
  

  Wrath of Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.2 | Fantasy

  1h 27m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The X from Outer Space (1967) -- Spores from outer space spawn a giant dinosaur type monster. Very much similar to Godzilla. Whatever was left untouched in Tokyo by Godzilla in the 1950's, this monster, called Guilala, finishes off in its rampage.
  
  

  The X from Outer Space (1967) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 29m | PG

  www.imdb.com
• Genocide (1968) -- All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing an Armageddon.
  
  

  Genocide (1968) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | Approved

  www.imdb.com
• Goke, Body Snatchers from Hell (1968) -- Survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
  
  

  Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | PG

  www.imdb.com
• The Living Skeleton (1968) -- A young woman lives in a seaside town haunted by the ghosts of a ship's crew murdered by modern-day pirates. Likely some of what you're looking for.
  
  

  The Living Skeleton (1968) ⭐ 6.3 | Horror

  1h 20m

  www.imdb.com
• The Green Slime (1968) -- After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
  
  

  The Green Slime (1968) ⭐ 4.8 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 30m | G

  www.imdb.com
• Kuroneko (aka Black Cat, 1968) -- Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder passing samurai. Possibly what you're looking for.
  
  

  Black Cat (1968) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama, Horror

  1h 39m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The Great Yokai War (1968) -- When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him. Possibly a tale you're looking for. A loose trilogy.
  
  

  The Great Yokai War (1968) ⭐ 6.4 | Horror

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) -- The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.
  
  

  Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969) --The murder of an old man on sacred grounds provokes the intervention of vengeful yôkai (Japanese spirits.)
  
  

  Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Horror, Mystery

  1h 18m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Space Amoeba (1970) -- A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.
  
  

  Space Amoeba (1970) ⭐ 5.4 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | G

  www.imdb.com
• House (1977) -- A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted. Also likely what you're looking for.
  
  

  House (1977) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy, Horror

  1h 28m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Zigeunerweisen (1980) -- A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways. Possibly what you're looking for, and yes it has a German title.
  
  

  Zigeunerweisen (1980) ⭐ 6.9 | Horror, Mystery

  2h 24m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Ringu (1998) -- A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
  
  

  Ringu (1998) ⭐ 7.2 | Horror, Mystery

  1h 36m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Ju-on: The Curse (2000) -- First in a five film franchise series. A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
  
  

  Ju-on: The Curse (Video 2000) ⭐ 6.8 | Horror, Mystery

  1h 10m | TV-PG

  www.imdb.com
• Kairo (aka Pulse; 2001) -- Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
  
  

  Pulse (2001) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

  1h 59m | R

  www.imdb.com
• Dark Water (2002) -- A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
  
  

  Dark Water (2002) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

  1h 41m | PG-13

  www.imdb.com

South Korea:

• The Quiet Family (1998) -- Dark comedy horror which you'd probably like -- A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates and the family attempts to deal with it to keep their inn in business, in a continuous comedy of errors. Takashi Miike did a remake of it in 2001, The Happiness of the Katakuris, and set the story in Japan while maintaining the story's concept.
  
  

  The Quiet Family (1998) ⭐ 7.0 | Comedy, Crime, Horror

  1h 41m

  www.imdb.com
• The Host (2006) -- A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
  
  

  The Host (2006) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

  2h | R

  www.imdb.com
• Train to Busan (2016) -- While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
  
  

  Train to Busan (2016) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Horror, Thriller

  1h 58m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The Mimic (2017) -- The Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, encounters a family affected by the creature.
  
  

  The Mimic (2017) ⭐ 5.6 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

  1h 40m

  www.imdb.com

Those should give you a good start. My film library has significant depth. About 25% of it is from non-English speaking countries. The horror genre is only about 12% of it.

Thank you...I've seen about 10 percent of those....there's a animated film, well done, about how the outbreak portrayed in Train to Busan happened that was really good...the sequel, unfortunately, was terrible but the prequel was well done....

 

[Alamo]

• Zigeunerweisen (1980) -- A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways. Possibly what you're looking for, and yes it has a German title.
  
  

  Zigeunerweisen (1980) ⭐ 6.9 | Horror, Mystery

  2h 24m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com

I had to follow the link forthis one. Got a laugh out of this:

Director Seijun Suzuki was terminated from his contract with Nikkatsu Studios in 1968 for making "movies that make no sense and no money"

lol.

But he redeemed himself with Zigeunerweisen:

"Zigeunerweisen" was a surprise success in Japan, both commercially and critically; it took home the Japanese Academy Awards for best picture, director, and supporting actress, and the prestigious Kinema Jumpo awards for best director, film, screenplay, actress, and supporting actress. Suzuki was not just back, he was finally recognized as a real treasure.

I may have to check this one out.

 

[Leadeye]

Luciana Paluzzi looked good in Green Slime, even better in Thunderball.

 

[wcd]

The Asians -- Japanese and Koreans (not much at all from China) -- have a different concept for horror than North America and what little comes out of Europe. Much of it is based on "ghosts" and ancestral "spirits" -- and rampaging giant animal monsters. Don't know what your tastes are in the Asian stuff. Here are a few aside from the obvious Godzilla, Mothra, and their derivatives.

Japan:

• Kwaidan (1964) -- a compendium of four folk tales with spiritual themes -- likely some of what you're looking for
  
  

  Kwaidan (1964) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  3h 3m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Onibaba (1964) -- Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask. Also likely what you're looking for.
  
  

  Onibaba (1964) ⭐ 7.9 | Drama, Horror, Thriller

  1h 43m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Daimjin (1966) -- A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depredations of an evil warlord. Likely a set of tales you're looking for. First in a trilogy made back to back.
  
  

  Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  1h 24m | Unrated

  www.imdb.com
• Return of Daimajin (1966) -- The giant stone statue exacts revenge on those who conquer its worshipers. Second in the trilogy.
  
  

  Return of Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.4 | Drama, Fantasy

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Wrath of Daimajin (1966) -- In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own. Has Diamajin returned from its supposed destruction by Lord Arakawa? Third in the trilogy.
  
  

  Wrath of Daimajin (1966) ⭐ 6.2 | Fantasy

  1h 27m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The X from Outer Space (1967) -- Spores from outer space spawn a giant dinosaur type monster. Very much similar to Godzilla. Whatever was left untouched in Tokyo by Godzilla in the 1950's, this monster, called Guilala, finishes off in its rampage.
  
  

  The X from Outer Space (1967) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 29m | PG

  www.imdb.com
• Genocide (1968) -- All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing an Armageddon.
  
  

  Genocide (1968) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | Approved

  www.imdb.com
• Goke, Body Snatchers from Hell (1968) -- Survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
  
  

  Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | PG

  www.imdb.com
• The Living Skeleton (1968) -- A young woman lives in a seaside town haunted by the ghosts of a ship's crew murdered by modern-day pirates. Likely some of what you're looking for.
  
  

  The Living Skeleton (1968) ⭐ 6.3 | Horror

  1h 20m

  www.imdb.com
• The Green Slime (1968) -- After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
  
  

  The Green Slime (1968) ⭐ 4.8 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

  1h 30m | G

  www.imdb.com
• Kuroneko (aka Black Cat, 1968) -- Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder passing samurai. Possibly what you're looking for.
  
  

  Black Cat (1968) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama, Horror

  1h 39m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The Great Yokai War (1968) -- When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him. Possibly a tale you're looking for. A loose trilogy.
  
  

  The Great Yokai War (1968) ⭐ 6.4 | Horror

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) -- The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.
  
  

  Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror

  1h 19m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969) --The murder of an old man on sacred grounds provokes the intervention of vengeful yôkai (Japanese spirits.)
  
  

  Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Horror, Mystery

  1h 18m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Space Amoeba (1970) -- A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.
  
  

  Space Amoeba (1970) ⭐ 5.4 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

  1h 24m | G

  www.imdb.com
• House (1977) -- A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted. Also likely what you're looking for.
  
  

  House (1977) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy, Horror

  1h 28m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Zigeunerweisen (1980) -- A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways. Possibly what you're looking for, and yes it has a German title.
  
  

  Zigeunerweisen (1980) ⭐ 6.9 | Horror, Mystery

  2h 24m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Ringu (1998) -- A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
  
  

  Ringu (1998) ⭐ 7.2 | Horror, Mystery

  1h 36m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• Ju-on: The Curse (2000) -- First in a five film franchise series. A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
  
  

  Ju-on: The Curse (Video 2000) ⭐ 6.8 | Horror, Mystery

  1h 10m | TV-PG

  www.imdb.com
• Kairo (aka Pulse; 2001) -- Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
  
  

  Pulse (2001) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

  1h 59m | R

  www.imdb.com
• Dark Water (2002) -- A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
  
  

  Dark Water (2002) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

  1h 41m | PG-13

  www.imdb.com

South Korea:

• The Quiet Family (1998) -- Dark comedy horror which you'd probably like -- A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates and the family attempts to deal with it to keep their inn in business, in a continuous comedy of errors. Takashi Miike did a remake of it in 2001, The Happiness of the Katakuris, and set the story in Japan while maintaining the story's concept.
  
  

  The Quiet Family (1998) ⭐ 7.0 | Comedy, Crime, Horror

  1h 41m

  www.imdb.com
• The Host (2006) -- A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
  
  

  The Host (2006) ⭐ 7.1 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

  2h | R

  www.imdb.com
• Train to Busan (2016) -- While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
  
  

  Train to Busan (2016) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Horror, Thriller

  1h 58m | Not Rated

  www.imdb.com
• The Mimic (2017) -- The Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, encounters a family affected by the creature.
  
  

  The Mimic (2017) ⭐ 5.6 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

  1h 40m

  www.imdb.com

Those should give you a good start. My film library has significant depth. About 25% of it is from non-English speaking countries. The horror genre is only about 12% of it.

Ok that’s a list!

 

[JAL]

Oct 24th
The Wasp Woman. Another 1959 Roger Corman film, obviously leveraging on the huge popularity of "The Fly" in 1958. The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
A QUEEN OF BEAUTY BY DAY!
A LUSTING QUEEN WASP BY NIGHT!
BRUTAL AND BLOODTHIRSTY!
THE MOST FIENDISH AND FIERCE FEMALE THAT EVER LIVED!

The Wasp Woman (1959) ⭐ 4.8 | Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 3m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 25th
13 Ghosts. This 1960 William Castle movie is the story of a family that inherits what proves to be a haunted house. A special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors. Castle was the master of gimmicks used in the theaters exhibiting his films. For this one, touted it being made in "Illusion-O". Theater patrons were given a special viewer that would allow them to see the ghosts in the movie in "Ectoplasmic Color". The gimmick used the same kind of red/blue treatment used in 1950's 3-D movies. With the red filter, one could see the ghosts. With the blue one, they were (mostly) invisible. Dark Castle Entertainment productions was created by Robert Zemeckis and several others to remake some of Castle's films, including this one. The 2001 remake was not well received. Flashy production values but the rest is dreck. Stick with this one.
13 TIMES THE THRILLS!
13 TIMES THE CHILLS!
13 TIMES THE SCREAMS!
13 TIMES THE TERROR!
13 TIMES THE FUN!

13 Ghosts (1960) ⭐ 6.0 | Horror, Mystery

1h 25m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

 

[JAL]

Oct 26th (Double-Feature Top Half)
The Giant Gila Monster. This 1959 movie directed by Ray Kellogg returns to the giant animal monsters. A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature. Nobody told the gila monster it wasn't invited to the Big Record Hop. Exploiting the growing "generation gap" and attempting to attract a growing teen high school age audience, it Includes the "teens must save the world in spite of the adults" trope becoming increasingly common in the horror genre. Also includes (alleged) "Rock and Roll Hits" with the motive to attract teens.
YOUNG PEOPLE IN LOVE -- LOOK OUT . . .
OR DRIVING A LONELY ROAD -- LOOK OUT . . .
. . . YOU'RE AS GOOD AS DEAD!
ONLY HELL COULD BREED SUCH AN ENORMOUS BEAST!
ONLY GOD COULD DESTROY IT!

The Giant Gila Monster (1959) ⭐ 3.7 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

1h 14m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com