Maybe a helpful thread for those looking for lesser-known horror films..
Spain was a good center for this genre, in the early 2000s. I particularly liked Shivers (apart from the end), and the first Rec. I think that Pan's Labyrinth was also filmed in Spain with an Iberian cast (?).
More recently there were two Skandinavian horror movies, one quite known (that transboy vampire one) and the other not so much (Trollhunter). The latter was also on the comedic side of things, though (and in my view it became a lot less well-made halfway through).
Other than that there were some early 2000s (and late 90s iirc) horror movies from Britain, like The Descent. The 20 x later franchise was way too zombie-linked for me to like (never cared for this subgenre).
I heard of some French films, like Martyrs, but i suppose that is way too 'torture-porn' for me. Which brings us neatly to Japan
Obviously there are loads of Japanese horror films. I have seen very few of them cause in the past i was just having a look at the US remake of those which were already a hit. I wanted to watch the adaptation of "Uzumaki", but i heard it is nowhere near as good as the eponymus and excellent horror manga. I did not seek any other east-asian films.
Australian cinema did produce some horror (along with Canada), but i had issues with all the horror movies i saw from those countries (which were very few at any rate). Ginger Snaps was a cool production in my view, but again mostly a comedy. The 'crocodile-dundee removes himself to the outback and maims travelers' was a let down, but not even close to how stupid i found a more recent australian horror film ('the loved ones').
Back to Europe, there isn't much more horror i have had the chance to watch (in a movie, anyway).
Spain was a good center for this genre, in the early 2000s. I particularly liked Shivers (apart from the end), and the first Rec. I think that Pan's Labyrinth was also filmed in Spain with an Iberian cast (?).
More recently there were two Skandinavian horror movies, one quite known (that transboy vampire one) and the other not so much (Trollhunter). The latter was also on the comedic side of things, though (and in my view it became a lot less well-made halfway through).
Other than that there were some early 2000s (and late 90s iirc) horror movies from Britain, like The Descent. The 20 x later franchise was way too zombie-linked for me to like (never cared for this subgenre).
I heard of some French films, like Martyrs, but i suppose that is way too 'torture-porn' for me. Which brings us neatly to Japan
Obviously there are loads of Japanese horror films. I have seen very few of them cause in the past i was just having a look at the US remake of those which were already a hit. I wanted to watch the adaptation of "Uzumaki", but i heard it is nowhere near as good as the eponymus and excellent horror manga. I did not seek any other east-asian films.
Australian cinema did produce some horror (along with Canada), but i had issues with all the horror movies i saw from those countries (which were very few at any rate). Ginger Snaps was a cool production in my view, but again mostly a comedy. The 'crocodile-dundee removes himself to the outback and maims travelers' was a let down, but not even close to how stupid i found a more recent australian horror film ('the loved ones').
Back to Europe, there isn't much more horror i have had the chance to watch (in a movie, anyway).
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