I love me some Asian movies. Battle Royale is one of my favorite films ever.........but when it comes to horror, Asian horror is extremely over rated. Somebody mentioned Ringu. It sucked just as bad in Japanese as The Ring sucked in English. Just because it's foreign does not make it better.....I've seen tons of crappy asian horror flicks. I'm still waiting to see the one that shows me how Asian horror is so great.
I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about. Honestly. At the moment, Asian horror movies are wiping their collective asses with western horror movies. Why do you think so many of the movies that are coming out over here are simply remakes of whats already out over there? Pulse, Grudge 2, hell, even a thriller like The Departed are all remakes of Asian movies. And when western directors try to do something "original", we get Americanized J-Horror with crap like Stay Alive, which visually looked like it was The Ring's retarded stepsister. Sure, the stuff from the 60s to the mid 90s was great, and during that period western horror couldn't be f'ed with. But now, when all everyone is doing is remaking, reimaging, and rehashing the same shite I saw from the 60s through 90s, I gotta give respect where its due and say that Asian horror, not just Japanese or Chinese, but Thai and Korean as well, are grabbing us by the balls and not letting go.