There's a wide selection of horror movies out there in the market, from big screen flicks backed by big studios, to final year film projects shot by college students that were uploaded to Youtube and lost under a sea of videos.  In this list, we feature the most underrated horror and thrillers that were lost to time or just weren't given the amount of love that they deserve.  We here at Asian Does Horror never knock a movie till we've tried it, and the list below includes some gems that have flown completely under our radar, but once we sat down and gave them a watch, we fell in love with them immediately.  Also, a huge thanks to /u/SkepticalAqcuiesce and the contributors on /r/Horror over at Reddit for providing us the inspiration and the suggestions for us to come up with this list.  Below is the compiled list of underrated horror movies that you should definitely check out if you're a horror movie buff.  Spring (2014) Spring (2014), directed by Justin Benson ...

  Could've come up with a better poster. Something ala Scream? Image from imdb.com I've always had a soft spot for Indonesian horror movies. There have been hits and misses, but when they hit, it's an instant favorite. Being Malaysian, we share the most similarities with our Indonesian neighbors and I've always respected Indonesian talent in whatever industry they decide to delve into. I also have a saying, "whatever a Malaysian can do, there's always an Indonesian that does it better". Same goes for their horror movies. There's always an Indonesian horror movie that hits the sweet spot. In 2017, it was Satan's Slaves or Pengabdi Setan, in 2018 it was May the Devil Take You, 2019 was Kuntilanak 2 and 2020 is probably this movie. But aside from the titles I've listed here, there are so many others that were great horror movies to watch. So cast your eyes away from Western influence and turn your attention to South East Asian horror, because it m...

  Asian Does Horror is bringing you three movie reviews in one post. Why, you ask? Well, imaginary question giver, it saves me time and effort and because I've got other reviews to do, so I figure, "why not just lump these three movies into one". Astro First is a cinema to home subscription service where you can purchase the movies that are currently playing in the theaters without the hassle of leaving your home.  In my opinion, it's usually reserved for movies you don't think is worth your time getting ready, traveling out, paying for parking, reserving your seats, buying popcorn, sitting down and surviving through half an hour of ads, but you really want to watch.  Some might say, "god bless Astro First", others might say, "it's just Astro trying to squeeze money from you because of their overhead costs trying to keep a broadcasting company alive since the introduction of Netflix and other streaming sites" while others might say, "h...

  Like a bad poster for a porno Like all low budget Malaysian horror movies directed by someone that can't agree on a fixed name for himself, Yeop Hitler/M. Hitler Zami/Latiff Zami (goddamn dude, the Hitler in your name isn't even the worst part. Commit to one!), Wangi is a diabolical mess of camera angles, a confusing story, horrible editing and a mediocre script.  The start of the movie begins with Sharnaaz Ahmad beating the shit out of something off screen while Erra Fazira cowers in the corner. It then cuts to another scene where Erra, Sharnaaz and their first child enter the house following the arrival of their newborn. That in itself is just confusing as heck. Like, you want to create a dramatic opening, but because of the shoddy editing, it just doesn't deliver the effect you expect it to - unless that effect is creating a sense of confusion for the audience and a desire to request for their money back.  "Help me, my husband's Malay" Wangi tells the sto...

  Just goes to show how far we'll go to get good phone service When the preview for #Alive popped up on my Netflix account, I immediately cringed. Netflix is the type of platform that'll get rights to anything and it usually turns out pretty underwhelming. Even the list for "Best Netflix Original Horror Movies" like In the Tall Grass, Malevolent, 1922 and I am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House to me were passable. But then I lingered a bit longer on the trailer. I mean, Korean horror movies are, to date, at the top of its game in the horror genre (let's forget about Peninsula for a second here). But being a horror movie review blog, I knew I couldn't ignore it for too long. So I bit my lips and sat down to watch it.  #Alive is a movie directed and produced for the sake of feeding the needs of zombie movie fans. It doesn't stand out and it doesn't impress. It takes the same recipe as Train to Busan and just applies it in a different setting. The ...

   Image courtesy of tiffanyhscho.com. She does a review on the top five Jiangshi movies to watch. I've always had much love for Jiangshi (stiff corpse, hopping vampire, Chinese vampire) movies. There was something about the mythology derived from the historical background of corpse transportation that evolved into full blown lore that just captivated me and kept my eyes glued to the television screen. For the Jiangshi, the historical background was pretty obvious. Back in the Qing dynasty, there were a lot of migratory workers that would die far away from home. Fearing that their souls would become homesick, poorer families would pay corpse drivers to transport these cadavers back home - usually at night. These corpse drivers would bind the hands and feet of the cadavers and slide bamboo poles under their arms so that they could be transported upright. While the corpse drivers walked, these cadavers, under the light of the full moon, through dark forests, would be seen "hoppi...