I thought this was one of the most tense films I've ever seen, can anyone suggest others like this and is it worth me watching the other two films?
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Have any of you guys seen "The Cube" (1969), an hour-long teleplay directed by Jim Henson? It feels similar to this movie, yet it's a lot deeper in my opinion.
shareI haven't watched Cube yet (I'm just about to, got it from Netflix) but the description sounds alot like the novel "House of Stairs". I read it in middle school, about 25 years ago, and thought it was really good. I just googled it and it says that a film version is being made this year. Hopefully they will do the novel justice. It's being made by some Canadian film company, so I don't know if it will get a wide release, maybe straight to DVD.
shareMaybe its just the indie Canadian horror thing, but Pontypool reminded me a lot of Cube. Its similarly claustrophobic, and while Cube plays with mathematics, Pontypool plays with theoretical linguistics. It also delves into a lot of psychology and philosophy.
"What difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?"
I'm gonna look up this film on the title alone. Is the place in Canada called Pontypool? There's a Pontypool near me in Wales too.
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Yeah, its set in a small town called Pontypool.
"What difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?"
Dark City
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/
Is that the film where creepy beings change a city around and there's a woman who sings?
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Fermat's Room (2007) is excellent.
Symbol (2009) is a hilarious, weird comedy that's totally worth seeking out.
Das Experiment (2001) has a different premise, but has some similarities.
Asian Film List
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Liar Game: Final Stage, which is the finale of a Japanese drama series made into a movie. You can start by watching the drama. It's not very long (2 season?). The story is based on a Japanese manga, which I think is very..."intelligent"? It's about strangers forced into this competition where they have to swindle each other in order to survive and win a huge sum of money. Less horror/violence but definitely worth a try!
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