Suspense Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Breaking The Waves (1996)	Traumatising	2024-03-22	Simon
Full River Red (2023)	Weak by Zhang Yimou standards	2023-04-30	Simon
Breaking News (2004)	...read review...	2022-09-07	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
War (2002)	Whose war is it anyway?	2022-02-27	Simon
The Red Squirrel (1993)	One of the films that got me interested in cinema	2022-02-16	Simon
Expect The Unexpected (1998)	Expect a challenging and thoughtful film	2021-09-12	Simon
The Wailing (2016)	Lives up to its reputation	2021-07-31	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Tezuka's Barbara (2019)	Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga	2021-07-02	Simon
The World of Kanako (2014)	An astonishing glimpse into a disturbing world	2021-06-12	Simon
Mother (2009)	No memories of murder	2021-05-31	Simon
Laplace's Witch (2018)	Competent but generic murder mystery	2021-05-20	Simon
Burning (2018)	Burning Slowly	2021-04-18	Simon
A Bride For Rip Van Winkle (2016)	Maybe marriage isn't for some people	2021-04-02	Simon
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)	Not much to recommend it but has some decent action	2021-03-20	Simon
Dangan Runner (1996)	Absurdity becomes transcendence	2021-03-11	Simon
Before We Vanish (2017)	Interesting concept but rather sterile execution	2021-03-06	Simon
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)	A Sion Sono film	2021-01-03	Simon
Rage (2016)	...read review...	2020-11-01	Simon
Strange Circus (2005)	Flowers are scars	2020-10-27	Simon
Noriko's Dinner Table (2006)	We All Just Wanna Avoid Pain	2020-10-26	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	Simon
Dragon Gate Inn (1967)	Good but maybe not quite as good as its reputation	2020-09-02	Simon
Monday (2000)	Just one of those days	2020-08-22	Simon
Exodus (2007)	Quirky little black comedy	2020-08-20	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
Extraction (2020)	An action masterclass	2020-06-17	Simon
Accident (2009)	Interesting premise that fails to convince	2020-05-22	Simon
Desire To Kill (2010)	Delicious black comedy about revenge	2014-08-06	Simon