Films By Element
brawling
Battle Royale
comedy
complex plot
Bunhongsin
crazy people
Cinderella
Creepy Crawly Craptosis
Bunhongsin / Cinderella
cursed object
Bunhongsin
dystopia
Battle Royale / Casshern
futuristic technology
Casshern
ghosties
Bunhongsin / Kuchisake-onna / Pray / Rinne / Zhai Bian
gore
Battle Royale / Bunhongsin
gravity-defying martial arts
Azumi / Casshern / Wong Fei Hung
grudges
han’nya/yurei
haunted house
Zhai Bian
hwajangsil
Pray
jiangshi
live-action anime
Azumi
magic
ninja
Azumi
period
Azumi / Hong Quan Da Shi / Wong Fei Hung
realistic martial arts
Hong Quan Da Shi
restaurant ravage
Hong Quan Da Shi / Wong Fei Hung
revenge
Bunhongsin / Kuchisake-onna
samurai
Azumi
schoolchildren
Battle Royale
sex
vampires
zombies
Battle Royale
comedy
complex plot
Bunhongsin
crazy people
Cinderella
Creepy Crawly Craptosis
Bunhongsin / Cinderella
cursed object
Bunhongsin
dystopia
Battle Royale / Casshern
futuristic technology
Casshern
ghosties
Bunhongsin / Kuchisake-onna / Pray / Rinne / Zhai Bian
gore
Battle Royale / Bunhongsin
gravity-defying martial arts
Azumi / Casshern / Wong Fei Hung
grudges
han’nya/yurei
haunted house
Zhai Bian
hwajangsil
Pray
jiangshi
live-action anime
Azumi
magic
ninja
Azumi
period
Azumi / Hong Quan Da Shi / Wong Fei Hung
realistic martial arts
Hong Quan Da Shi
restaurant ravage
Hong Quan Da Shi / Wong Fei Hung
revenge
Bunhongsin / Kuchisake-onna
samurai
Azumi
schoolchildren
Battle Royale
sex
vampires
zombies
Element Explanation
- brawling: Contains realistic fighting that cannot be considered martial arts-–gunfights, unorganized hand-to-hand, etc.
- comedy: It’s funny as well as scary/violent/whatever.
- complex plot: Film needs to be watched several times to be fully comprehended.
- crazy people: Self-explanatory.
- Creepy Crawly Craptosis: Contains a Sadako-style, long-haired, white-dressed han’nya crawling around even though it doesn’t really need it. (Term coined for the review of Cinderella.)
- cursed object: Contains a handheld plot device that is cursed.
- dystopia: Self-explanatory.
- futuristic technology: Contains sci-fi technology.
- ghosties: Contains a ghost or spirit of some kind.
- gore: Contains blood and/or body parts.
- gravity-defying martial arts: Contains wirework.
- grudges: Self-explanatory.
- han’nya/yurei: Contains a Sadako-style, long-haired, white-dressed han’nya crawling around that is essential to the plot.
- haunted house: Contains a location that is cursed.
- hwajangsil: Attempts to use toilets and/or restrooms as creepy plot devices. (Term is Korean for “toilet”, in honour of the toilet ghost of Korean folklore.)
- jiangshi: Contains jiangshi, Chinese monsters that have elements of both zombies and vampires.
- live-action anime: Self-explanatory.
- magic: Contains Western-style magic.
- ninja: Contains ninja.
- period: Is set in a historical time period and makes some attempt at historical accuracy.
- realistic martial arts: Does not contain wirework.
- restaurant ravage: A restaurant gets trashed in a fight. (This is, jokingly, one of my criteria for whether or not something can really be considered a martial arts movie.)
- revenge: Self-explanatory.
- samurai: Contains samurai.
- schoolchildren: Contains schoolchildren in a school setting.
- sex: Contains copulation.
- vampires: Contains Western-style vampires.
- zombies: Contains Western-style zombies.