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

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.