Martyrs (French Subtitle)

Teaser: A young girl tortured for years before escaping, returns 15 years later to show that a child never forgets.

Best Feature: Non-stop gore and tension. Interesting premise and strong female socio-pathic leads. Very hardhitting and emotionally raw.

Worst Feature: More an exercise in terror and excitement than substance.

While this movie is nowhere near as polished as films like Let The Right One In, it does what many horror films fail to do: it shocks, it awes and it puts you on the edge of your seat for the duration.

My Ranking: Top 5 Entire Horror Genre
Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/martyrs/

Battle Royale (Japanese Subtitle)

Teaser: It's 2002 in Japan. High unemployment has caused the youth to run amok. Struggling to get a hold of their young citizens, the Japanese government employs a very draconian form of punishment for its youth offenders...very draconian indeed.

Best Features: The concept is original and utterly fascinating and it feels like a bunch of sick, but interesting people went to the movie room drawing board. Not a boring moment.

Worst Features: It has some elements of that Japanese style cheesiness (dialogue, dramatic effect).

This is one of the coolest concept movies of all time. It is a masterful blend of sadism, inventiveness and sheer sci-fi wonderment.

My Ranking: Top 5 Entire Horror Genre
Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1217514-battle_royale/