{"id":876,"date":"2010-02-01T17:12:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T16:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=876"},"modified":"2010-04-05T16:49:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T15:49:30","slug":"comic-strip-review-asian-horror-the-essential-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/02\/01\/comic-strip-review-asian-horror-the-essential-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Strip Review: Asian Horror: The Essential Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>Asian Horror: The Essential Collection<\/I> brings together three acclaimed Asian horror films, featuring Takashi Miike&#8217;s <I>Audition<\/I> (1999), the Pang brothers&#8217; <I>The Eye<\/I> (2002) and Hideo Nakata&#8217;s <I>Dark Water<\/I> (2002). <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/asian_horror_essential_collection_review_fixed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[876]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/asian_horror_essential_collection_review_fixed.jpg?resize=474%2C670\" alt=\"\" title=\"Asian Horror The Essential Collection\" width=\"474\" height=\"670\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/asian_horror_essential_collection_review_fixed.jpg?resize=594%2C839 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/asian_horror_essential_collection_review_fixed.jpg?resize=212%2C300 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/asian_horror_essential_collection_review_fixed.jpg?w=827 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Review by Dan Lester -<br \/>\nAsian Horror &#045; The Essential Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\"><I>Asian Horror: The Essential Collection<\/I> was released in the UK by Palisades Tartan on 26 October 2009. For more information on Dan Lester, go to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.monkeysmightpuke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">monkeysmightpuke.com<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asian Horror &#45; The Essential Collection brings together three acclaimed Asian horror films, featuring <I>Audition<\/I>, <I>The Eye<\/I> and <I>Dark Water<\/I>.<br \/>\n<i><b>Comic strip review by Dan Lester<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[19,20,13,1428,14,16,18,17,15],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews","tag-asian-cinema","tag-asian-horror","tag-audition","tag-comic-strip-reviews","tag-dark-water","tag-hideo-nakata","tag-pang-brothers","tag-takashi-miike","tag-the-eye"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"By Dan Lester","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-e8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6208,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2016\/03\/01\/audition\/","url_meta":{"origin":876,"position":0},"title":"Audition","author":"Pam Jahn","date":"March 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Takashi Miike\u2019s tale of a businessman\u2019s quest for the perfect bride retains its horrifying power. 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