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Director: Monthon Arayangkoon. Review: Adam Wing. It’s been a long time coming, but Monthon Arayangkoon’s supernatural crime drama has picked up a solid fan base since its original release back in 2006. Arriving on UK shores this month courtesy of Mvm Entertainment, The Victim tells the tale of Ting, a young actress who takes a job re-enacting crime scenes with the local police force. It might read like a hokey premise on paper, but this kind of thing actually happens in Thailand, where crime scenes are re-enacted and pictures are published in national newspapers, bringing closed cases to the attention of the public. It’s not long before things take a turn for the supernatural, with Ting largely unaware of events taking place around her. After completing her first job Ting (Pitchanart Sakakorn) nestles down to pray, unaware of the ghostly presence towering over her – the headless, towering presence...

Time to call your cable or satellite provider and add the Sundance Channel to your lineup as the network is launching a new season of its late-night destination Asia Extreme™ on August 7, showcasing the sharpest of cutting-edge Asian genre fare every Saturday night at midnight.

You'll note that a few of the offerings aren't strictly horror fare, but we're including everything since just about all of them offer gore and violence, even if the supernatural/horror elements aren't quite there.

From the Press Release:

The 2010 season of Asia Extreme includes the U.S. television premieres of five films from South Korea: The Restless, Shadows in the Palace, Tazza: The High Rollers, Voice, and The Wig. The new season of Asia Extreme premieres on August 7 at 12:00 midnight Et/Pt.

In addition to their on-air presentations, the five premieres will be among the thirteen Asia Extreme titles available free from August...

Hailed as the first co-production between the two countries - Thai/Taiwanese The Fatality is now out to buy on English subtitled DVD. Directed by Thiwa Meyathaisong (The Sisters), Fatality stars Pitchanart Sakhakorn and Kenji Wu, in a tale of death, reincarnation and retribution – All good horror fodder topics. Synopsis: Poor and desperate Taiwanese man Yong (Kenji Wu) commits suicide in Taipei, only to wake up in the body of a comatose man in Bangkok. Slowly recovering with the help of Dr. Stanley (Matt Wu), he takes on a new face and life as Asanee, a civil servant with a beautiful wife (Pitchanart Sakakorn). Things aren't as cushy as they seem though as Yong can't speak Thai, his would-be wife has a lover on the side, and most vexingly, he keeps seeing dead people everywhere. Yong soon learns that it was Asanee's job to stamp the spirits' death certificates, a job he must now continue.