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I’ll keep the reading brief since I’m asking you to dedicate so much time watching trailers, but I’ll bank on it that most of you have seen a few of these already, and if you haven’t please do! Now, I will preface that I am avoiding the obvious most anticipated choices like the Inglorious Basterds, Public Enemies and Terminator Salvations of the year, and focusing on lesser known and or foreign films, but films I really cannot wait to see! These are mostly in order, and I hope you please sit back, and enjoy my top 10 most anticipated films for the rest of 2009…I’ll even give you a foot massage while you read.

10. The House of the Devil
Written and directed by Ti West, the one time wunderkind behind the 2005 film The Roost (a film I quite enjoyed for the record), comes The House of the Devil. After the Roost, West went and directed the less than loved Trigger Man and also did Cabin Fever 2, which is due sometime in 2009. But with this trailer for The House of the Devil, it certainly looks like the now 13-year-old West is back on the right track with his newest film.

9. Crying fist
From South-Korean director Ryoo Seung-wan (City of Violence) comes a boxing drama starring Choi Min-sik, and Ryoo Seung-wan. It was actually my love for Oldboy and Choi Min-sik’s performance in that film that got me to notice Crying fist, so of course I had to watch what turned out to be this fabulous trailer. For the record, Crying Fist was actually just released on DVD in Canada this month, but I just had to include it on my list for most anticipated films of 2009 since I haven’t seen it, and it looks so great…is that cheating?

8. Mother
I really liked Bong Joon-ho’s 2006 big monster film The Host, though I thought it was a little long winded and it doesn’t keep up with the awesomeness of the first 15 minutes or so of the film. One thing he did achieve though is a film that outside of being a big monster film was a film with some deep emotional character driven stuff. With that said, I think Bong Joon-ho can do something pretty amazing with the story of a mother trying to clear her handicapped son of a murder he confessed to, but did not commit. I will have to apologize that the trailer for Mother is not an English one, but I think you will get the gist of the film from the one provided.

7. Hunter Prey
I think any film fan that has come to witness Sandy Collora’s fantastic Batman: Dead End short, has eagerly awaited a full-length feature from the full time FX artist. Hunter Prey is about a small group of soldiers that crash land onto an unknown world and now have to hunt and capture an alien that escaped in the failed landing process. Now with Hunter Prey, we can see what Collora is really made of, and from the looks of it, he might pull off some big stuff with some not so big money.

6. Blood: the Last Vampire
I’ve seen the Anime this film is based off, but barley remember it to be honest. I do remember liking it quite a bit however, and this live action film looks pretty exciting and I can’t help but get pumped for a film filled with Vampires and martial Arts. Blood is set during the American occupation of Japan just after WWII and follows a ½ Vamp ½ human (Blade?) that hunts full on Vampires for a food source, all the while ridding the earth of the vile creatures. This trailer is pretty awesome, but I can’t help but think there’s a chance that this movie could be stinky pooh too… I am hoping for the former.

5. Mutants
American horror film fans have been more than neglected when it comes to getting good original horror movies for quite some time now, but man those mother fuckin’ French have really taken the genre and carried it for a good portion of this decade! I have enjoyed and or loved all of the better-known horror films from France during this Wave of Mutilation and Mutants does not look to disappoint at all. Of course Mutants is a zombie film, a genre that has been picked over pretty badly, but I have faith that Director David Morley will deliver a nice intimate zombie film focusing on a few characters therefore keeping it character driven. Once again, this is a French language teaser trailer, but you’ll have no problem understanding what is going on in it.

4. Ninja!
So, a few days before I started writing this blog and I already knew what films I would have on this list, I saw the trailer for Ninja! Now it’s at number four. Shot in Bulgaria, Ninja! stars background action movie vet, Scott Adkins in a role that could be career changing if it delivers on the goods seen here in this insanely amazing trailer. It looks so bad-ass, and kinda reminds me of one of those fantastic 90′s Caucasian led “Karate” films (I’m looking at you Mr. Speakman!), but with full on Ninja! gear and Ninja! moves! This trailer is dope on so many levels that I can’t even fathom my life before seeing it. Get a change of undies ready…this one’s gonna get messy.

3. 9
A full-length version of a short film from Shane Acker, 9 is a CGI film that actually appeals to me. I’m not a big fan of these “wink at the adult,” CGI films that have ruled the youth of today’s movie watching minds…in fact, I think they fucking blow. The stuff I grew up with as a kid was pretty dark, and with an animated film set in a post apocalyptic world, 9 promises to be a very adult geared film, that will be accessible to the youngsta’s too. The animation style is very cool looking, the character design is interesting, and the cast is just spectacular. This is the only film on this list that will see a wide release in U.S. theaters, and with Tim Burton as one of the films producers, I hope this film does well so we can see more like it (and this years fabulous Coraline!).

I have to add that number two and number one are interchangeable and are pretty much both at the number one spot for me, as they are both my most anticipated films for the rest of 2009.

2. Thirst
For some time I have considered Park Chan-wook to be by far one of the best (and my favorite) filmmakers working today and love all of his films from J.S.A., to I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (and then there’s that little trilogy somewhere in between those films too). I also happen to love Vampire movies…well, good ones that is, so having one of my favorite directors tackling the Vampire genre, or even just the horror genre in general, is something that really excites me. Park Chan-wook has done nothing but wow me with every film he does and Thirst looks like it will live up to my own personal hype with a trailer that shows his trademark imagery, music, and taboo subject matter. No speaka no English in this trailer either!

1. Vengeance
I saw Johnnie To’s film Full Time Killer a few years back and thought it was a cool, although a very typical and unoriginal Hong Kong action film. Up until sometime last year, I hadn’t seen another To film until I watched Breaking News, soon followed by Exiled, and then the Election films. Since that nice little run of movie greatness, I now consider To to be one of my favorite filmmakers working, and like Park Chan-wook, consider him to be one of the best in the business. This man is brilliant, plain and simple (and more people need to know it!), and Vengeance looks amazing…just see for yourself!

Man… if your still here through all that, I commend you my lovely reader and also thank you for sticking it out with me and my obnoxious “list.” But I wanted to express my anticipation for these films, so it’s very nice that I can share with someone outside of my cat and my signed 8×10 Phoebe Cates picture I won from Cheerios. Of course, there are other films that could have made this list, but I didn’t have any trouble making this list either as all of these films look great and are more than deserving of a spot. Of course I would love to hear what YOU think about the films listed here, and would even more so love to hear YOUR most anticipated films for the rest of 09′. Unless of course, you died from old age since you started reading this post.