Action, Asian Cinema, B. Harris, CAT III, Crime, Exploitation, Extreme, Hong Kong, Horror, Simon Yam, Thriller
Aug 242010
Uncut German DVD
When a rattled photo development employee contacts local police about some suspicious pictures, Inspector Lee and his police force are horrified to discover pictures of what they believe to be dead women. The paper trail leads back to one Lam Gor-Yu, an odd introvert working as a night shift taxi driver. Believing the snapshots to be genuine, the cops raid his home and place him and his family under arrest.
Tortured by the detectives working the case and beaten by his outraged family members, Lam cracks under the pressure and agrees to confess to the crimes of murder. A further thorough search of the premises turns up not only VHS video tapes he made of his crimes but several jars containing the pickled breasts of his victims Continue reading »
DVD Release
A gang of women are committing murders right and left, and they recruit Kitty (Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching), whose dad has just been killed by mom’s lover, to join them. Coincidentally, the troubled cop (Simon Yam) investigating the murders develops a crush on Kitty. Censored for many years, Naked Killer is a delirious Hong Kong mix of action, sex, camp, and violence. It is the prelude to Raped by An Angel (aka Naked Killer 2).
The skin-tight hot pants will keep you interested. Kitty is helped by Sister Cindy (Yiu Wai), who teaches her how to do it right – be a cleaner, that is. The movie is really funny. When one of the cops eats a victim’s “wedding tackle” thinking Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
Hong Kong Police Detective Chan Kwok Chung has spent his career hell bent on putting notorious triad crime boss Wong Po in prison. In his latest effort the star witness and his family are killed on their way to court when they are rammed into by Po henchmen Jack killing one man and one woman, leaving their child in Chan’s care For his part Chan is left with a piece of glass embedded into the back of his head. To make matters worse when the doctor’s are trying to remove the glass they discover a tumor and a cancer that is incurable. Three years later Chan is retiring and leadership of his crew of loyal, but somewhat dirty cops is being passed over to Ma Kwan, who has his own sketchy past. After initially knocking heads with Chan over the methods he uses to get Po Continue reading »
Action, Adventure, Asian Cinema, B. Harris, CAT III, Comedy, Drama, Erotic, Exploitation, Extreme, Fantasy, Hong Kong, Horror, Martial Arts, Thriller
Nov 262007
U.S. DVD Release
When Little Cabbage and her father fall behind on their rent, the young Landlord, who greatly favors her, offers the father a monthly wage if he’ll allow Little Cabbage to live in his household and work off the money owed. He agrees and Little Cabbage quickly makes new friends in the household as well as an enemy.
One night Little Cabbage happens upon the young master’s wife having an affair while he’s away on business. In order to silence the girl the mistress arranges a marriage between Little Cabbage and villager with an infamous reputation for having the biggest Johnson around. Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
Here’s a fun little number that I’ve yanked from the vaults to bring to you fellow gore/cheeze fans.
For those of you that haven’t yet peeped Riki-Oh and consider yourselves “serious” gore-film fans, you’re doing yourselves a major disservice. Imagine if you took the over-the-top grue of an old-school H.G. Lewis flick, gave it a few more bucks in the budget-department, set it in futuristic Hong Kong, and turned it into a bizarro amalgamation of cheezy kung-fu/sci-fi/horror/comic-book/comedy – you might get an idea of where to begin with this one.
Born of the lax film standards of late-80′s through mid-90′s Hong Kong cinema, this CAT III pleaser is a Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
Dear Purveyors of Despicable Filth (Discotek Media),
After having witnessed your recent Category III “gem” entitled Ebola Syndrome I have a few things I’d like to say to you.
Your repulsive film is jam-packed with blatant racism, extreme acts of graphic violence and mutilation, adult situations involving more than two people at once and instances of rape and torture. I must say that I am truly disgusted and offended by this immoral display of cinematic sociopathy and misogyny. If I was a better man I would have plucked my eyes out as the New Testament commanded! Continue reading »
U.S. DVD Release
For those that aren’t familiar with what a “CAT III” film is, here’s a brief lesson (and if my information is incorrect – feel free to email me with corrections – the following is info that I’ve culled as a fan, not a scholar):
Category III (or “CAT III”, for those “in the know”…) is not technically a genre, but a rating. The government of Hong Kong introduced it’s rating system back in 1988, and “category III” is considered the “adults only” rating – not porn, but similar to an “R” or “NC-17″ rating in the U.S. The boom of CAT III films ran from the late 1980s until the late 1990s, at which point the political climate changed and the type of exploit/sexploit films made mainly during the 1990s ceased Continue reading »
