Daughter of Darkness II (1994)
This is a stupid, stupid film. Along with the original, it's one of the few films I'd describe as pure evil. Pure, stupid evil. In other words, Daughter of Darkness II is a must see film.
Under the Rose (1992)
While Under the Rose may be obnoxious trash, it's also an astonishing piece of history. Here is a film that simply could not exist today.
Ghost Snatchers (1986)
From the director of The Story of Ricky comes a Wong Jing scribed Ghostbusters cash in!
Street Angels (1996)
While it's far from Tang's best, Street Angels is an enjoyable film. With a trio of some of Hong Kong's finest acting ladies and Elvis Tsui chewing out chunks of the scenery, fans of Hong Kong cinema should have a reasonably good time with this one.
The Peeping Tom (1997)
Category III (Hong Kong’s 18+ rating) was once almost a guarantee that you were in for a madcap, sleaze-fest full of gore, bad comedy and sickening scenes. This meaning wore off pretty quickly when 1997 rolled by. With a combination of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China, a turn to digital video, and, I...
Vampire’s Breakfast (1987)
There’s little I find more satisfying than a successful blind buy. On my way to Tokyo earlier this year, we had a 24 hour stopover in Hong Kong. My only goal for this brief period of time was to visit Hong Kong Records and grab a bunch of cheap DVDs. After buying a few familiar...
Rock n’ Roll Cop (1994)
Would you like some pre-Hong-Kong-handover cultural semiotics with your violent, freewheeling good-cop melodrama? ROCK N’ ROLL COP original title: Saang Gong yat ho tung chap faan Hong Kong, 1994, Che Kirk Wong “I want to kill you, on behalf of heaven!”A resolutely psychedelic opening features what I can only describe as a celestial demon-sea-horse,...
Lewd Lizard (1985)
“I can love and ruin you!” This extremely questionable specimen may or may not be the only existent ‘lizard rape’ film. Lewd Lizard is Wai Wang’s only film as a writer-director, but you may recognize him from his troublingly prolific acting career (Mini-Skirt Gang, Oily Maniac, Oriental Playgirls.) Auspicious beginnings. The film, perhaps rightly, has...
Taxi Hunter (1993)
TAXI HUNTER Hong Kong, 1993, Herman Yau Herman Yau, who directed such classic nasties as The Untold Story (1993) and Ebola Syndrome (1996) teams up with the star of both aforementioned movies, Anthony Wong, in the nasty, yet not quite as nasty, little film Taxi Hunter. In Taxi Hunter, Wong stars as Kin, a...
Raped by an Angel (1993)
RAPED BY AN ANGEL Hong Kong, 1993, Wai-Keung Lau Wow. Raped by an Angel is not a parody of the television show with a similar title about irritatingly smug angels who teach wayward people a lesson about god and stuff. Raped by an Angel is a movie with no lessons to be learned. The...
Fun and Fury (1992)
FUN AND FURY Hong Kong, 1992, Frankie Chan I enjoy going on Kungtriadsociety‘s YouTube page to watch the various, often seemingly randomly, selected clips from HK movies. The page features some classic action scenes from some of the greats, as well as a whole bunch of other stuff. It is a real treat to...
The Big Heat (1988)
THE BIG HEAT Hong Kong, 1988, Johnnie To/Andrew Kam I love a great opening to a film. Probably my favourite of all time is the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It is such a massive spectacle and sets the scene for a movie which follows suit brilliantly. A great...
