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- Book Review: Off the Rails and Other Tales – Author Jason L. Liquori
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- Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim – Author Scott Alan Roberts
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- Interview: Marilyn Burns (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
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- Trailer: Chronicles of the Dead (2012) Web Series Trailer
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Category Archives: Asian Reviews
Film Review: A Day Without Policemen (Mou jing shi fen) (1993) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
Simon Yam plays a former big city cop who had a very bad experince with an AK-47. So he’s been assigned duty on one of the Hong Kong Islands as a police chief of a small village. He spends most of his time drinking beer and smoking hash while daydreaming. But when a group of thugs armed with AK-47′s and .45′s invade his terrain, he must over come his fear of that weapon… More
Film Review: Rape in Public Sea (1993) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS:
A group of bad guys kill a bunch of innocent people, and rape and kill a woman in front of her husband. The bad guys are from Hong Kong, their victims Vietnamese. The Vietnamese surviving victims band together to take revenge on the bad guys. There is a lot of gratuitous sex, fighting, shooting, raping, violence, and breasts. It’s a revenge film, and the director is as breast-obsessed as Russ Meyer.
REVIEW:
During… More
Film Review: Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell (1985) – CAT III
Oniroku Dan: Bikyoshi jigokuzeme (original title)
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Ran Masaki plays a beautiful teacher who is transferred to a remote mountain school where she is gang-raped and abused by the male students.REVIEW:
Plot: Completely irrelevant. The disc does not come with subtitles, which is a moot point because they would be useless. When subtitles are irrelevant you know you are not watching the Cat III version of Citizen Kane. Cat IIIs are… More
Film Review: Death Tube 2 (2010)
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Somebody is playing a sick game with other people’s lives, live on the internet on a web based show called “Death Tube”. And to make it even sicker, people can comment on the deaths while watching from their computers. Now eight captured people must co-operate if they want to escape their imminent deaths..live on the internet.
REVIEW:
He calls himself “Ponchiki” & he’s a happy looking animated teddy bear wearing a beanie. He’s… More
Film Review: Missing (aka Sil Jong) (2009)
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Hyeon-jeong’s sister is missing and she fears for the worst. Via her sister’s cellphone, Hyeon-jeong learns that her sister stayed in a countryside vaillage. She goes to the village to find her sister and stops at the local police station for help. Because of the little evidence she has, the police refuse to offer help.
Hyeong-jeong then finds a witness who thinks she saw her missing sister near the home of an elderly… More
TV Review: Ultraman (TV Series) (Complete) (1966)
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In a world threatened by huge prehistoric creatures and invading aliens, the high-tech Science Patrol defends civilization with its sophisticated weaponry and spacecraft. But, unbeknownst to the rest of the team, patrol member Hayata can transform himself into Ultraman — a metallic superhero who steps in and saves the day when the team is unable to stop their foes. A Japanese cult favorite.
REVIEW:
Out of the long past days of obscurity… More
Film Review: Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
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Mutant Girls Squad (???? ???????, Sento Shojo: Chi no Tekkamen Densetsu?, literally translated as “Fighting Girls: Legend of the Blood of the Iron Mask”) is a Japanese film by Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi. The film is about Rin, a sixteen-year-old mutant girl who meets a gang of rebel mutants who aim to take revenge on humans for persecuting their race. The film had its international premiere at the New York… More
Film Review: Re-Cycle (2006)
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As she struggles to complete her new horror novel, best-selling author Tsui Ting-Yin’s (Angelica Lee) gruesome literary creations come to life and ensnare her in their terrifying and all-too-real alternate world. Now, she must escape, but the only means is to confront a painful incident in her past. Directed by Danny Pang and Oxide Pang Chun, this visually stunning film also stars Siu-Ming Lau.
REVIEW:
If your a fan of the movie “The… More
Film Review: The Storm Warriors (aka Fung Wan) (2009)
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Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.
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Wow, it looks like the Asian films are really taking an example from successful american-made movies. Or was it the other way around? In any case, The Storm Warriors really brings a sense of the crazy character-based retro style from earlier Asian films combined with the power of new styles like “300″
Though most of you will… More
Film Review: Shibyo Osen Dead Rising (2010)
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Live action film “Shibyo Osen Dead Rising” based on the zombie action game “Dead Rising.” Set in Japan and directed by Keiji Inafune.
REVIEW:
Director – Keiji Inafune
Starring – Onoue Hiroyuki, Shibukawa Kiyohiko
A bit of a disclaimer here, I love the Dead Rising video games, especially Dead Rising 2. Killing zombies has never really been more fun. So I was anxious to see how this film was going to turn… More
Film Review: I Saw the Devil (2010)
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A secret agent tracks a serial killer who murdered his fiancée.
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While we’ve seen our share of psycho-kills-for-the-fun-of-it films, “I Saw the Devil” actually is one of those stand out movies that might have you even questioning the morality of some of the content. In its gritty cold performances we meet up with secret agent Dae-hoon (Byung-hun Lee) who has just lost his fiance to a unknown perpetrator road killing.… More
Film Review: Slice (2010)
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A red raincoat wearing serial killer is preying on the rich, dismembering them & leaving their bodies in Red suitcases all over Thailand. The police, with no clues & an ultimatum to find the killer in 15 days turn to a inprisoned convict who has been having dreams of a killer in a red raincoat who thinks that the killer might be a friend of his from childhood. He is releasd from… More
Film Review: Assault Girls (2009)
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When a video-game company creates an immersive gaming environment where players wage war against gigantic sand-dwelling monsters, three gorgeous gals armed to the teeth (Meisa Kuroki, Hinako Saeki and Rinko Kikuchi) accept the challenge and jump into the virtual desert. But as they blaze their way into the game’s higher levels, they face ever-more ferocious foes. Yoshikazu Fujiki also stars in this sci-fi action flick from director Mamoru Oshii.
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By all usual… More
Film Review: Tetsuo – The Bullet Man (2010)
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An American named Anthony is living and working in Tokyo and married to a Japanese woman. When their son is killed by the same driver who creates the Tetsuos in previous films, he makes the transformation into Tetsuo
REVIEW:
An assault on your senses… this was the first and presiding thought that came over me as I dug into Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest and long awaited follow up to the Tetsuo lineage. Though I… More
Film Review: Dream Home (2010)
Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive – even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead
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Several films have arrived the scene from the Asian sector that involve some level of brutality or torture. Dream Home actually takes a different approach by interweaving the cultural status of Hong… More
Film Review: The Man From Hong Kong (1975)
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“The film opens at Ayres Rock where undercover detectives arrest Hong Kong drug courier Win Chan. The film switches to the Hong Kong Police Training School where a hang-glider piloted by Caroline Thorne lands on the parade square. She is met by Inspector Fang Sing Leng who has been chosen to travel to Sydney to interview Win Chan. Fang is met by detectives Gross and Taylor who have been unable to obtain any… More
Film Review: Alien vs. Ninjas (2010)
Once upon a time in Japan, there was a band of great Iga Ninja warriors, led by Yamata. One day, they witness a flash in the sky, and a roaring giant ball of fire crashing into the distant forest. The warriors rush into the deep woods in an attempt to identify the mysterious fireball. There, betraying their expectations, they are stunned to find new enemies. Never-seen-before creatures with claws and fangs; ALIENS! The… More
Film Review: Patient X (2009)
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After twenty years, local police captures the murderer of the older brother of a young boy. Now a doctor, he must go back to his old town and face the murderers himself. He then discovers that the murderers are Aswang (folkloric Filipino vampire-like creatures) and they pose a deadly threat not only to him but also for the entire town.
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“Patient X” is a horror film from the… More
Film Review: Death Tube (aka -Satsujin Douga Site) (2010)
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DVD release of thriller film “Satsujin Douga Site Death Tube” directed by Yohei Fukuda of “OneChanbara (Chambara Beauty).” One day, Satoshi Inoue visits a site named Death Tube, which delivering murder videos. At a later date, he is placed under confinement in a room appearing on Death Tube and meets a manager of the site Ponkichi. And then horrible murder game begins.
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I wonder if You tube got wind… More
Film Review: 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
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Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter (?????, Wu lang ba gua gun) is a 1983 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung, and starring Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng. It is released as The Invincible Pole Fighters outside of Hong Kong and Invincible Pole Fighter in North America.
The film is based on the true story of a man who, after his father and brothers are killed, develops the Yang Ga Ng Long… More
Film Review: Big Tits Zombie (aka The Big Tits Dragon) (2010)
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Big Tits Zombie (巨乳ドラゴン 温泉ゾンビVSストリッパー5, Kyonyū doragon: Onsen zonbi vs storippaa 5?, lit. “Big Tits Dragon: Hot Spring Zombie Vs. Stripper 5″) is a 2010 Japanese fantasy-horror film. It was adapted from the manga Kyonyū Dragon by Rei Mikamoto, and stars several known faces from Japan’s adult movie industry, most notably Sora Aoi. It is directed by Japanese cult satirist Takao Nakano and much of the action is shot in 3D. The film… More
Film Review: Madame O (1967) – CAT III
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At the tender age of sixteen, Seiko (Michiko Aoyama) was sexually abused by three men. This horrifying attack scarred her mentally and resulted in her getting pregnant and infected with syphilis.
Now a well-respected doctor in Japan, she practices medicine by day and prowls the city streets at night in search of lovers. Possessing a raging desire for revenge against man, she destroys them with the one weapon they cannot resist…sex! Finally… More
Film Review: Phobia 2 (aka Ha phraeng ) (2009)
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Phobia 2 is dissected into 5 shorts stories; Novice, Ward, Backpackers, Salvage and In The End
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Directors: Banjong Pisantthanakun * Paween Puriktpanya * Songyos Sugmakanan * Parkpoom Wongpoom
Actors: Erika Toda * Charlie Trairat * Marsha Wattanapanich
Never having seen PHOBIA 1 I had no idea what I was getting into with this Thai film. Turns out it is a anthology film with five different tales and in it’s own language… More
Film Review: Moon Child (2003)
SYNOPSIS:
In the year 2014, Japan has collapsed economically and thus its people emigrated in large numbers and settled in other parts of the world. In a corner in Asia, there is a little street called Mallepa, a big melting pot where Asians such as Hongkongers, Taiwanese and Japanese live together. It was a place where people fought for order, food and freedom. It was there where Shou (Gackt), raised as an orphan and… More
Film Review: Legend of the Overfiend (aka Urotsukidôji) (1989)
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When Overfiend is found and born in a human, he will remake the world to something more of his liking! Ripping the boundaries of the three universes (worlds) apart, it’s clear that little can stand in his way! While the other worlds are hoping to find the Overfiend to control the creation of this new World we call Earth.
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some of review from wikipedia:
Urotsukidoji was created by Toshio Maeda, in… More
Film Review: Organ (1996) CAT III
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Two undercover detectives investigating a black market organ harvesting scheme find themselves in trouble when the black market criminals find out who they really are. One detective is able to escape but the other is left behind and subjected to a variety of horrible things. The detective that was able to flee vows to find his missing partner and exact his revenge on his abductors. Will our hero be able to save his… More
Film Review: Evil of Dracula (Chi o suu bara) (1974)
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Dracula, played by an uncredited caucasian, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding, he was so thirsty he drank the blood and acquired a taste for it, attacking local teenager Keiko. In present day, Professor Shiraki arrives at a girl’s school where he was to be teaching, but now the principal,… More
Film Review: L: Change the World (2008
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A spin-off of the popular Death Note films, L: Change The World focuses on the legendary detective L as he uses his final 23 days to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.
REVIEW:… More
