Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bat Without Wings

Bat Without Wings (1980)
Director: Chor Yuen
Starring: Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Ching Li
Personal Rating: 3/5

"When a notorious fiend known as the "Bat Without Wings" returns to his small village after a five-year absence and snatches up a prominent young maiden, it's up to her family and a resourceful swordsmen to brave the horrors of the underworld to bring her back home alive. With ghosts, a bamboo labyrinth, and a series of treacherous bat traps to contend with, these brave souls will be lucky just to make it out of the diabolical villain's lair alive."-© Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Madame O

Madame O (1967)
Director: Seiichi Fukuda
Starring: Michiko Aoyama
Personal Rating: 3.5/5

"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 marrying and settling down, Saeko’s life changes for the better. But, her new husband (Akihiko Kaminara) may have a dark secret of his own."

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Black Sunday

Black Sunday (1960)
Director: Mario Bava
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson
Personal Rating: 4/5
"Generally considered to be the foremost example of Italian Gothic horror, this darkly atmospheric black-and-white chiller put director Mario Bava on the international map and made the bewitching Barbara Steele a star. Steele plays Princess Asa, a high priestess of Satan who is gruesomely executed in 1600s Moldavia by having a spiked mask hammered into her face. Before she dies, Asa vows revenge on the family who killed her and returns from the grave two centuries later to keep her promise. In a striking resurrection scene replete with bats, scorpions and fog, Asa rises from the tomb to claim her bloody vengeance. With vampires, bubbling flesh, dank crypts, undead servants and torch-bearing mobs, the plot is a little ripe, but the visuals are Bava's primary consideration. The atmosphere is so heavy and the imagery so dense that the film becomes nearly too rich in texture, but the sheer, ghastly beauty of it all is entrancing. Although this was only the second of Bava's twenty-six films as director, it is undoubtedly his best and the one upon which most of his considerable reputation rests." -© Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Hanzo The Razor: Sword Of Justice

Hanzo The Razor: Sword Of Justice (1972)
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Shintaro Katsu
Personal Rating: 5/5

"The first film in the notorious Razor trilogy introduces Hanzo Itami (Shintaro Katsu), a renegade samurai cop whose investigative methods are only slightly more extreme than his sexual prowess. His refusal to sign a constabulary oath that his code of honor cannot accept puts him on a collision course with his corrupt superior and on the case of the Shogunate. With the loyal assistance of two former criminals, Hanzo defies orders, takes on all comers, and leaves female suspects begging for more. Great samurai action, geysers of blood, and graphic sexual content make Sword of Justice one of the most outrageous outlaws of samurai cinema."

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Bloody Parrot

Bloody Parrot (1981)
Director: Hua Shan
Starring: Pai Piao, Liu Yung, Jenny Liang
Personal Rating: 3/5

"Let’s get one thing straight right away. There is no blood-splattered bird in this fast paced fantasy kung-fu film, but there is a swashbuckling mercenary of that nickname, who seems to be helping the Chief of the Imperial Vault recover the Emperor’s stolen riches until the Chief is stabbed to death by the imperial concubine. Then it’s up to mercenary swordsman Pai Piao to brave blades, poison pins, and several booby-trapped mazes to save the royal jewels."

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