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Hey, I'm getting THIS tape...



...with THIS wild Cüneyt Arkin film on it:

The Lost Empire - trailer

Ahh, that good good man down in Amsterdam Peter (aka Petcor80) of Cinehound has a few cool trailers and stuff securely locked away in his vaults at YouTube. And I've just discovered he has the trailer for Jim Wynorski's amazing THE LOST EMPIRE!!

It's one of my all time favourite trash films and I strongly believe they should show stuff like this to little kids in school! LOL. THE LOST EMPIRE is trashy, psychotronic, gory. There's ninjas, the bad guy is a guy with dead skull for a face, the hero is a hot chick, there's a chick fight, there's a mud pool, and it's just full of amazing scenes, not to mention crappy dialogue! What's not to like!!! It'll always be on my Top 13 of fave flicks!

Released on Danish VHS as Ninja Amazone (if you're Danish you might wanna pull out STAY SICK! #3 where I babbled extensively about it).

THE RAPE AFTER - the rare trailer!!!

Peter over at Cinehound just posted the über-rare trailer for THE RAPE AFTER! He ripped it from the HK VHS.



Thanks, Peter!!! XD

For more thoughts on the film go to the drunk Norwegian's blog.

PS: Thanks to Piknikk med døden blog for linking!

"Complete" list of OCEAN SHORES vcd's

BRUTAL SORCERY on VCD from Ocean Shores

I got a "complete" list of Ocean Shores VCDs from someone who actually used to work for Ocean Shores. The list is complete... except for the titles that are missing (haha, I kill me)!! The missing titles are the ones Ocean Shores had lost the rights for at the time of printing the catalogue. This means it's a complete list of their VCDs at the time of writing but not a complete list of everything they put out.

Whenever I get info on releases not included on the list I will add them (I have already added a few; i.e. the ones without Chinese titles). If any of you have catalogue numbers for titles not on the list please let me know. Cheers.

You can also check out our running Ocean Shores thread at Cinehound which includes both VCD's and video releases. If anybody has old OS catalogues it would be nice if you could either send me the printed catalogue or email me scans of it, or write off a day to write down the titles from it. :D Whichever way would be VERY appreciated!!!

Thanks to the Cinehound member and former Ocean Shores employee who provided me with the list.

And also thanks to those of you who provided titles that were missing from the original list. Sandra Bernhard put it the best: "Without you I'm nothing". LOL.


LIST OF OCEAN SHORES VCD RELEASES:

CV-002 花田?事 ALL'S WELL END'S WELL TOO 張國榮 許冠傑 關之琳 ?君如
CV-003 花街狂奔 (III) ESCAPE FROM BROTHEL 陳寶蓮 村上麗奈 方中信
CV-004: BROTHER OF DARKNESS
CV-005: DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
CV-014: RED TO KILL
CV-019 夢差人 COP IMAGE 黄秋生 許志安 王馨平
CV-024 黄飛鴻對黄飛鴻 MASTER WONG VS MASTER WONG I 譚詠麟 鄭裕玲 曾志偉 ?孟達
CV-035 重慶森林 CHUNG　ＫＩＮＧ　ＥＸＰＲＥＳＳ 梁朝偉　林青霞　金城武
CV-038 燈籠 LANTERN 莫少聰 朱 茵 ?孟達
CV-047 我愛法拉利 ＴＯ　ＬＯＶＥ　ＦＥＲＲＡＲＩ 周慧敏　邵仲衡
CV-051: A TOUCH OF EVIL
CV-055 尖東雙虎 FROM THE SAME FAMILY 徐濠螢 林文龍 張耀揚
CV-091 還是覺得?最好 HUSBAND AND WIFE 鍾淑慧 ?岱融 王 喜 ?秋生
CV-096 貼身保? (III) BODYGUARD, THE 米 雪 蔡珮玲
CV-097 但願有情人 FUTURE LOVE 譚凱欣 劉少君 程小龍 洪 鋒
CV-098 雷霆行動 ULTIMATE REVENGE 楊麗菁 劉少君 李莉莉 姚正菁
CV-142 再起風雲 LAST DUEL, THE 萬梓良 關芝琳 張偉健
CV-165 金榜題名 (III) TO BE NO. 1 張智霖 丁子峻 李修賢 任達華
CV-182 觸目驚心 INSTANITY 周海媚 任達華
CV-187 義本無言 CODE OF HONOUR 周潤發 柯俊雄 林 威
CV-220 四十二式太極拳 FORTY TWO FORMS TAI JI QUAN 薜安日
CV-231 十五億殺人網絡 WEB OF DECEPTION 葉方華 周文健 盧敏儀 彭 丹
CV-236 ?屍翻生 NEW MR VAMPIRE 錢小豪 王小鳳 呂 方
CV-237 天官賜福 REINCANATION 鍾鎮濤 葉 童
CV-268 ESCAPE FROM CORAL COVE
CV-275 淫種 RAPE AFTER, THE ?錦? 曾慶瑜 秦蔚文
CV-276 凶咒 BLOOD SORCERY 白 彪 馮天娜 谷 峰 關海山
CV-277 養鬼仔 CRAZY SPIRIT 呂良偉 胡慧中
CV-285 風雨双流星 ＴＨＥ　ＫＩＬＬＥＲ　ＭＥＴＥＯＲＳ 成龍　
CV-299 三十二式太極劍 THIRTY TWO FORMS TAI JI JIAN( SWORD) 薜日安
CV-373 詭計 WIPE OUT ?鎮宇 伍詠薇 曹永廉 紀炎炎
CV-375 DEVIL FETUS
CV-381 假如我是真的 IF I WERE FOR REAL 譚詠麟 胡冠珍 向 ?
CV-382 上海社會?案 ON THE SOCIETY FILE SHANGHAI 陸小芬 崔守平 彭君輝
CV-383 老友鬼鬼 FRIENDLY GHOST 曾志偉 岑健勳 王 青
CV-384 X陷? SEVEN FOXES 林青霞 爾東陞 葉倩文 孫 越
CV-385 花伴舞春風 FLOWER JUST SMILE IN THE SPRING BREEZE 譚詠麟 林鳳嬌 歸亞雷
CV-386 佳期鬧翻天 UNDATED WEDDING 鍾鎮濤 沈 雁 方 正
CV-387 冷眼殺機 EXPOSED TO DANGER 譚詠麟 陸小芬
CV-388 燃燒0.7度 BURNING LOVE 鍾鎮濤 藍毓莉 江 玲
CV-389 閃亮的日子 GOLDEN AGE, THE 張艾嘉 劉文正
CV-390 唐朝綺麗男 TONG CHEE YI LI NAN 夏文汐 紐承鐸 楊 帆
CV-391 娶錯老婆投錯胎 JOKES PALYING GAMES 董 驃 鄧碧雲 玄智慧
CV-392 悲之秋 SORROWFUL WEDDING, A 秦 漢 陳秋霞
CV-393 翠寒湖 SPRING LAKE, THE 秦 漢 林鳳嬌
CV-394 煙水寒 GLORY OF THE SUNSET, THE 秦 漢 甄 珍
CV-395 典妻 PAWNED WIFE, THE 陸小芬 謝屏楠
CV-411 ?馨在我心 MY SWEET LOVE 秦 漢 林青霞 薜 芳
CV-412 處處聞啼鳥 EVERYWHERE BIRDS ARE SINGING 林青霞 劉文正 馬永霖
CV-416 愛情長? RUN LOVER RUN 林青霞 鄧光榮
CV-418 戀愛反斗星 POOR CHASERS 林青霞 秦 漢 譚詠麟 歸亞雷
CV-419 楓葉情 FOREVER MY LOVE 林青霞 鄧光榮 藍毓蘭
CV-420 中國女兵 WOMEN SOLIDERS, THE 林青霞 湯蘭花 夏玲玲
CV-421 我是一沙? COME FLY WITH ME 林青霞 秦祥林 秦 漢 劉尚謙
CV-422 晨霧 MORNING FOG 林青霞 秦 漢
CV-431 兵兵賊賊 BOMB-SHELL, THE 徐少強 關 聰
CV-432 線人 INFORMER, THE 任達華 柳影紅 蘇絲?
CV-433 花? MY BELOVED 萬梓良 余安安
CV-435 FRIEND 過打 BAND FUNNY BOYS 鄭則士 呂良偉 王 青
CV-436 籠裡? DESPERADOS, THE 鍾鎮濤 ?杏秀
CV-437 摧花者死 RAPE AND DIE 周秀蘭 呂良偉 ?孟達
CV-438 碼頭 PIER, THE 梁家仁 徐少強 王龍威
CV-439 打雷台 FLASH FUTURE KUNG FU 呂良偉 王龍威 高 雄
CV-440 魔戰 DEVILS BOX 任達華 關雪麗
CV-441 馬後砲 COMEDY, THE 鄭則士 湯蘭花 王 青
CV-442 ?禍 YELLOW PERIL 鄧光榮 湯蘭花 張 翼
CV-443 毒蠱 BRUTAL SOCCERY 黎漢持 關海山 陳莉莉
CV-444 孖襟兄弟 COMPANY, THE 鄭文雅 廖偉雄 王 青
CV-445 我的媽媽 MY MOTHER 呂良偉 柯俊雄 甄 珍
CV-447 大? COP KILLER, THE 曾 江 ?元申 白 鷹
CV-450 冰雪情關英雄膽 INHERITOR OF KUNG FU 狄 龍 張 玲
CV-452 鬼馬五福星 LUCKY BY CHANCE ?拿五虎 沈 雁
CV-453 龍拳蛇手鬥蜘蛛 CHALLENGE OF DEATH 譚道良 王 道
CV-454 鶴形?手螳螂腿 DEATH DUAL OF KUNG FU, THE 王 道 劉忠良 韓 鷹
CV-455 大武士與小?客 HERO OF THE WILD ?正利 陳 星 龍君兒
CV-457 蛇魔女 ＴＨＥ　ＳＮＡＫＥ　ＧＩＲＬ 李莎月　関山雲
CV-458 少林醉八拳 SHAOLIN DRUNKEN MONK 劉家輝 錢月笙 ?一道
CV-459 破戒大師 WARRIOR FROM SHAOLIN 劉家輝 劉家榮 劉家勇
CV-461 一膽二力三功夫 FISTS AND GUTS 劉家輝 羅 烈 尤翠玲
CV-462 神鵰英雄 SHAOLIN HERO 梁家仁 孟 飛 高 飛
CV-463 禪武門 GENERAL INVINCIBLE 鄭少秋 張 玲
CV-464 術士神傳 NINJA IN THE DEADLY TRAP 狄 龍
CV-465 連環炮 MAN FROM HOLLAND, A 呂良偉 陳惠敏 高 飛
CV-466 新死亡遊戲 NEW GAME OF DEATH, THE 何宗道 龍 飛
CV-467 老虎?星 END OF THE WICKED TIGER, THE 洪金寶 向華強
CV-472 獸心 BEHIND THE STORM 李修賢 ?錦?
CV-474 夢拳蘭花手 DREAMING FIST WITH SLENDER HANDS 胡 錦 龍 飛
CV-475 威震天南 ＢＲＵＣＥ　ＬＥＥ　ＴＨＥ　ＩＮＶＩＮＣＩＢＬＥ 何宗道 陳星　陳恵敏
CV-476 洪文定與胡亞彪 GUY WITH SECRET KUNG FU, THE 孟 飛 燕南希 陳莎莉
CV-478 英雄 HEROES, THE 狄 龍 李修賢 施 思
CV-482 鷹爪螳螂 EAGLE'S CLAW 張 翼 戚冠軍 王 道
CV-483 神刀流星拳 GREEN JADE STATUETTE, THE 孟 飛 戚冠軍 王冠雄 高 飛
CV-485 快樂英雄 BROTHERHOOD OF HERO, THE 衛子雲 凌 雲
CV-489 勾魂針奪命拳 FATAL NEEDLES VS FATAL FISTS 王 道 張 翼 羅 烈
CV-490 洪熙官 方世玉 陸阿采 INVINCIBLE KUNG FU TRIO, THE 劉忠良 孟 飛 陳觀泰
CV-491 離別勾 DEADLY SWORD,THE 余安安 衛子雲 凌 雲
CV-492 碧血洗銀槍 SILVER SPEAR 田 鵬 田 鶴 孟 飛
CV-493 蝶無影 DARK LADY OF KUNG FU 張 玲 田 鵬
CV-494 七十二?星 72 DESPERATE REBELS, THE 白 鷹 衛子雲 陳 星 宗 華
CV-495 大鷹王 EAGLE KING, THE 宗 華 葛小寶 譚恩美
CV-496 二等良民 SECOND CLASS RESIDENT 喬 宏 彭健新 余綺霞
CV-500 失節 ANGER, THE 陸小芬 林在培 劉?燕
CV-501 微笑 SMILING FACE, THE 甄 珍 秦 漢 周月薇
CV-502 痴情奇女子 KILL FOR LOVE 陸小芬 張富美 趙樹海
CV-503 南拳北腿活閻王 HOT,THE COOL,AND THE VICIOUS,THE 王 道 譚道良
CV-504: CRAZY BLOOD
CV-508 陰陽奇兵 ＴＨＥ　ＹＯＵＮＧ　ＴＡＯＩＳＭ　ＦＩＧＨＴＥＲ 袁日初　劉皓皓
CV-509 鬼馬天師 ＴＡＯＩＳＭ　ＤＲＵＮＫＡＲＤ 袁日初　袁祥仁　袁信義
CV-511 ?館 ＴＨＥ　ＣＨＡＬＬＥＮＧＥＲ 徐少強　姜大衛
CV-518 佻皮?冤家 SPRING FEVER 譚詠麟 彭雪芬 李道洪
CV-519 東追西??跳? GOING UP ANY BODY 譚詠麟 胡冠珍
CV-520 錯體情 LOVE ME LOVE ME NOT 譚詠麟 胡冠珍 林在培
CV-521 真真的愛 TRUE LOVE 甄 珍 秦 漢 胡茵夢
CV-522 學生哥 PART TIME JOB 譚詠麟 應采靈
CV-523 神勇女?星 GIRL WITH A GUN 譚詠麟 銀 霞
CV-525 寧靜海 SILENT LAKE, THE 恬 ? 胡茵夢 馬永霖
CV-527 愛的賊船 PIRATE OF LOVE, A 秦祥林 張艾嘉
CV-529 女賊 PINK THIEF 陸小芬 崔守平
CV-530 雁兒歸 FLYING HOME 秦 漢 陳秋霞
CV-531 瘋狂年輕人 CRAZY YOUTH, THE 陸小芬 恬 ? 林南施 李慕塵
CV-532 情深恨更深 TAINTED LOVE 秦祥林 甄 珍 秦 漢
CV-533 愛有明天 LOVE IN THE SHADOW 秦 漢 甄 珍 劉尚謙
CV-534 黑?瑰 CRISIS CRISIS 陸小芬 王 道 倉田保昭
CV-535 冷艷嬌娃 SEXY LADY DRIVER, THE 陸小芬 張富美 林在培
CV-536 霹靂戰士 WOMEN WARRIORS OF KINGMEN 陸小芬 呂秀菱 銀 霞
CV-537 誘惑 TEMPTATION 陸小芬 龍劭華 馬 莎
CV-539 一片情深 CHOICE OF THE LOVE, THE 秦祥林 林青霞
CV-541 天生一對 FUNNY COUPLE, THE 譚詠麟 陳秋霞
CV-543 東邊晴時西邊雨 COME RAIN COME SHINE 秦祥林 唐寶雲 甄 珍
CV-545 蘭花草 REUNION IN THE RAIN 秦 漢 伍 楓 王 孫
CV-546 霧茫茫 MISTY LOVE 謝玲玲 劉尚謙
CV-564 鷹爪鬼手 EAGLE'S KILLER, THE 張午郎 ?正利
CV-566 老夫子 OLD MASTER "Q" 喬 宏 丁 佩 梁 天
CV-568 水月十三刀 LONE NINJA WARRIOR 田 鵬 夏玲玲
CV-569 狼女白鷹(魔) WOLF DEVIL WOMAN 張 玲 石 峰 王 ?
CV-570 金粉遊龍 MATCHING ESCORT 張 玲 孟 飛
CV-571 蓋世奇花 MIRACULOUS FLOWER 張 玲 歸亞雷 宗 華
CV-572 寒山飛狐 JADE DAGGER NINJA 田 鵬 龍君兒 田 鶴 宗 華
CV-573 珠江大風暴 TORNADO OF PEARL RIVER 譚道良 胡 錦
CV-578 不夜城 SLEEPLESS TOWN 金城武 山本未來 曾志偉
CV-579 猛鬼醫院 GHOST'S HOSPITAL 葉德嫻 車保羅 關海山
CV-580 大?里 COUNTRYMAN, THE 譚炳文 李香琴
CV-581 大?里續集 COUNTRYMAN AND SCAVENGER 譚炳文 李添勝
CV-582 ?係得口既 YOU ARE WONDERFUL 譚炳文 李香琴 沈殿霞 盧海鵬
CV-583 大男人 GREAT MAN, THE 譚炳文 沈殿霞 李香琴 盧海鵬
CV-584 鬼馬狂潮 CUNNING TENDENCY 沈殿霞 李香琴 ?韻詩 李道洪
CV-585 大鬥大 ULMOST GREATNESS, THE 譚炳文 李香琴
CV-586 ?居仔與牛?眼 CRAZY BOY AND POP-EYE 元 寶 鄭則士 盧海鵬
CV-587 四維太極扇 TAI JI SHAN (FAN) 羅 媛
CV-594 火燒紅蓮寺 STORY IN TEMPLE RED LILY 嘉 凌 譚道良 謝玲玲
CV-596 追命殺手 AVENGER, THE 江 彬 李 ? ? 彬
CV-597 怒火 SOUL OF SAMURAI 張清清 江 彬
CV-600 再見阿郎 GOODBYE DARLING 張美瑤 柯俊雄 祝 菁
CV-603 江湖正將 FORTUNE HUNTERS 錢小豪 朱寶意 謝 賢
CV-605 一年幽夢 ONE YEAR'S FANTASY 鄧光榮 甄 珍
CV-607 超齡處男 OH! MY GOD 董 ? 午 馬 羅 烈 谷 峰
CV-608 靈魔 OBSESSED, THE 苗可秀 高 強 關 生
CV-609: DEAD CURSE
CV-611 黑色午夜 MIDNIGHT 顏麗如 陳?琪 于?蔚
CV-612 星期六約會 SATURDAY DATE, A 秦祥林 恬 ?
CV-622 邪妻 WICKED WIFE 梁修身 陸勝蓮
CV-623 柳暗花明又一春 STEALING LOVE, THE 胡燕? 鄧光榮 金 川
CV-624 男歡女愛 LOVE COMPETITION 湯蘭花 鄭少秋
CV-626 今生今世 IMPETUOUS FIRE 鄧光榮 余安安 唐菁
CV-627 象妻 ELEPHANT WIFE 金露華 ?靜芳
CV-629 情竇初開 YOUNG LOVERS 秦祥林 恬 ? 周丹薇
CV-631 愛苗 BELOVED GRASS, THE 秦祥林 王釧如 葛小寶
CV-632 手足情深 BROTHERLY LOVE 秦祥林 王 羽 恬 ?
CV-636 少林佛家大道 SHAOLIN DISCIPLE, THE 劉家勇 谷 峰 盧 穎
CV-638 仙妻 FAIRY WIFE 江 彬 張清清 田 明
CV-639 真假太太 TRUE AND FALSE WIFE, THE 柯俊雄 歸亞蕾 左艷蓉
CV-640 糊塗英雄 LUCKIEST, THE 林子祥 林建明 伊 雷
CV-641 獸性地獄女 UNREAL DREAM 陳惠敏 陳莉莉 高 飛
CV-642 大通緝令 BIG RAID, THE 孫 越 陳莎莉 崔柏生
CV-643 七先生與?巴花 MR.SEVEN & THE DUMB GIRL 劉嘉芬 倪敏絲
CV-645 新雨夜花 FLOWER IN A RAINY NIGHT 柯俊雄 谷名倫 李湘
CV-648 野蜜桃 WILD CHERRY 陳莉莉 曾 江
CV-652 人虎恋 ＴＩＧＥＲ　ＬＯＶＥ 董?　羅烈　胡錦
CV-656 四月的旋律 APRIL MELODY 程天賜 張正蘭 嘉凱
CV-660 時來運轉 LUCKY BREAK , A 柯俊雄 陳莎莉
CV-662 從地獄來的女人 WOMAN FROM HELL 歐 威 陳慧美 王冰冰
CV-663 一?求生 DRESSED OFF FOR LIFE 米 雪 陳惠敏
CV-664 橫掃魚蛋? INTERPOL 秦 沛 陳莉莉 楊??
CV-668 醜人多作怪 STOOGES IN LOVE 張 帝 康雅嵐
CV-700 中國匣 CHINESE BOX, THE 謝洛美艾朗斯 張曼玉 鞏 俐 許冠文
CV-743 高壓重犯 HIGH VOLTAGE 李小龍之女 - 李香凝
CV-764 遊方和尚 WANDERING MONK, THE 李炳雄 林小虎 易 原
CV-771 風流殘劍血無痕 MASK OF VENGENCE 譚道良 李修賢 苗可秀 金 剛
CV-803 醉拳女?手 NO ONE CAN TOUCH HER 嘉 凌 金 剛 孫嘉林 鍾 凌
CV-817 忍者神? NINJA AND THE THIEF, THE 王 道 甄琇蘭 倉田保昭
CV-834 諸葛四郎大鬥雙假面 LITTLE HERO 上官靈鳳 羅 烈
CV-845 武僧 GUARDS OF SHAOLIN 羅 ? ? 龍 劍 勳 戴 澈
CV-859 黑血 BLACK BLOOD 王敏德 黎姿 海俊傑



THE RAPE AFTER on VCD from Ocean Shores! Thanks to Stephen Gladwin for the scans.

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Blood is a splendoured many thing. Especially on VCD

Gee, it's the wildest things you find on VCD! Look what I bought last night:



I also picked this up:



Michael Wong in BLACK BLOOD on a VCD from Ocean Shores. This is actually the last VCD release Ocean Shores put out (at least according to their catalogue).

Dark & Nasty HK: THE RAPE AFTER (1983)

Here it is, boys and girls; The mother of all dark and nasty horror movies from Hongkong from the 1980s: THE RAPE AFTER (original title: Yin Zhong)!!!


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Okay, maybe I'm overdoing it slightly here but as they say in oldskool kung fu movie dubs: "But still!". LOL.

Anyway, courtesy of Peter80 from Cinehound here's the rare HK VHS cover from Ocean Shores. And no need to ask; No, I don't have this tape myself. And yes I cry myself to sleep every night because of it.
:-(

I do however have the Japanese tape with in two ways is superior to this tape: 1) it's uncut. The HK tape is slightly cut. And 2) it's letterboxed. The HK VHS is fullscreen. HOWEVER, the HK tape (and LD & VCD) is subtitled in English. It's unfortunate that Japan has never been a British crown colony as they don't feel the need to subtitle their films in English. :/

Thanks to Peter for the scan!

EDIT (21/7/09): I forgot I actually also have a really good full size scan of the the VCD release of the film so here it is!




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Big thank you's fly out to Stephen Gladwin for providing me with the HK VCD scan. Cheers mate!



WEIRD ASIA
Weird Asia was thee coolest website for weird and crazy films from Asia! It was run by my mate Günter Müller (in Austria) but it is unfortunately long gone. However, one of his reviews that I still have is incidentally for THE RAPE AFTER so without any further ado let me just say... take it away, Günter my much missed friend:

THE RAPE AFTER (minor spoilers)
Director: Tom Lau Moon-Tong
Cast: Melvin Wong Gam San, Chang Hing Yue, Chun Wai Man, Ha Pin, Wong Yat Fei, Chan Yau Hau, Hung Law Bat...
Hong Kong 1983
Running Time: 91 min.
aka YIN ZHONG aka YAM CHUNG
Translation of the original title: 'Licentious Seed' or 'Lewd Seed'

The story is a bit complicated, so I reduce it to the most important things. Shu Ya, a young model, gets involved with photographer Mo Hsieh Sheng , who stole a strange statue from a temple. He takes her home to take advantage of her, but both get very drunk and fall asleep. In the night, a demon (seems he emerged from the statue) appears and rapes the young woman in her sleep. The photographer falls in love with another woman (Li Ting Ting, who is the daughter of the master of the temple from where he has stolen the statue). In the meantime, the model learns that she is pregnant. Mo takes her to a dubious doctor who performs abortions. But during the abortion, a storm with thunder and lightning turns up, and the abortion is seriously disturbed. Shu Ya decides to keep the baby, and Mo takes her to the hospital. On the ride there, the two begin a dispute about the future of the baby, and a fatal accident happens. Mo survives, but Shu Ya burns alive in the car wreck. She promises revenge. "You'll pay for what you've done!" Later in the morgue, an autopsy is carried out on the horribly burnt corpse, when suddenly (after cutting open the womb) hands snatch at the doctor and pull his face into the guts. In the ensuing struggle his head comes off. A slimy baby is seen crawling away from the corpse, tearing out the umbilical cord. Later, very strange and terrible things happen around Mo, his girlfriend Li and the master. Mo, with the help of some priests, tries to find out the cause of the strange happenings and fights back.

THE RAPE AFTER is an excellent but sadly almost unknown horror classic from Hong Kong. Made in 1983 by Tom Lau Moon-Tong (his only movie as director), THE RAPE AFTER mixes various influences to a highly effective brew.

The story seems to be straightforward, but you are wrong thinking that. There are a few subplots involving the mother and the retarded brother of Shu Ya, as well as the family of Li Ting Ting and her father, the master. Most of this stuff happens in the first half of the movie, making the structure of the plot a bit slow and complicated, but after the baby is "born", the action never eases up.

This movie is without a doubt one of the best and goriest horror movies made in Hong Kong in the 1980s. An undisputed classic of horror cinema if you ask me. There is absolutely no comedy in between the proceedings (which often is the case in Hong Kong movies), making this a very dark and disturbing film. I really go as far as to say that THE RAPE AFTER is equal to European horror classics from Fulci and Argento. Even zombies make a fine appearance in this excellent film.

Right from the beginning, the film has a dark and threatening atmosphere. Until the rape by the demon (which has more the feeling of love-making; there is no struggle and the woman responds to the demon's touches) there are no supernatural elements, but in spite of this, the movie is dark and depressing. There are sad scenes with the deformed brother, or long shots of the stinking and rats-infested room where Shu Ya's mother lives. The director takes his time to tell the story, showing many details in the depressing life of the model. After the rape, or more exactly, after the fatal accident, the film takes a completely different turn and becomes a revenge spectacle like you have never seen one before. Well maybe you've seen one: SEEDING OF A GHOST (1983) is even more bizarre and gory. What makes it even more shocking is the fact that the revenge is warrantable. The man (Ho) is not directly responsible for the happenings. Sure, he stole the statue and unknowingly frees the demon, but the impregnation and the accident are not directly his fault.

The second half of the movie is awesome. You can't deny a European feeling to the action. There are many wonderful setpieces, in which terrible things happen. Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA or Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND come to mind when seeing the second half of THE RAPE AFTER. One of the best setpieces I've ever seen involves a priest in a dark room, who is attacked by rats and birds. This is filmed very effectively from the opposite direction to the light, so an eerie look with creepy shadows is created. Then some birds fly through a torch, catch fire and attack the priest, turning him into a living human torch. This scene (and many others) has almost a surreal quality to it, is beautiful to look at and has a nightmarish feeling at the same time. But there are more setpieces like this.

There are some surprising twists and turns, as well as great shock scenes (for example the discovery of a corpse in a closet and a rat crawling out of its mouth). But in contrast with most of the new generation of horror movies (especially the teenie-slasher cycle), THE RAPE AFTER doesn't rely solely on "boo-scares" to shock and disquiet the viewer. It's the tone, the atmosphere and the story that counts!

One scene in particular reminds me on another sci/fi-horror classic. The scene in question is the examination of the hideously burned corpse of the woman, which has many similarities to the burned remains found by scientists in John Carpenter's THE THING (1982). And it also is put to great effect in this film.

Director Tom Lau Moon-Tong does not cut away at the murder scenes (he also edited the movie, by the way) and shows a few brutal and shocking killing sequences that don't need to hide from European gore classics. An axe in the head or ears being torn off are made very compentently. Apart from that the movie is very atmospheric and spooky. Most of the creepy scenes are filmed with a cold blue light that looks fantastic. The music is very eerie, unusual, and loud, creating strange noises that make your hairs stand up. And the cast is pretty good and believable too. So if you have the chance to get hold of this excellent film don't hesitate a second. You won't be disappointed!

Dark HK: SEEDING OF A GHOST

Back in the early 90s I was a tape-trader and some of the films I had to get via tape trading were from that genre I like to call the "Dark and nasty horror movies from Hong Kong from the 1980s"! And one of the most legendary HK horror films among horror fans was... SEEDING OF A GHOST!!!

[VHS/Hongkong/fullscreen/in Cantonese/English subs]

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SEEDING OF A GHOST was never released on video neither in the UK nor the US, or anywhere else outside of Hong Kong (or Hongkong as they used to spell in back in the day in HK). Later it came out on HK VCD as well but it wasn't till quite recently that it was finally granted a DVD release. I'm not sure if there ever was a laserdisc release.

Anyway, the VHS soon disappeared and you had to resort to tape trading in order to get one. And getting a tape off an original tape was almost as difficult. Often you had to settle for foggy 3rd, 4th, or 5th generation dupes! Sometimes the colours kept disappearing. And you wonder why I spit in the face of fanboys who complain that perfect DVDs are "terrible" simply because they have something like one or two scratches to the print. :/ As far as I remember my VHS dupe of SEEDING was fairly alright, but when the DVD media became common and I got the chance of getting a DVD bootleg obviously I jumped at it right away headfirst. And now as I said there's a perfect DVD outta Hong Kong.

But enough of this baloney; The sole reason for this post is that after all this time I have finally got hold of the cover from that original legendary Ocean Shores VHS release!! No, I don't have the tape but my good mate Peter "Kothar" over at Cinehound has provided me with a scan. Thanks mate, I appreciate that!!!

SEEDING OF A GHOST was produced by Shaw Brothers and was originally meant to be the second sequel to BLACK MAGIC however SB decided otherwise. I believe it was due to the high level of gore and nudity in the film.

The Big Boss Part 2 (1976)

I just stumbled over this trailer for a Lo Lieh sequel to Bruce Lee's THE BIG BOSS and... whoah... I must admit it looks both wild, crappy, exploitative and, well, it's got Lo Lieh in it!!




Apparently the trailer is totally rare but it seems the film is even more rare!! I haven't been able to find ONE single vhs or dvd release of the film listed on the Internet. Not even a crappy fullscreen bootleg!!! If any of you know of a release please let me know. Cheers.

Beware: Don't get too exited if you find a DVD or VHS of "The Big Boss 2" right away if you do a Google; There are at least two other films that use the same title! :/

The magazine scans are nicked from HKMDb so thanks to whoever uploaded them.

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Notice how the article writer misspells Bruce Lee's name as Bruce "Li". Ironic as one of the Bruce Lee clones that was "invented" after his death was none other than Bruce Li.


Director:
Chan Chue

Cast:
Lo Lieh
Wang Ping
Michael Chan Wai-Man
Lee Kwan
Hung Wang
Saan Saan
Wong Kin-Chau
Chiu Lik

There's more credits info on HKMDb so go there if that's what your heart desires. I just couldn't be arsed to copy it all. LOL.

Oh Anthony

AWE Con 2007

More crappy photos from my cell phone! This time from ANOTHER WORLD ENTERTAINMENT's first convention that was held back in 2007. I managed to get only these three shots of MADS JENSEN, NILS MARKVARDSEN, and myself. But if nothing else they contain a mystical, foggy quality that almost makes them otherworldly.

And also, all three photos show someone who at some stage wrote booklets for AWE releases. Obviously, Mads and Nils are the booklet writers extraordinaire. Me, I'm... well... I remember Mr. AWE himself, JAN SCHMIDT, once said to me: "Jack, you know, if you get a real job they'll expect you to hand in your stuff on time".

So what if I'm a li'l slow at getting thangs done, that's just SEXY!!! Hahaha. Oh well, here's the pix:

Nils Markvardsen



Mads Jensen



Jack J