Hong Kong Cinema Archive

  • Apparently this movie had nineteen minutes deleted from it and some scenes shuffled around for its American release. I suppose that had I seen the movie in its original form,...0January 22, 2011

    Vampire Effect (2003)

    Apparently this movie had nineteen minutes deleted from it and some scenes shuffled around for its American release. I suppose that had I seen the movie in its original form,…

  • Written and directed by Chi Chiu Lee and based on his novel (no matter how this one turns out, Chi Chiu has only himself to blame), Night Corridor poses the...0April 17, 2010

    Night Corridor (2003)

    Written and directed by Chi Chiu Lee and based on his novel (no matter how this one turns out, Chi Chiu has only himself to blame), Night Corridor poses the…

  • On the surface, this movie delivers exactly what it promises. There’s a bunch of snakes and they kill people. I don’t imagine that a movie called The Killer Snakes owes...0January 9, 2010

    The Killer Snakes (1975)

    On the surface, this movie delivers exactly what it promises. There’s a bunch of snakes and they kill people. I don’t imagine that a movie called The Killer Snakes owes…

  • Kung fu movies are a little slice of heaven. Once you’ve seen some dude with bad hair in silk pajamas standing around playing patty cake with another dude in silk...1June 6, 2009

    Five Deadly Venoms (1978)

    Kung fu movies are a little slice of heaven. Once you’ve seen some dude with bad hair in silk pajamas standing around playing patty cake with another dude in silk…

  • A blind girl gets a new set of peepers which allow her to see for the first time since she was a tot, but there’s a catch. Not only is...1January 2, 2009

    The Eye (2002)

    A blind girl gets a new set of peepers which allow her to see for the first time since she was a tot, but there’s a catch. Not only is…

  • Anthony Wong stars in this movie that is what Dustin Hoffman’s movie Outbreak should have been: a story about a raping and murdering dude that infects a bunch of people...0September 5, 2008

    Ebola Syndrome (1996)

    Anthony Wong stars in this movie that is what Dustin Hoffman’s movie Outbreak should have been: a story about a raping and murdering dude that infects a bunch of people…

  • You know, I can never get enough of these movies about deranged Hong Kong taxi cab drivers banging corpses. There’s just something life affirming about knowing that our country is...0July 12, 2008

    Dr. Lamb (1992)

    You know, I can never get enough of these movies about deranged Hong Kong taxi cab drivers banging corpses. There’s just something life affirming about knowing that our country is…

  • Six people are on a camping trip on a deserted island. Deserted except for the chainsaw wielding maniac, his equally psycho wife, their retarded son, and three or four condom...0June 25, 2008

    The Deadly Camp (1999)

    Six people are on a camping trip on a deserted island. Deserted except for the chainsaw wielding maniac, his equally psycho wife, their retarded son, and three or four condom…

  • If you’ve seen George Romero’s zombie movies too many times, are tired of the wan imitations from Italy, and befuddled by the recent Japanese wave of undead films that stress...0May 10, 2008

    Bio Zombie (1988)

    If you’ve seen George Romero’s zombie movies too many times, are tired of the wan imitations from Italy, and befuddled by the recent Japanese wave of undead films that stress…

  • The place is China, a billion years ago when the Tartars had invaded and subjugated the people, ruling over them with an iron fist. Unable to defend themselves, they look...0May 8, 2008

    The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

    The place is China, a billion years ago when the Tartars had invaded and subjugated the people, ruling over them with an iron fist. Unable to defend themselves, they look…