- Mon May 04, 2020 1:51 pm
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The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story. I've seen this listed under the title The Untold Story more often than that long title so I'm not sure what is the more accepted name. Either way this was a fun early 90's Hong Kong serial killer movie. Packed full of gore with some impressive gags. Story revolves around a killer who takes over a restaurant while shortly after a group of "rag tag" police officers discover a bunch of body parts washed up on shore. They begin their investigation which mostly revolves around the picked on female doing all of the work then all the other officers taking credit or calling her an idiot if she doesn't follow up on a lead on her own. There is a lead investigator (or some higher up officer) they are all trying to impress, played by Danny Lee of The Killer and City on Fire fame. It's pretty entertaining film that really pushes the gore due to it's Category III rating. There is scene involving chop-sticks that I dont' think I'll ever forget.
Suddenly in the Dark / Suddenly At Midnight. This is a Korean horror film 1981. The story centers around a family who take in a woman to be their house maid and she arrives carrying a weird doll wrapped in a blanket. The wife increasingly believes it's some form of curse/witchcraft. Starts having hallucinations and insanity ensues. It's a great little film, I picked up the Mondo Macabro bluray and the transfer is incredible. If you like strange offbeat horror films from regions of the country not entirely known for this type of thing, it's worth checking out.
The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story. I've seen this listed under the title The Untold Story more often than that long title so I'm not sure what is the more accepted name. Either way this was a fun early 90's Hong Kong serial killer movie. Packed full of gore with some impressive gags. Story revolves around a killer who takes over a restaurant while shortly after a group of "rag tag" police officers discover a bunch of body parts washed up on shore. They begin their investigation which mostly revolves around the picked on female doing all of the work then all the other officers taking credit or calling her an idiot if she doesn't follow up on a lead on her own. There is a lead investigator (or some higher up officer) they are all trying to impress, played by Danny Lee of The Killer and City on Fire fame. It's pretty entertaining film that really pushes the gore due to it's Category III rating. There is scene involving chop-sticks that I dont' think I'll ever forget.
Suddenly in the Dark / Suddenly At Midnight. This is a Korean horror film 1981. The story centers around a family who take in a woman to be their house maid and she arrives carrying a weird doll wrapped in a blanket. The wife increasingly believes it's some form of curse/witchcraft. Starts having hallucinations and insanity ensues. It's a great little film, I picked up the Mondo Macabro bluray and the transfer is incredible. If you like strange offbeat horror films from regions of the country not entirely known for this type of thing, it's worth checking out.