The 88 Films Thread

[Rik]

Another announcement

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Never seen this so I might be tempted by this one when it’s as cheap as it’s budget

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

They’ve just announced that and some Asian film called Black Magic 2.
I can’t remember the last time they released anything I’ve wanted to buy

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Black Magic 2' has been passed uncut

That's good then!

It has the alternative title Revenge of the Zombies and, from its description in Peter Dendle's The Zombie Encyclopaedia, sounds like a lot of fun.

"The Shaw brothers combine black magic, martial arts, and gore in this intense horror-cult favourite" in which "Budget effects and lackluster martial arts sequences are more than compensated by sustained energy and brazen creativity. Solid conceptual support and period surprises keep things festive: an old wizard flogs a zombie woman with a dead weasel, for example, and then plucks out his own eyes and instructs Chung Ping to eat them for greater powers."

[Rik]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

He's not even the director.

No, but he wrote it I think

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Another announcement

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Never seen this so I might be tempted by this one when it’s as cheap as it’s budget

I have it on DVD as part of their Grindhouse Collection and remember being pleasantly surprised; it's something I'll rewatch before it's available to preorder.

[Susan Foreman]

This one as well:

JUNE TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: The Spiritual Boxer (Blu-ray)

Release Date: 25th June

Wham, bam, thank you Lau Kar-leung!! The legendary director of such kung-fu mega hits as 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978), TIGER ON THE BEAT (1988) and DRUNKEN MASTER 2 (1994) got his career rolling with the martial arts masterpiece THE SPIRITUAL BOXER (1975) a standout chopsocky classic from the glory days of Hong Kong genre cinema

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I have it on DVD as part of their Grindhouse Collection and remember being pleasantly surprised; it's something I'll rewatch before it's available to preorder.

Yeah Amazonia's fine. It's a film i like too.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

It has the alternative title Revenge of the Zombies and, from its description in Peter Dendle's The Zombie Encyclopaedia, sounds like a lot of fun.

"The Shaw brothers combine black magic, martial arts, and gore in this intense horror-cult favourite" in which "Budget effects and lackluster martial arts sequences are more than compensated by sustained energy and brazen creativity. Solid conceptual support and period surprises keep things festive: an old wizard flogs a zombie woman with a dead weasel, for example, and then plugs out his own eyes and instructs Chung Ping to eat them for greater powers."

Stephen Bissette from the 'Deep Red Horror Handbook':

Film 2.5 (out of 5)
Gore 7 (out of 10)

"Recommended viewing for lovers of exploitation...Even the cut version delivers the goods...Oriental occultism and sadism...cannibalism, zombie f**king human meltdowns, stigmata mutilations, parasitic worms under the skin...In one incredible scene, he shaves a woman's crotch, using the pubic hair in a potion that induces instant lactation and 'false' pregnancy...creates a small army of zombies by driving nine inch spikes into the top of their heads"!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Black Magic 2 is a lot of gory fun. I own the US Celestial DVD (below) and actually prefer it to the first installment.



I will be upgrading once it hits the HMV 5 for £30.

[Mojo]

88's Asia titles are very hit and miss for me, but I enjoyed the first BLACK MAGIC so I'll be picking this one up.

[Crimson Blade]

I wish they'd release a few more gialli