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Young Thugs - Innocent BloodYoung Thugs - Innocent Blood (1997)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Naoto Takenaka
Gangster shenanigans with cult dir. Takashi, this time taking a more measured approach to the story of four young friends who drift together and…
Day of the BeastDay of the Beast (1996) Recommended
Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Alex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura
If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…
Ebola Syndrome, TheEbola Syndrome, The (1996)
Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Anthony Wong
Birthed from the notorious "Category 3" underbelly of Hong Kong cinema, this close relative of THE UNTOLD STORY features another deranged murderer on…
Fudoh - The Next GenerationFudoh - The Next Generation (1996)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno
Possibly the first film that gave the Western world an inkling of dir. Miike's unhinged worldview, investing a tale of yakuza vengeance with surreal,…
Weatherwoman ReturnsWeatherwoman Returns (1996)
Dir. Tomoaki Hosoyama
Feat. Misa Aika, Kiyomi Ito, Ayako Kato
Sequel to WEATHERWOMAN, is equally unsettling in the way its nasty thrills are clad in cheap satire. As in the first, the rivalry between various TV…
A WeatherwomanA Weatherwoman (1995)
Dir. Tomoaki Hosoyama
Feat. Kei Mizutani
Manga–based comedy where debut TV weatherwoman Kei Mizutani disregards all public standards in pursuit of ratings and her own fetishistic…
Black Sun: The Nanking MassacreBlack Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995)
Dir. T.F. Mous
This extreme 'shocker' depicts in grisly detail the story of the massacre of 300 000 Chinese by Japanese soldiers following the invasion of Nanking…
Chinese Torture Chamber StoryChinese Torture Chamber Story (1995)
Dir. Bosco Lam
Salacious sex farce in the mould of SEX AND ZEN and EROTIC GHOST STORY, that wilfully pushes the boundaries of good taste, with a measure of…
Eko Eko AzarakEko Eko Azarak (Wizard of Darkness, Birth of the Wizard, Misa the Dark Angel) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Shimako Sato
Feat. Kimika Yoshino
Highly impressive and lurid high–school horror, has a teenage girl (Yoshino) contending with coven of Satanic witches at her new school, who…
Kingdom, TheKingdom, The (Riget) (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Norby
A Danish medical soap opera from the director of BREAKING THE WAVES that's a bizarre yet compulsive combination of ghost story, TV drama and…

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