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Dr. Tarr’s Torture Dungeon
Movie
1973 • Mexico • Directed by Juan López Moctezuma
Dr. Tarr’s Torture Dungeon, also known as Mansion Of Madness. A mysterious man is sent into the forest to investigate the bizarre behaviour of the notorious Dr. Tarr. What he stumbles upon is the doctor's torture dungeon, a hellish asylum complete...
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Avenging Eagle
Movie + 6 extras
1978 • Hong Kong • Directed by Sun Chung
Avid wuxia and kung fu films fans have a special place in their hearts for this outstanding martial arts drama about the Thirteen Eagles Assassination Sect of the infamous Iron Boat Clan. Ku Feng is excellent as the poisonously patriarchal leader of the k...
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Killer Constable
Movie + 9 extras
1980 • Hong Kong • Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung
Kuei Chih-hung was famous for his modern day crime thrillers, his horror flicks, and even his comedies. But even though the only wuxia film he ever made was this one, he is still spoken of with respect by even the most ardent martial arts movie fan. ...
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Buddha's Palm
Movie + 5 extras
1982 • Hong Kong • Directed by Taylor Wong
In the arsenal of classic martial arts secret weapons, there is none more lethal than the Buddha’s Palm, a technique by which an ordinary hand is transformed into a formidable force. Koo, a blind recluse living in a cave, knows its secret, which proves ...
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Bastard Swordsman
Movie + 2 extras
1983 • Hong Kong • Directed by Lu Chun-ku
Actor Lu Chun-ku really hit his stride as a director of mystical kung-fu epics such as this, truly one of the best of its kind. Norman Tsui stars as a put-upon illegitimate son of a “Martial Arts World” master, who nearly sacrifices all to learn the “Sil...
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Burial Ground
Movie
1981 • Italy • Directed by Andrea Bianchi
Burial Ground, also known as The Nights of Terror, Mariangela Giordano (of THE SECT and PATRICK STILL LIVES fame) stars in this '80s splatter classic about a cursed country estate besieged by horny houseguests, undead Etruscans and the unusual relationsh...
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Tomie
Movie + 3 extras
1998 • Japan • Directed by Ataru Oikawa
Based on the smash-hit series of the same name by cult manga artist Junji Itō (Uzumaki), Tomie tells the tale of an evil high-school seductress identifiable by a beauty mark beneath her left eye, whose bewitching kiss drives men to madness.
Photography st...
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The Magic Blade
Movie + 4 extras
1976 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chor Yuen
As all wuxia and kung-fu fans know, action is supreme but a good story helps keep things moving. Gu Long, the most famous marital arts novelist, provides The Magic Blade with just the right plot to give the brilliant swordplay an interesting context, and ...
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Clans of Intrigue
Movie + 5 extras
1977 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chor Yuen
The story of legendary swordsman Chu Liuxiang has been a favourite of Hong Kong filmmakers, but the roguish knave’s most stylish cinematic reincarnation is undoubtedly Clans Of Intrigue. How could it be anything but, with a story by celebrated martial art...
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The Jade Tiger
Movie + 2 extras
1977 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chor Yuen
The headless corpse of the Chao Clan patriarch and the theft of a jade tiger set in motion another noteworthy collaboration between three of the biggest names in swordplay action dramas: director Chor Yuen, martial arts novelist Gu Long, and kung-fu super...
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The Sentimental Swordsman
Movie + 5 extras
1977 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chor Yuen
One of director Chor Yuen’s crowning achievements, The Sentimental Swordsman epitomizes the lone, virtuous, heroic swordsman with a twist. Swordsman Li Xunhuan, magnificently played by the highly respected and popular Ti Lung, is also a hero with weakness...
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The Sect
Movie
1991 • Italy • Directed by Michele Soavi
The Sect, also known as The Devils Daughter, the third feature by director Michele Soavi - his second collaboration with producer/co-writer Dario Argento - can now be experienced like never before: As a global satanic cabal grows in ferocity, an unwitting...
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The Church
Movie
1989 • Italy • Directed by Michele Soavi
For his second feature film - and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento - writer/director Michele Soavi unleashes a "mind-blowing" (Bloody Disgusting) "masterwork" (DVD Drive-In): In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass gra...
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The Lady Hermit
Movie + 4 extras
1971 • Hong Kong • Directed by Ho Meng-hua
Shaw Studios knew a good thing when they teamed their remarkable star Cheng Pei-pei with versatile director Ho Meng-hua. This wuxia film was considered one of the director’s most notable from a filmography spanning more than forty films. Cheng plays the...
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Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
Movie + 6 extras
1972 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chor Yuen
The most famous erotic film in the history of Hong Kong cinema, Chor Yuen’s Intimate Confessions Of A Chinese Courtesan shocked Chinese audiences in 1972, and even today exerts a raw power. Lily Ho, in her most daring role, is an aristocratic maiden abduc...
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The 14 Amazons
Movie + 7 extras
1972 • Hong Kong • Directed by Cheng Kang
Long before feminism made it to Hong Kong, women proved themselves more than equal to men in this martial arts classic set in ancient China, where a matriarchal clan uses sword, fist, and gravity-defying leaps to avenge their fallen menfolk. The cast is ...
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The One-Armed Swordsman
Movie + 11 extras
1967 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chang Cheh
Even non-kung-fu lovers will be mesmerised by Jimmy Wang Yu in the role that made him a superstar. As the mysterious swordsman whose one arm is more powerful than his two-armed rivals, Wang and director Chang Cheh revolutionised the Hong Kong action genr...
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Movie + 4 extras
1969 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chang Cheh
One-Armed Swordsman was a gigantic box-office hit, and overwhelming popular demand called for a sequel. Director Chang Cheh truly proved that he was indeed the “Godfather of the Wuxia Film” by mounting a follow-up which many say is even more accomplished...
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Movie + 6 extras
1971 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh wasn’t kidding with the title of this fondly remembered wuxia epic, which deservedly won a prestigious Golden Horse Award for Editing. He took his charismatic new star, David Chiang, and made him an all-new-one-armed hero - a man who chops off...
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Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
Movie
1972 • United States • Directed by Bob Clark
Five young kinky actors and their artistic director come to a desolate and nearly forgotten burial island, complete with a morbid history.
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Noroi: The Curse
Movie + 4 extras
2005 • Japan • Directed by Koji Shiraishi
The chilling Noroi: The Curse adopts a pseudo-documentary format as an investigative reporter into paranormal phenomena is forced to confront horrors beyond his wildest imagination after learning about an ancient folkloric demon.