If you tuned into this movie or purchased in the hopes of seeing a Chinese Hercules, you will probably be disappointed. There is nary a Hercules in sight, nor is there any […]
Fortitude or Man-God? – Chinese Hercules (1973)
A Nightmare Come True – Lake of Dracula (1971)
Like Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee before him, Shin Kishida would go on to portray history’s most famous vampire in Lake of Dracula, the second film in Toho’s Bloodthirsty Trilogy, all of […]
A Mother’s Love – Fear of the Ghost House: Bloodsucking Doll (1970)
Originally released as Yûrei yashiki no kyôfu: Chi wo sû ningyô which translated into Fear of the Ghost House: Bloodsucking Doll, a clunky title by any means and more commonly known as […]
The Road Back – The Man From Nowhere (2010)
Cha Tae-sik is a man who just wants to be left alone. He runs a pawn shop by himself and lives alone and it is the way he likes things to be. […]
Do Not Eat the Mushrooms! – Matango (1963)
On what seems to be just a peaceful trip on a yacht, a group of people crash land on an island due to a storm, completely bereft of humankind. Alone, with no […]
She Will Have Her Revenge – The Living Skeleton (1968)
The Living Skeleton is a beautiful movie. Not for the fact that it features murder or treachery or betrayal, nor even because it has ghosts and the titular skeletons. No, it is […]
Two Men, One Destiny – Killers (2014)
Sometimes, despite the horror you might see on film, it so entrances you because of the overall subject matter that no matter the act, you have to keep watching to find out […]
Look What Happens When You Pollute the Water! – The Host (2006)
There comes a point in most people’s lives when you have to make a decision. It never comes easy and the wrong decision could haunt you for the rest of your life. […]
He Should Have Said No – The Yellow Sea (2010)
The Yellow Sea is a gripping thriller about a cab driver named Gu-nam that is in debt to the mob and has no way to pay them back. With nowhere left to […]
Complicated Lives – Shanghai Triad (1995)
Shanghai Triad is a coming of age tale that takes place over the course of seven days. It is a single week that sees a boy become a man and a woman […]
The Telltale Mind 