Chinese New Year is this Monday, so we focus on A Chinese Ghost Story or Sien nui yau wan this week. A Chinese Ghost Story was directed by Siu-Tung Ching and stars Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu and Elvis Tsui. You may notice that Elvis Tsui was in last week’s focus The Seventh Curse. He’s a busy guy…he’s been in 120 films and TV...
The Seventh Curse or Yuan Zhen-Xia yu Wei Si-Li: Another Classic Chinese Horror Movie
As we move closer to Chinese New Year, I thought we’d focus on the classic Chinese horror movie, The Seventh Curse or Yuan Zhen-Xia yu Wei Si-Li (it’s Chinese title). This film stars a few people that are pretty much household names (well at least to Hong Kong cinema fans like us here at Mutantville). It stars Maggie Cheung which you will remember...
The Eye (Gin Gwai): Celebrate Chinese New Year with a Chinese Horror Movie
As Chinese New Year approaches on January 23, 2012, I thought I’d explore a few Chinese Horror movie classics. The Eye or Gin Gwai (original title) was released in 2002. The movie was directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang. They are also known as the Pang Brothers. They also wrote the film along with Jojo Hui. The Eye stars Angelica Lee, Lawrence...
New Year’s Eve Horror with John Carpenter’s Classic Film – “Christine”
In honor of New Year’s Eve, I thought I’d do a post on “Christine.” It was directed by John Carpenter and written by Stephen King. Bill Phillips wrote the screenplay. “Christine” stars Keith Gordon which you may also remember from “Back to School” with Danny Elfman in Oingo Boingo (I’m starting a 5 degrees...
Christmas Evil aka You Better Watch Out (1980)
In 1980, “Christmas Evil” which is also known as “You Better Watch Out” was released. It’s about a boy that loves Christmas and is scarred emotionally. He is a toy maker that snaps and goes on a Christmas killing spree. Evil Christmas stars Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville and many others....
Gremlins (1984)
Ok, Gremlins isn’t a Christmas movie, but it takes place at Christmas. It’s kind of kid friendly to be horror as well…but hopefully the horror police won’t arrest me for this. Gremlins was directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus. Gremlins stars Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton and a young Phoebe Cates. Here are some fun Gremlins...
