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Review
by Kozo: |
Legendary
Category III sex-horror flick which earns points for bizarre
creativity and sheer chutzpah. Ellen Chan stars as the harried
girlfriend of impotent Chan Kwok-Bong, who became so after
a trip to Thailand (I hear this is common for visitors to
Thailand). It turns out that Chan was cursed by evil warlock
Ben Ng, who wants to get back at Chan and his three buddies
(including TVB star Bobby AuYeung and the legendary Tsui Kam-Kong)
for accidentally doing his sister. His revenge involves
curses that get the job done in creatively disgusting ways
(one guy is cursed into eating his own arm down to the bone).
Ben is also interested in Ellen Chan and plots to rape her in grand fashion. Thankfully,
Ellen has witch Lily Chung to help her out.
Unrepentantly sleazy, this
over-the-top exercise from director Chin Man-Kei (Sex and
Zen 2) can be entertaining in a bizarre, anything-goes
fashion. Out-there plot devices and makeup effects (at one
point, Tsui Kam-Kong literally becomes a "dickhead")
add to the extreme weirdness, which can certainly be diverting
to some. Like most Category III crap, you could never call Eternal Evil of Asia a good film, but it's bizarre
sensibilities, amusingly energetic direction and eager-to-please
trashiness make this primo stuff for fans of the genre. To
be honest, I usually don't like this stuff. But hey, I watched
it, didn't I? (Kozo 1997) |
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