Thanks to the continued dominance of the home video market and digitization of cable TV, horror’s identity in the ’90s was doomed to be tricky to nail down, thanks to the vast sea of options beyond theatrical releases. For every Candyman or Scream released in theaters, there are dozens more of straight-to-video or made-for-cable horror movies.
This week, we’re diving a little deeper into the ’90s catalog, spotlighting underseen ’90s horror movies that flew under the radar. These streaming picks run the gamut in style and tone, from esoteric extreme French horror to gonzo Hong Kong cinema and beyond.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Baby Blood – AMC+, Kanopy
Well before the rise of New French Extremity horror, there was 1990’s bizarre Baby Blood. Yanka is a circus performer stuck in an abusive relationship until a...
This week, we’re diving a little deeper into the ’90s catalog, spotlighting underseen ’90s horror movies that flew under the radar. These streaming picks run the gamut in style and tone, from esoteric extreme French horror to gonzo Hong Kong cinema and beyond.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Baby Blood – AMC+, Kanopy
Well before the rise of New French Extremity horror, there was 1990’s bizarre Baby Blood. Yanka is a circus performer stuck in an abusive relationship until a...
- 4/29/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Written and Directed by Ngai Choi Lam
China, 1991
Adapted from a Japanese manga released in the late 1980s, which was then turned into an anime series, Ngai Choi Lam’s 1991 film, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, is gory, goofy greatness. Called the “best comic book adaptation ever created” by Hobo with a Shotgun director Jason Eisener, who provides a brief but zealous introduction to the film on the newly released Blu-ray, this absurdly enjoyable martial arts picture is the definition of over the top.
In the year 2001, Riki-Oh Saiga (Fan Siu Wong) arrives in prison to serve 10 years for manslaughter and assault. Aside from the conviction itself, we know little about Riki, about who he killed and why. He has five bullets lodged in his chest (“souvenirs” he calls them), and in general, he seems to be a seriously durable individual. It’s only through...
Written and Directed by Ngai Choi Lam
China, 1991
Adapted from a Japanese manga released in the late 1980s, which was then turned into an anime series, Ngai Choi Lam’s 1991 film, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, is gory, goofy greatness. Called the “best comic book adaptation ever created” by Hobo with a Shotgun director Jason Eisener, who provides a brief but zealous introduction to the film on the newly released Blu-ray, this absurdly enjoyable martial arts picture is the definition of over the top.
In the year 2001, Riki-Oh Saiga (Fan Siu Wong) arrives in prison to serve 10 years for manslaughter and assault. Aside from the conviction itself, we know little about Riki, about who he killed and why. He has five bullets lodged in his chest (“souvenirs” he calls them), and in general, he seems to be a seriously durable individual. It’s only through...
- 1/14/2015
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Riki Oh, The Story of Ricky
Directed by Ngai Kai Lam
Written by Ngai Kai Lam
1991 – Hong Kong . Japan
Starring Siu-Wong Fan as the titular character, Riki Oh, based on a manga series which eventually became an anime, marks the end of an era of Japanese exploitation flicks, before the new generation of filmmakers such as Takashi Miike took over. Unlike Miike’s movies, or other recent entries such as Tokyo Gore Police, Riki Oh’s tone borders on comedy, played up by bad voice dubbing, foolish plot lines, cartoonish gore and eccentric characters (including a one-eye assistant warden with a hook for a hand). For a prison film, the movie never seems mean-spirited, and if anything masquerades as a bizarre superhero flick. The effects are the main draw – Riki Oh exists simply to showcase several outlandish set pieces, ramping up the level of violence, gore and action with each new scene.
Directed by Ngai Kai Lam
Written by Ngai Kai Lam
1991 – Hong Kong . Japan
Starring Siu-Wong Fan as the titular character, Riki Oh, based on a manga series which eventually became an anime, marks the end of an era of Japanese exploitation flicks, before the new generation of filmmakers such as Takashi Miike took over. Unlike Miike’s movies, or other recent entries such as Tokyo Gore Police, Riki Oh’s tone borders on comedy, played up by bad voice dubbing, foolish plot lines, cartoonish gore and eccentric characters (including a one-eye assistant warden with a hook for a hand). For a prison film, the movie never seems mean-spirited, and if anything masquerades as a bizarre superhero flick. The effects are the main draw – Riki Oh exists simply to showcase several outlandish set pieces, ramping up the level of violence, gore and action with each new scene.
- 3/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
We've hooked up as one of the media partners for a special evening hosted by Alliance VivaFilm and the Fantasia Film Festival for the Canadian premiere of the Sundance sensation Hobo With A Shotgun. We have ten double passes for the Montreal Advance screening to the horror comedy which our Sean Glass says "lays claim to it being among the best of the grindhouse sub-genre as it best exemplifies what occurs when the fanboy-turned-filmmaker is given the budget and freedom to do what they want to do." Hosted by director Jason Eisener and producer Robert Cotterill, there'll be a double bill with the 2nd feature being "an eye-popping uncut 35mm print of Ngai Kai Lam's insane 1991 grindhouse classic Story Of Ricky (Riki-oh)" plus there'll be "rare 35mm exploitation film trailers from the '70s and '80s" keeping the theme of the original faux-trailer that won the filmmakers the gig for their feature film.
- 3/12/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Alliance VivaFilm is joining forces with the Fantasia Film Festival to give Hobo With A Shotgun the spectacular Cdn launch it deserves, and thanks to them we are giving away 10 double passes.
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On March 21st, Montreal will play host to the Canadian premiere of Jason Eisener’s epic feature debut Hobo With a Shotgun, starring the inimitable Rutger Hauer, and we’ve got ten (10!) double passes to give away! The screening, which will be hosted by Eisener along with producer Robert Cotterill, will also feature a bonus second feature: a glorious 35mm print of Ngai Kai Lam’s infamous 1991 cult flick Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, along with a host of vintage grindhouse/exploitation trailers. Here is a caption from our review from Sundance…
“Hobo With a Shotgun delivers what it promises and will satisfy midnight movie gore-hounds. There is a blithe stream-of-self-awareness at play here, similar to what...
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On March 21st, Montreal will play host to the Canadian premiere of Jason Eisener’s epic feature debut Hobo With a Shotgun, starring the inimitable Rutger Hauer, and we’ve got ten (10!) double passes to give away! The screening, which will be hosted by Eisener along with producer Robert Cotterill, will also feature a bonus second feature: a glorious 35mm print of Ngai Kai Lam’s infamous 1991 cult flick Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, along with a host of vintage grindhouse/exploitation trailers. Here is a caption from our review from Sundance…
“Hobo With a Shotgun delivers what it promises and will satisfy midnight movie gore-hounds. There is a blithe stream-of-self-awareness at play here, similar to what...
- 3/10/2011
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Not only has Edgar Wright directed the greatest love-letter to Toronto ever penned (not to mention to comics, video games and Hk action - see Shelagh and Todd's review) he has given the city itself fantastic opportunities to immerse itself in celluloid classics through his terrific film series The Wright Stuff. Last year during production of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, he screened a dozen of his favorite films including the severely underrated Philip Kaufman masterpiece The Wanderers, Busby Berkely's Dames and David Cronenberg's The Brood to name a few.
Now back in town for the press tour of Scott Pilgrim, he's wrangled up a new series of faves and he's screening them this weekend at the Toronto Underground Cinema, along with a double bill of his already classic comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Here's the skinny:
August 6th7:00pm Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright,...
Now back in town for the press tour of Scott Pilgrim, he's wrangled up a new series of faves and he's screening them this weekend at the Toronto Underground Cinema, along with a double bill of his already classic comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Here's the skinny:
August 6th7:00pm Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright,...
- 8/6/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Welcome to the absurd. The Seventh Curse is one of the most unreasonably entertaining B-movies you'll see out of Hong Kong, mainly because it’s so fucking insane. The names involved already promises a bastard of a movie; with a screenplay by low-brow legend Wong Jing (who has written and directed over 100 movies, including the God of Gamblers series and a couple of Jet Li films), and directed by Ngai Kai Lam (the director of cult favorite Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky).
I stumbled onto The Seventh Curse somewhat by accident many years ago, when I was on a Chow Yun Fat binge. I didn’t even realize who the director was at first; but was then pleasantly surprised, needless to say. This one, I dare say, actually tops Riki-Oh in terms of being completely over-the-top, which anyone who has seen Riki-Oh can tell you, is a feat worthy of the Louvre.
I stumbled onto The Seventh Curse somewhat by accident many years ago, when I was on a Chow Yun Fat binge. I didn’t even realize who the director was at first; but was then pleasantly surprised, needless to say. This one, I dare say, actually tops Riki-Oh in terms of being completely over-the-top, which anyone who has seen Riki-Oh can tell you, is a feat worthy of the Louvre.
- 10/24/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
As if Toronto wasn’t spoiled enough by its annual international film festival, The Bloor Cinema (596 Bloor Street) will be showing a series of diverse genre flicks over the course of six weeks programmed by Shaun Of The Dead director Edgar Wright, who’s in town shooting his new film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Wright has chosen some of his favorites for single and double features starting this Saturday, February 28, and continuing every weekend until Sunday, April 12, in a program entitled The Wright Stuff.
The features include a gory Asian cult classic, a Jackie Chan kung fu extravaganza, three off-kilter musicals and one of the best from Canadian fright master David Cronenberg, along with Wrights two previous comedy features, Shaun and Hot Fuzz, and his cult fave TV series Spaced (all starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost); the director will appear in person to do Q&As on two of the evenings.
The features include a gory Asian cult classic, a Jackie Chan kung fu extravaganza, three off-kilter musicals and one of the best from Canadian fright master David Cronenberg, along with Wrights two previous comedy features, Shaun and Hot Fuzz, and his cult fave TV series Spaced (all starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost); the director will appear in person to do Q&As on two of the evenings.
- 2/24/2009
- Fangoria
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