What struck me immediately while watching this delicious trip down terror lane was its gorgeous cinematography. We get glistening mixes of neon and glass and rain and shadows and they really add up to something special.
It's the same genre as THE UNTOLD STORY, but I really like this film more than that. Simon Yam is as good as Anthony Wong and the comic relief is not as irritating in this. It's still there and it's more integrated, (a severed breast tossed around, for example), but it doesn't detract much from the horror at hand.
The climax is very Argento-esque, almost SUSPIRIA-like as Lam's victim is pursued through the woods in a rainstorm. The rain motif is ever-present and reminded me of Hong Kong's RAINY NIGHT KILLER, perhaps another film "inspired" by Lam's modus operandi.
But directors Billy Tang (RUN AND KILL) and Danny Lee produce magnificent cinematic grande guignol in this amazing little shocker. And the photography and design is ably supported by a gorgeous score and superior production design.
The scenes of necrophilia are, at once, erotic and repugnant, and the visualization of Lam's madness is thoroughly authentic.
Unfortunately, I have not seen the Spanish "uncut" of this, though I can guess exactly where the cuts were made because they are obvious in the Cat 3 Hong Kong print and DVD.
Gorgeous horror.
It's the same genre as THE UNTOLD STORY, but I really like this film more than that. Simon Yam is as good as Anthony Wong and the comic relief is not as irritating in this. It's still there and it's more integrated, (a severed breast tossed around, for example), but it doesn't detract much from the horror at hand.
The climax is very Argento-esque, almost SUSPIRIA-like as Lam's victim is pursued through the woods in a rainstorm. The rain motif is ever-present and reminded me of Hong Kong's RAINY NIGHT KILLER, perhaps another film "inspired" by Lam's modus operandi.
But directors Billy Tang (RUN AND KILL) and Danny Lee produce magnificent cinematic grande guignol in this amazing little shocker. And the photography and design is ably supported by a gorgeous score and superior production design.
The scenes of necrophilia are, at once, erotic and repugnant, and the visualization of Lam's madness is thoroughly authentic.
Unfortunately, I have not seen the Spanish "uncut" of this, though I can guess exactly where the cuts were made because they are obvious in the Cat 3 Hong Kong print and DVD.
Gorgeous horror.