Diary of a Lady-Killer (Ko Nakahira, Hong Kong, 1969)

Businessman Zhou (Han Ching) has a problem. His prim and proper fiancee Xiulan (Fang Chin) won’t let him have sex. So Zhou resorts to chatting up a succession of easy lays to satisfy his urges. But one by one the women Zhou’s slept with turn up dead – strangled – and when Zhou finds his latest lover choked with his … Read the rest

The Delightful Forest (Chang Cheh and Pao Hsuen-Li, Hong Kong, 1972)

In prison after slaying his cheating sister-in-law and her lover swordmaster Wu Sung (Ti Lung) finds himself begged by the prison boss’s son Shih-En (Tien Ching) to defeat a thug named Chung (Chu Mu), who’s seized control of a town known as The Delightful Forest. In combat Wu emerges victorious but Chung’s boss, corrupt local official Commander Zheng, has our … Read the rest

The Black Tavern (Teddy Yip Wing-Cho, Hong Kong, 1972)

Thieves and brigands converge on a remote inn to ambush a government official due to arrive with a treasure chest he’s transporting. The most lethal of the bad guys, the Whip Devil (Ku Feng), cuts down all his competitors except for a fellow thief named Kang (Li Tung) with whom he’s forced into an uneasy alliance. But when the official … Read the rest

Fangs Of The Cobra (Sun Chung, Hong Kong, 1977)

Tang (Hua Tsung) returns home to take over his father’s farm and falls in love with the pretty Ah Fen (Yao Hsia). When the villainous Brother Hu (Hung Wei) attempts to ensnare Tang in the clutches of his glamourous but devious girlfriend Cousin Man-ling (Danna) he only succeeds in drawing Tang and Ah Fen even closer together. With marriage in … Read the rest

Dream Lovers (Tony Au, Hong Kong, 1986)

Two Hong Kong residents, orchestra conductor Song (Chow Yun-Fat) and Cheung (Brigitte Lin) are haunted by visions of each other as lovers during the Chinese Qin dynasty 2,000 years earlier. After the two meet and spend the night together Song must face Cher (Wah Lei) his heartbroken fiancĂ© of eight years and revelations from Cheung’s father and his business associate … Read the rest

Killer Constable (Kuei Chih-hung, Hong Kong, 1980)

In 19th century China a massive gold robbery at the court of the Manchurian Empress sends a squad headed by Constable Leng (Chen Kuan-tai) – a man with a well earned reputation for unsparing brutality when it comes to dealing with lawbreakers – on a hunt for the culprits, members of the despised Han minority. But the villains, led by … Read the rest

Big Bad Sis (Sun Chung, Hong Kong, 1976)

Seamstress Ying (Chen Ping) beats the crap out of a garment factory’s resident dyke when she tries to rape newbie Fong (Chong Lee) in the toilets. After hearing of Fong and co-worker Sai’s (Siu Yam-Yam) tragic histories Ying agrees to train the two girls in street fighting. But in the process Ying is brought face to face with her past … Read the rest

The Sword And The Lute (Sui Jang-Hung, Hong Kong, 1967)

Kuei Wu (Jimmy Wang-yu) and Lien Chu (Chin Ping) are escorting the deadly dart-spitting Phoenix Lute when it’s stolen by the Flying Tiger Clan whose leader, Wei Feihu (Miao Ching), frantically seeks a cure after his own son is poisoned by the Lute’s darts during battle. But Feihu’s attempt to trick the innocent Shen Shuwen (Yueh Hua) into leading him … Read the rest

Broken Oath (Jeong Chang-hwa, Hong Kong, 1977)

Jie (Angela Mao) sets out to take vengeance on four ruthless killers and their master – the corrupt Prince Kui – who murdered her parents 20 years before. Armed with her own formidable kung-fu skills and a collection of deadly scorpions, Jie is helped in her quest by a mother and son team of pickpockets, Thousand Hands and her son … Read the rest

Erotic Nightmare (Wai-Man Cheng, Hong Kong, 1999)

Cracking, sexy variation on the old ‘dreams can kill’ scenario with the great Anthony Wong as a sexually frustrated husband (wife has a heart problem) stitched up like a kipper by an occultist who offers him sizzlingly hot erotic dreams for a price. At first it’s great fun for our Anthony but corpses soon begin to turn up around the … Read the rest