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Well I think I just saw 2 Cult Classics of the Weirdest Hong Kong Horror and Category 3 Movies I have seen. The Haunted Cop Shop (1987) & Sex And The Emperor (1994) are some of the more Bizarre scenes I've seen. FINALLY both are on Blu Ray from 88 Films for you to have your mind BLOWN! At just how crazy these films are.
NEW Shaw Brothers Horror Collection – Volume One, featuring three of the studio’s most extreme and unrelenting horror films. These films deliver a mix of supernatural terror, eerie suspense, and intense practical FX. The Oily Maniac (1976), Seeding of a Ghost (1983) and Sex Beyond the Grave (1984). Worldwide first on Blu-ray! Limited to 1500 copies only
The Blue Jean Monster is a 1991 Hong Kong horror-comedy film directed by Ivan Lai. The movie is about a police officer named Joe who has a happy life with his pregnant wife. One day he gets a tip that a bank is about to be robbed and rushes to it but is killed. Joe becomes a vampire when a black cat jumps on his body and is hit by lightning. Can Joe take revenge on his killers? On BLU from 88 films.
In 1988, Hong Kong introduced the Category rating system, with the most horrific of subject matter falling under Category III, meaning: No persons younger than 18 years of age are permitted to rent, purchase, or watch this film in the cinema. Nothing new as most places have some sort of rating system, but this one was strict and rigorously enforced. However, from this, some of the gnarliest horror movies ever made came from this system
