We, as Americans, accept that, whenever a new vampire movie or show comes along, these Rules will in one way or another, figure into the plot. We’re comfortable with them and they, in return, are comfortable with us. Well, all that has changed for me. My world, as far as vampire-related matters are concerned, has been turned upside down.
The movie this week is MR. VAMPIRE, a little horror/martial arts gem from our friends in Hong Kong. Before that, though, a word on Hong Kong cinema. I tell you, there must be something in the water over there, because for the last thirty years or so, they have been putting out some seriously weird films. Not just weird… horrifying. The blood, guts and gore thrown around during your average film from Hong Kong at least rivals the great Troma studio films, if not surpasses them. In my humble, dime-store analysis, I think this has something to do with the extreme repression they’ve got going on over there. These people are told all there lives that being different is bad, being like everyone else is good and any deviation from the norm will result in, at the very least, bringing mortal shame to your ancestors. It’s only natural for a few people living in those conditions to snap, throw their clenched fists in the air and make some movies that involve people punching through other people (I’m referring to THE STORY OF RIKI, a movie that will soon grace these pages with it’s presence).
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