"The Devil Commands" (1941) / "Ebola Syndrome" (1996)
"The Devil Commands"
From the back of the box: "A respected scientist experimenting with brain wave impulses loses his beloved wife in an auto accident. Overwhelmed by grief, he attempts to record his deceased wife's brain patterns. When his experiment registers her brain activity, he frantically escalates his research. Enlisting the aide of a scheming clairvoyant, he resorts to desperate measures, even grave robbing and using the corpses as human radio tubes, to facilitate contact with his wife. As the bodies pile up and townsfolk close in, will the mad doctor finally break through to the other side?
The haiku review
Hey, hey there, Karloff!
Where you gonna go with that
Body in your hands?
Did you know? This film was directed by Edward Dmytryk (notice the lack of any proper vowels in that surname), the same guy who directed "The Caine Mutiny," which was nominated for 10 Academy awards, including Best Actor (Humphrey Bogart), Best Picture & Best Director.
"Ebola Syndrome"
From the back of the box: "Kai San is a sleazy and despicable bastard of the most epic proportions! After being caught screwing the wife of his boss, he goes on a killing spree and flees Hong Kong.
"10 years later, Kai finds himself working as a restaurant chef in South Africa. Overworked, underpaid, berated, and extorted by the restaurant owners who know of his fugitive status, Kai is a ticking timebomb ...
"While visiting an ebola infected tribe to purchase some discount meat for the restaurant, Kai takes time out of his busy schedule to rape a sick native woman on his way back to work. Fortunately for our anti-hero, he's a one-in-a-million guy - the kind that recovers from ebola, yet continues to carry and spread the disease. Now he's mad as hell, and he's not gonna take it anymore! Kai embarks on an over the top killing/ raping/ ebola-spreading rampage unlike anything you have ever seen! The ebola burgers are hot on the grill, and the bodily fluids are flowing freely! Directed by Herman Yau, and starring Anthony Wong in a truly brilliant performance, 'Ebola Syndrom' offers up plenty of gore and sex, tempered with a wicked sense of humor."
The haiku review
Kai San - a great cook
Who makes ebola burgers;
People still eat 'em!
Watch for: The deleted scenes. Holy crap, in a film that features a guy raping a chick bleeding from every orifice, who goes on to eventually vomit blood on him, can you even imagine what was cut from the film? There's a scene where Kai San gets pissed on, a scene where he cuts out some chick's tongue, a scene where he gouges out some dude's eyes ... gorehounds, this one just might test your limits.
Star of the film: Lo Meng, the operator of the restaurant, who was also the Toad from "Five Deadly Venoms."
Wordz of Wisdom: "God created Ebola, not me. And His virus will kill all you bastards."
Sunday, October 14, 2007
SGM Month of Halloween Horror Movie Double Feature for October 14
2 comments:
I remember "Ebola Syndrome" from your Google A-Z post and this expanded plot summary makes the movie seem even more deranged. That kind of villainy requires a massive comeuppance and I can't begin to imagine a satisfying resolution.
Keep in mind, Kai San (the dude doing all the ill shit) is the hero of this little freakshow.
It's actually a pretty sad ending. Like any crime film where a dame is the downfall of the dude. Kai San just wants a better life, but he hasn't the first clue in how to get it. The end is kinda like the siege scene in "Heat," though.
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