ISMN: “Return of the Demon” (1987) - Saturday Oct. 15th @ 7:30 PM (New location, check below!)
Please notice the location change this week! See address below :)
This week’s feature - Not Available on Netflix #12:
”Return of the Demon” (1987)
aka “Mo Gao Yi Zhang”
DVDR/English Subtitles/96 Mins/Not Rated
In spite of it’s title, this film is NOT a sequel! But, as you can see at the top of the Videodisc image above, yes this is a Mr. Vampire cash-in film! Although this movie has absolutely no vampires in it, hopping or otherwise, it was made in a similar style and mood as the other bizarre Chinese horror comedy films happening during the whole MR. V craze in the 1980’s.
I came across this film by chance, and as goofy and random as this film is, thinking it was going to be another sub-par attempt at comedy horror, I was pleasantly surprised at how watchable it was. It ranks better in my mind than most of the Mr. V ripoffs :) The bizarre situations and humor are top notch weirdness, that you would NEVER see in an American film. It’s this type of exotica that draws me to these films time and time again.
Other than a cameo of Wu Ma (Mr. Vampire 1-3, Chinese Ghost Story 1&2) as a doctor, this film doesn’t have a lot of celebrities many Westerners would recognize.
Not just a cash in of the Mr. V craze, this film also seems to combine elements of Encounter of the Spooky Kind, The Werewolf, Indiana Jones and Jackie Chan’s Armor of God.
(Above: Weird poster for this forgotten film.)
Personally, I love it, and can’t wait to share it this weekend :)
See another review and opinion of Return of the Demon @ http://impossiblefunky.blogspot.com/2007/08/return-of-demon-mo-gao-yi-zhang-ying.html
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Bonus Short Film:
“Madness from Terror” (Mexico 1961)
aka “Locura de Terror”
DVDR/B&W/Spanish with No Subtitles/Not Rated
A scientist does experiments on melting humans down to their skeletal form, until he decides to melt everything off a man except for his head which causes a bit of mayhem in the lab.
Ridiculous foreign film. This is the edited down version for non-Spanish speakers, showing only the “good” scenes. Great cheesy camp effects! Perfecto :)
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Time: Saturday Oct. 15th @ 7:30 PM
Place: The home of Joseph Winter and Will McCalister etc. - 363 w 300 s, Springville, UT
See you there :)
BCSTERRETT
