DVD - October 07

'Naraka 19: The 19th Gate of Hell' on English subtitled DVD

Hong Kong horror‘Naraka 19' is now up for order on English subbed DVD. Based on a popular Internet novel, the movie was helmed by up and director Carol Lai. Gillian Chung takes on a lead film role as Rain, a student who checks into her dorm room at university only to discover that it has a troubled and ominous history. Ten years prior, a student named Gao Yuan committed suicide in the room, and the resulting psychic scars run very deep.

Rain's roommates begin getting text messages inviting them to play a special game, where they must traverse the 18 levels of Hell to reach the fabled "Naraka 19". However, the price failing a level is madness or even death! In order to uncover the game's secret, & her friends' fates, Rain agrees to join the game. She finds herself in a dark and bizarre world, surrounded by demons & ghostly creatures, with only her wits and her mobile phone to point the way home.

Naraka 19 trailer

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'Exiled' and 'Election 2' on R2 DVD

It’s a veritable JOHNNY TO film fest this month, with Optimum home Entertainment’s announcement of the UK Region 2 DVD release of two of his class-A thrillers. ‘Exiled’ & ‘Election 2.’

Exiled
“1998: Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. Against this background come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up, intent on thwarting them at every cost.”

Election 2
“Jimmy is an educated gangster: a member of one of Hong Kong’s oldest triads, Wo Sing, and in line to become its next Chairman. However, Jimmy wants to leave the Triad, go clean and build his own legitimate business empire. The irony that to do this he must first take control is not lost on him, and as he starts on a violent campaign trail an altogether greater power looms to threaten the future of both Wo Sing and Jimmy himself.”

Both discs hit the shelves on 22nd October 2007.

Korean horror 'The Cut' aka 'Cadaver' on English subtitled DVD

Egg Films and Chungeorahm films summer Korean horror title "The Cut" (Haeboohakgyosil) is released on DVD next week. The film is directed by Son Tae-woong and the cast features the young actors Han Ji-min and On Joo-wan. The films about medical students who one by one start to meet their death when they start dissecting a corpse of a mysterious beautiful woman.

Synopsis: “In a cold dark shaded anatomy class room, six student Doctors are taking part in anatomy class. Sun-hwa smart and confident; Ki-bum born to be a team leader full of confidence, Joong-suk son a hospital owner; Kyung-min too weak to be a doctor; Ji-young sexy and haughty but poor at study, Eun-joo studious nerd.

In the first class, they try to suppress their fear and approach the cadaver that is waiting for them…. The first meeting with a deadly beautiful Cadaver, and their nightmare begins. The cadaver is assigned to them, right after the first class. They suffer from ghosts and hallucinations. After several accidents and death of some team members, they start to realize something terrible is coming for them. They do their best to survive and find one clue: these accidents all have something to do with the female cadaver.

The Cut Offical site

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