The Island
(Sang sei sin)
Po-chih Leong
- 1985
- Hong Kong
- Horror
- 1h32mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
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This was supposed to be a desert island! But Mr Cheung's voyage with his pupils will turn into a nightmare when he discovers its dangerous inhabitants: three psychopath brothers and their insane mother who form a charming little family bound together by crime.
After the breathtaking He Lives By Night and before his return to England with the beautiful Wisdom Of Crocodiles, Po-Chih Leong directed this powerfully savage slasher movie, a Hong Kong echo to Tobe Hooper's tacky redneck slasher movies, featuring a degenerate family. The bloody mama and her sons, the increasingly hysterical atmosphere that pervades, recall Charles Kaufman’s Mother's Day. You leave the movie with sweaty palms and no particular desire to play Robinson Crusoe. A blood bath with an agitated mother, highly recommended…
Credits
- With : John Sham, Hoi-lun Au, Timothy Zao, Ching-yuen Tse, Wai Kwan Kwok...
- Screenplay : The Dak Bo Creative Group, Kei Shu
- Photography : David Chung, Hang-sang Poon
- Editing : Peter Cheung
- Music by : Law Dik
- Production : Sammo Kam-bo Hung
