Episode 129: Hellbent for Hong Kong: CAT III films with Ryan Smith- PART TWO

Hellbent for Horror

Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 129

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Episode description

Welcome to PART TWO of our dive into Hong Kong CAT III films, the classification of the most outrageous, transgressive, explicit, and violent films. These films, made by a group of wild and unpredictable filmmakers, thrived from 1988 until the British Handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Hong Kong audiences loved these extremely unhinged movies, and their reputation spread across the globe!

Join my guest Ryan Smith of legendary Dreamhaven Books in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of the premiere experts on CAT III films, for this look at some of the heavy hitters of CAT III!

I hope you enjoy the show!

Movies Discussed:

BROTHER OF DARKNESS (1994)

UNDERGROUND BANKER (1994)

NAKED KILLER (1992)

SEX AND ZEN (1991)

THE ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA (1995)

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