Saturday, 17 March 2012

ATTACKAFANT on the rampage in Thailand

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(March 2012) FRED ANDERSON (r) with his bf on the left and CHRISTOPH KLÜPPEL in the middle. Klüppel looks like he could crush them both in ...
Monday, 5 March 2012

TNT JACKSON (Philippines, 1974) - trailer

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Check out Video Junkie's new review here . Kewl, mate!
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Saturday, 25 February 2012

The confusing Turkish / Italian SUPERGUYS series

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There's THE FLYING SUPERBOY film, and there's the SUPERGUYS series, and then there's the 3 FANTASTIC SUPERMEN films ... have...
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Kothar's "Short reviews of weird movies"

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I've posted a couple of Kothar 's reviews on this blog before but here's a link to his thread on Cinehound message board. I...
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Saturday, 18 February 2012

Sally Yeh's forgotten cannibal movie

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I watched Cheuk Ang-Tong's MARIANNA tonight. It's a HK horror movie from 1982 mostly shot in the Philippines. One of the two femal...
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Friday, 17 February 2012

DEADLY ANGELS STRIKE BACK (Indonesia, 1981)

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aka Cewek Jagoan beraski Kembali (original Indonesian title) Director: Danu Umbar a This is the sequel for 5 DEADLY ANGELS . In contradi...
Monday, 30 January 2012

Category III horror: ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA (Hong Kong, 1995)

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Laserdisc / HK DVD / Taiwan / alternative print
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New German BIONIC BOY dvd is a bootleg

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A few days ago I posted about what I called a new official DVD release of BIONIC BOY & DYNAMITE JOHNSON from Germany. Unfortunately I...

THE FLYING SUPERBOY (Turkey, 19??)

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aka BAS BELASI (Turkey) VHS / Norway / fullscreen / English dub / Norwegian subs VHS / Denmark / fullscreen / English dub / Danish subs ...
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

THUNDER KID (Thailand, 1980) - trailer

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aka เจ้าพายุ (Thailand) [translation: Hurricane] Stars: Sorapong Chatree and Nard Poowanai Trailer from IFD's official YouTube ...

POLICE FORCE 555 (Thailand, 1976) - trailer

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aka CHOMPAE aka ชุมแพ (Thailand) aka Police Force (Sweden) S: Sombat Metanee & Nard Poowanai Rare trailer for rare movie from...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

BIONIC BOY and DYNAMITE JOHNSON finally on DVD!

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Well, I ought to say they are finally on DVD again as they are already on DVD in South Africa but those two DVDs are long out of print and...
Sunday, 15 January 2012

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THEY CALL HIM CHOP SUEY - trailer

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Mega-mega-mega rare trailer for Jun Gallardo 's Filipino kung fu film starring Ramon Zamora . Produced by Bobby A. Suarez

HITMAN (aka American Commandos) - original trailer and rare Danish trailer

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Directed by: Bobby A. Suarez (Philippines, 1986) Original trailer:   Rare alternative trailer made for the Danish market (HITMAN was a co...

RAW FORCE - trailer

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(Philippines, 1982)

THE BEASTS - trailer

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Directed by Dennis Yu (Hong Kong, 1980) NB: THE BEASTS is the original version of the cut & paste film that Video Search of Miami used t...
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THE BIG BIRD CAGE - trailer

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Jack Hill (Philippines, 1972)  

THE BIG DOLL HOUSE - trailer

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dir: Jack Hill (Philippines, 1971)    

SAVAGE - trailer

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dir: Cirio H. Santiago (Philippines, 1973)

FIRECRACKER (aka Naked Fist) - trailer

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Directed by Cirio H. Santiago (Philippines, 1981)

FLY ME - trailer (tv spot)

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dir: Cirio H. Santiago (Philippines, 1973) Trailer for Cirio H. Santiago's FLY ME is now on YouTube. Sure, it's a short one, bu...
Saturday, 14 January 2012

Shopping tip for that thar rare world-weird horror movie

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Spiralheadcase on ebay in Japan has the Japanese VHS of the rare HK horror comedy FIRST VAMPIRE IN CHINA up for auction! For the HKMDB go h...
Friday, 13 January 2012

Review of Cirio H. Santiago's FLY ME & COVER GIRL MODELS over at "Rock! Shock! Pop!"

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While we're waiting for SHOUT! FACTORY 's upcoming release of Lethal Ladies vol. 2 which contains the two RARE Cirio H. Santiago f...
Thursday, 12 January 2012

BLOOD THIRST (Philippines, 1966/71)

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Here's the Filipino film BLOOD THIRST . It stars Vic Diaz and was originally made in 1966 but wasn't released until 1971. Somethin...
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Let's have a "woo-woo" for Taiwan!!

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Gee whiz!! One of my fave Hong Kong "girls with guns" flicks is KILLER ANGELS (starring Moon Lee). Unfortunately, it's neve...
Sunday, 8 January 2012

BRUTAL SORCERY Ocean Shores VHS

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I have lost count of how many times I've lost the Ocean Shores VHS release of BRUTAL SORCERY . But now... NOW... I've finally won ...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

Alapaap over at Ninja Dixie

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Just to let you know Fred Anderson reviewed the obscure and rare Filipino horror movie ALAPAAP (aka Counds) over at Ninja Dixon . Also che...
Thursday, 22 December 2011

Rumbling elephants return to Thailand

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How cool is this! Our friend Fred Anderson of ATTACKAFANT ENTERTAINMENT is featured on a two page spread in the new December (2011) issue ...
Saturday, 17 December 2011

STONE BOY - trailer

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aka ROCO, ANG BATANG BATO (original title) aka BOY GOD (USA vhs)  Check out this trailer for the wild Filipino film  ROCO, ANG BATANG BATO !...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011

REVENGE OF THE CORPSE (HK, 1982)

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aka THE BLOOD THIRSTY DEAD Unfortunately, I don't have this Shaw Brothers HK horror movie. Until very recently all there was was a very ...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Some great news... and some terrible news!

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The bad news first: SensAsian in Malaysia has closed down!!! There's a message on their website! Boo-hoo!!! And the good news: ThaiC...
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Saturday, 19 November 2011

CORPSE MANIA (Hong Kong, 1981)

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Good quality video-cd from Celestial. review by GÜNTER MÜLLER "You may regret it, but you'll never forget it" says the ba...

ALUCARDA (Mexico, 1975)

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Here's yet another cool review from the Günter Müller WEIRD ASIA archive. I totally agree with Günter's enthusiasm in regards to ALU...
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Friday, 18 November 2011

Upcoming SANTIAGO films have a release date

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As I've mentioned here before the next DVD set from SHOUT! FACTORY to contain Filipino co-productions is Lethal Ladies vol. 2 with FLY...
Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Ricky Hui - RIP

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Unfortunately I've just learnt that Ricky Hui has died (8/11/11). He was only 65. So sad. :( Ricky Hui was one of the funniest comedians...
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Friday, 28 October 2011

More FILIPINO films on AUSSIE dvd

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Recently I talked about the (then) upcoming Australian DVD releases of FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY, THE IMPOSSIBLE KID (first official DVD releas...
Monday, 17 October 2011

Shopping for that thar rare world-weird film

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Here's just a quick shopping tip for the Danish ex-rental VHS release of weird, wild, and wacky Indonesian JUNGLE VIRGIN FORCE (aka P...
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Friday, 14 October 2011

Ya got change for a fiver?

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Very, very happy today!!! I just received "The Hong Kong Filmography 1977-97" which I discovered completely by chance when a sel...

More editorial ramblings ... elsewhere

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The BACKYARD ASIA blog is exclusively on Asian cinema and I try and stick to posting about specific films and updates on new releases, and ...

Killer Elephants in downtown Stockholm!

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The DVD release from Fred Anderson 's spiffy new video label, ATTACKAFANT ENTERTAINMENT , is finally here!! Check out the cool cover f...
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Sunday, 9 October 2011

New promo trailer for CIRIO H. SANTIAGO's last film ROAD RAIDERS!!!

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Whoo-weee!!! Hot damn!! The official Roger Corman channel has just uploaded a promo trailer for Cirio H. Santiago 's last film; I'v...
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Thursday, 6 October 2011

Bill Barounis - RIP

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It's with great sadness that I post this. Bill Barounis of Onar Films (Greece) has died after a long battle with cancer. Bill leaves a...
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Sunday, 25 September 2011

TIGER CAGE kicking TIGER CAGE 2's ass

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I received my new TIGER CAGE 1-3 DVDs from HK this week. They're brand new releases and have been mucho wanted for years by me and ev...

CHINA WHITE (HK, 1989)

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Argh, please kick me in the head the next time you see me! I deserve it. My gawd, I put off buying this DVD because of rumours that it was ...
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