![]() So this might be the last Shawscope set we will get… even though Shaw Brothers have produced over 700 films. The rest of the collection, I have not seen, so I won’t comment on them for now. In fact, I love most Shaw Brothers horror, so it’s a welcome addition to my collection. It looks like the odd/weird film in the bunch is the Shaw Brothers horror film The Boxer’s Omen. I own all of Chang Cheh’s films (that’s officially released), and I always enjoy a good Cheh throw-down. They did offset the comedy with some classic “Venom” films, including Invincible Shaolin (love this one! aka “Shaolin vs Wu-Tang”), The Kid with the Golden Arm, Magnificent Ruffians, and Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. I own both of these films already, and don’t really care for them. So I’m not looking forward to seeing the comedy stuff (even if it’s on Bluray): Mad Monkey Kung Fu (in fact, I just bought this from 88 Films in March 2022 and hated it) and My Young Auntie. With that said, it looks like Volume 2 has a few ‘comedy kung fu’, that I dislike so much. The extra long boxset will be officially released on November 22, 2022… but as we all know, they sometime will ship out early.Īs I have already mentioned in my review of Shawscope: Volume One, I thought it was missing some key films and would hope they address it with the 36th Chamber of Shaolin trilogy - and, of course, the three films ( The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Return to the 36th Chamber, and Disciples of the 36th Chamber) will be the centerpiece of Volume 2. I’m so happy to see that Arrow Films has finally announced their Shawscope: Volume Two boxset. I love Gummer when she was in Mr Robot, so I love seeing her in Let the Right One In. The only exception is that they cast Grace Gummer (Meryl Streep’s daughter) as Claire Logan. MAKEMKV THE LAST WITCH HUNTER MPLS TVWhile it’s too early to judge the series, right now, I am not loving this new TV show. Again, I haven’t read the novel, so I don’t know how true they are to the story, but I suspect these new ideas were created for the television show. I don’t think these new storylines … I think they did this so they can stretch out the story in a new directions. ![]() There’s also another family with a vampire child. They also introduce this secondary story about how they are trying to solve the vampire problem by hunting down and killing the original vampire. Her father (perhaps?) is Lebanese, and the whole story takes place in America. Eli the vampire girl, they made her Spanish. Right away, they made all sorts of changes to the novel, like changing the race of the 12-year-old boy. The new Showtime television series, Let the Right One In, is loosely based on the book. ![]() The way the story is told, it’s not really a horror film, but more like a weird love story. If you’re not familiar with the story, it’s about vampire child who befriends a 12-year-old boy. I even thought the American re-make of the film, titled Let Me In (2010), starring Chloë Grace Moretz, was not bad and it told a more cohesive story. I’ve never read the original book, but I am a fan of the 2008 Swedish horror film Let the Right One In. The comic book did a good job in telling different stories in that universe… and a television show could have the same structure. You can tell so much different stories, based on the box. For example, you can have a death every episode, as the box travel from hand to hand. To me, that made a lot sense, to treat the franchise as a regular television program. Note: When I first heard that Hulu was making a Hellraiser film, I immediately thought it was a television show. Next to Hellraiser and Hellraiser II: Hellbound, this new 2022 Hellraiser is worthy of the title. There’s also a new Chatterer, a new Angelique, and some new Cenobites that I’ve never seen before. We’ve had different actors played Pinhead in the past, so it’s not out of the realm of possibly to replace the original Pinhead played by Doug Bradley. I didn’t even mind that Pinhead is now played by a woman. I like the new additions to Clive Barker’s original story, and I think it is fresh and exciting to get new ideas to this franchise. The other new rule is that if you solve the box’s six configuration, you are granted with an audience with the Cenobite’s god Leviathan. Once you are marked, the Cenobites will appear to destroy you. Instead of just another sequel, like so many of the other Hellraiser films, this new Hulu version created new rules and lore on the Lemarchand’s puzzle box… namely that the box can cut you with hidden blades to feed the box. ![]() Barker, himself, wrote and directed the original Hellraiser film in 1987, which set a new standard for horror films. The 2022 Hellraiser film based on and re-imagined Clive Barker’s Hellbound Heart novella. The first really good horror film to come out this year is the new Hellraiser film, exclusive to Hulu. ![]()
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