The VHS Archives: Yeung Chun Bong's NINJA HOLOCAUST (1985)

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NINJA HOLOCAUST

Yeung Chun Bong's Tou Qing Ke (1985)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: Mogul Communications, Inc.

Catalog: MOG1020

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: 1987

Runtime: 95:21

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Yeung Chun Bong

Year of Release: 1985

Country of Origin: South Korea, Hong Kong

Stars: Michael Chan, Casanova Wong, Richard Harrison, Philip Ko

AKAs: 108 Golden Killers, City Ninja, Ninja Strike, Rocky's Love Affairs

Verbatim Box Synopsis

NINJAS also known as the Black Society deal in death. In this all action thriller the mystical Ninja clan, for for their expertise in the use of deadly weapons and combat skills, are hired to assassinate Tai Lung and steal important necklaces with numbers inscribed on them of a secret Swiss bank account.

Murder follows murder as the evil gangsters eliminate each other in probably the greatest martial arts / Ninja movie ever. 

U.S Mogul Communications sleeve!

Awesome fight clips, uploaded by TheGialloGrindhouse!

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The VHS Archives: Bruce Le's GYMKATA KILLER (1980)

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GYMKATA KILLER

Bruce Le's Challenge of the Tiger (1980)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: All American Video
Catalog: AAV110
Box Type: Clamshell
Year of Release: ?
Runtime: 88:26
Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs
Extras: None

About the Film
Director: Bruce Le
Year of Release: 1980
Country of Origin: Italy / USA / Hong Kong

Stars: Bruce Le, Richard Harrison, Nadiuska, Brad Harris, Bolo Yeung

AKAs: Challenge of the Tiger, Seize the Formula

Verbatim Box Synopsis

When a mysterious doctor is brutally murdered in Spain, it seems just another case for the local police.  But when it is discovered that a secret formula, capable of exterminating the entire human race, has been stolen by the murderers, the CIA are immediately notified.  Officer Huang Lung is given the task of tracking down the terrorists before they can hold the world to ransom.  His dangerous mission takes him from Europe to the rat infested slums of Hong Kong, where rival gangs of Viet-Cong and Chinese take on the Challenge of the Tiger.  It's a race against time and Huang Lung meets out his own brand of justice, only to be met with bigger and greater dangers around every alley way.

U.S. All American Video sleeve!

 U.K. Stablecane Home Video sleeve!

Dutch PRO Video sleeve, originally scanned by "Harm!"

Bonus trailer, uploaded by "OurManInHavana"!

Notes

Another one of my favorite finds, it's movies like this that kept me buying every oddball tape I could get my hands on.  From its opening sequence, where Richard Harrison plays tennis with two topless chicks in slow motion while an incredibly infectious funk song jams in the background, to its kung fu bullfight finished with x-ray animation, to its berserk sperm-killing plotline that might as well have stepped out of an Arizal film, there's something here to put a smile on anyone's face.  When Mondo Macabro first told me they were grabbing some films from Dick Randall's estate I practically begged them to pick this one up.  Happily, they were already on the case and unleashed a great looking, properly framed release paired with the insane Filipino midget spy flick, For Y'ur Height Only.  Highly, highly recommended.  Screenplay by Poon Fan!

Producer Dick Randall relaxes with stars Bruce Le and Brad Harris.  (Photo courtesy Bamboo Gods & Bionic Boys' Andrew Leavold.)

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Project Mogul: Luigi Batzella's SABOTAGE! (1979)

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SABOTAGE!

Luigi Batzella's Strategia per una missione di morte (1979)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: All American Video

Catalog: AAV117

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 79:29

Print:  1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras:  None

About the Film

Director: Luigi Batzella

Year of Release: 1979

Country of Origin: Italy / France

Stars: Richard Harrison, Gordon Mitchell, Gino Turini, Olivier Mathot

AKAs: Black Gold, Black Gold Dossier, Plan for a Death Mission

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A party of commandos are sent by an oil exploration company on a deadly mission of sabotage.

Benson leads the strike force and in the violent battle that follows the sabateurs reach their objective.

Explosives wreck the derricks, pipelines and oil tanks... the whole plant is turned into a burning inferno of fire and destruction.

A story of high suspense and human drama.

U.S. All American Video sleeve!

  

German Top/pic sleeve!

Italian Cinehollywood sleeve!

Notes
Bob Monell from I'm in a Jess Franco State of Mind had the following amusing remarks about this film: "Crazed use of stock footage, some of it reversed [!]. I asked Alain Petit, one of the scriptwriters, about this and he told me Eurocine ignored his screenplay and just cut and pasted it together. Demented music also. Harrison looks miserable."

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