Saturday 30 May 2020

Chinese Horror Explained EP#004: Frightening Embroidery Shoes

Welcome to our series where we attempted to explain the stories behind Chinese horror films, one of the most heavily regulated movie genres in Mainland China.

In this episode, we look at Frightening Embroidery Shoes AFF Link https://asianfilmfans.com/films/frightening-embroidery-shoes/ Genre Horror Thriller Director Junlin Wang Starring Yixuan He, Hanzhou Liu Original Title 惊魂绣花鞋

Saturday 23 May 2020

Chinese Horror Explained EP#003: Love Motel

Welcome to our series where we attempted to explain the stories behind Chinese horror films, one of the most heavily regulated movie genres in Mainland China.

In this episode, we look at the 2012 movie Love Motel, a movie that's pretty decent AFF Link N/A Genre Horror Thriller Director Laizhi Zheng Starring Victor Chen, Mi Gong, Anya Yu, Ming Zhao Original Title 恐怖旅馆

Saturday 16 May 2020

Chinese Horror Explained EP#002: Haunted Graduation Photo 1 and 2

Welcome to our series where we attempted to explain the stories behind Chinese horror films, one of the most heavily regulated movie genres in Mainland China.

In this episode, we look at Haunted Graduation Photo 1 and 2 AFF Link N/A Genre Horror Thriller Director Shiyu Lu Starring Yuan Chen, Li-er Lu, Wei Song and Qian Li Original Title (pt1) 碟仙之毕业照 (pt2) 恐怖毕业照2

Saturday 9 May 2020

Chinese Horror Explained EP#001: Haunted Dormitory: Marionette Teacher

Welcome to our series where we attempted to explain the stories behind Chinese horror films, one of the most heavily regulated movie genres in Mainland China. In this episode, we look at Haunted Dormitory: Marionette Teacher AFF Link https://asianfilmfans.com/films/haunted-dormitory-marionette-teacher/ Genre Horror Thriller Director Lu Shilei Starring Rongrong Sunny Xu, Wenlong Yue Original Title 怨灵宿舍之人偶老师

Saturday 2 May 2020

Where Are All The Good Chinese Horror Movies?

For a country with the second biggest box office in 2019 they’ve yet to produce a horror film with a recognisable status like its Asian neighbours. Well in this video, we are going to take a look at 10 Chinese horror films, and discuss how the filmmakers were able to get around the restrictions in place on horror movies.