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double bill by Bosco Lam, Kin-Nam Cho, never released in the UK, just released on US Blu-ray
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A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1 & 2 is a double bill by Bosco Lam, Kin-Nam Cho
Starring Yvonne Hung Yung, Lawrence Ng and Mai Ching Never released in the UK. There are Mandarin & Cantonese language variants.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2024 Vinegar Syndrome [A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1 + 2] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad
released on 27th August 2024
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story is a 1994 Hong Kong film by Bosco Lam
Starring Yvonne Hung Yung, Lawrence Ng and Mai Ching
 Never released in the UK. There are Mandarin & Cantonese language variants.
Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2 is a 1998 Hong Kong horror thriller by Kin-Nam Cho
Starring Mark Ho-nam Cheng, Yolinda Yam and Wai-Kin Lam
Never released in the UK.
Promotional Material *This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s. Notorious even amongst Hong Kong's Cat III films, A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY 1
& 2 remain some of the most outrageous entries in the genre, thanks to their shameless blending of explicit sex and extreme violence all played with a touch of macabre humor. Unfolding like a set of Shaw Bros wuxia films gone horribly wrong, both
take full advantage of their period settings to indulge in the grisly details of all types of archaic torture. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present these two jaw-dropping highlights of early 90's Hong Kong exploitation filmmaking on Blu-ray for the first
time in the U.S., newly and exclusively restored from their original negatives and presented completely uncut, along with the never-on-disc presentation of the Mandarin language edit of A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY featuring exclusive and alternate
scenes. A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY - A beautiful young woman named Little Cabbage is sold by her family to a wealthy scholar named Yang in order to become his future concubine. However, Yang's overbearing wife becomes jealous of Little
Cabbage and arranges to have her married off to a well-endowed peasant. When Little Cabbage's new husband is found dead, poisoned by a powerful aphrodisiac, Little Cabbage and Yang are brought in front of a bloodthirsty court to face charges of
conspiring to commit murder. Maintaining their innocence, Little Cabbage and Yang are forced to endure unspeakable torture at the hands of a corrupt judge in an attempt to make them confess. Cleverly told in a series of flashbacks, this horrific and
hilarious film features wall-to-wall sex and violence, culminating in an explosive "climax" unlike anything you've seen before. A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY II - Ma, a man rising in the ranks of politics, is traveling to the capital
when he is accosted by two down-on-their-luck bandits, Wong and Cheung. Taking pity on the two lowly peasants, Ma agrees to help his new friends better their lives, partly due to Ma's attraction to Wong's sister (who also happens to be Cheung's fiancée),
the young and beautiful Lotus. When they all arrive in the capital to take Ma up on his generous offer, they discover that Ma has embroiled them in an elaborate con, and soon find themselves caught up in a saga of jealousy, betrayal, and of
course...torture. An equally deranged follow-up to its infamous predecessor, this in-name-only sequel does its best to increase not only the amount of sex and eroticism, but also the levels of cringe-inducing violence. Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Region Free Blu-ray Set
2. Newly scanned and restored in 2K from their 35mm original negatives
3. Commentary track with film historian Samm Deighan (Part #1)
4. Commentary track with film historian Frank Djeng (Part #2)
5. Alternate 92-minute Mandarin language edit of A CHINESE TORTURE CHAMBER STORY with newly translated English subtitles
6. Brand new interview with Wong Jing, producer of A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1 & 2 (5 min)
7. "The CAT III
Films of Wong Jing" (17 min) - a video essay by Justin Decloux of The Important Cinema Club
8. "Titillating Torture" (18 min) - a video essay by film historian Erica Shultz
9. Original Cantonese and English trailers for A Chinese
Torture Chamber Story
10. Original Cantonese trailer for A Chinese Torture Chamber Story II
11. English opening title sequence for A Chinese Torture Chamber Story
12. Booklet with an essay by film historian and author Grady Hendrix
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Reversible sleeve artwork
14. Newly translated English subtitles
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2019 US Adult Film by Ricky Greenwood, cut by the BBFC, just released on UK DVD
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Prison Heat is a 2019 US Adult Film by Ricky Greenwood
Starring Carter Cruise, Ana Foxxx and Sinn Sage
BBFC category cuts were required for an 18 rated video release in 2024.
Promotional Material After murdering her husband, Linda (Carter Cruise), is sent to prison. She`s placed in a cell with Hope (Ana Foxxx) an older inmate. With the help of Hope, Linda feels
more secure, especially at night when Eleanor (Sinn Sage), the heartless warden, does her rounds. In addition to this, she has to deal with the prison bullies Elvira (Alison Ray) and Bette (Serene Siren), the prison doctor who exchanges sexual favours
for protection. The heat rises when all the girls end up together at night...
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1972 Italy/France mystery thriller by Marco Bellocchio, cut by the BBFC for UK Blu-ray release on 18th November 2024
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Slap the Monster on Page One is a 1972 Italy/France mystery thriller by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Fabio Garriba and Carla Tatò
BBFC cuts were required for a 15 rated Blu-ray release in 2024. The BBFC cited child protection issues.
UK: BBFC 15 rated for strong bloody violence, language, threat, injury detail after BBFC cuts:
The BBFC commented: This film required a compulsory cut to a potentially indecent image of a child. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy, and the Protection of Children Act 1978.
Thanks to Mike who reports on a discussion from another forum:
At one point in the film an investigative journalist goes to the house of the chief murder suspect and takes a look inside his closet. He sees a range of pictures of children and religious iconography of cherubs. These
images are all perfectly innocent, but there is another composite image of a nude adult woman in a sexualised pose with the head of the underaged murder victim stuck on top of it. As I understand it, this would be considered a
pseudo-photograph under UK law, and indecent since it gives the impression of being an image of a child. If so, then I'm fairly sure it's the first indecent pseudo-photograph that the BBFC have ever cut..
Promotional Material
Days before a general election a young girl is raped and murdered. Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonté, The Working Class Goes to Heaven), the editor of a right-wing newspaper uses the story to help the conservative
candidate his paper supports. The tumultuous time of Italy's 'Years of Lead' are captured in Marco Bellocchio's powerful political drama which directly addressed topics of its day and even prefigured the creation of the right-wing paper Il giornale,
which came into being two years after this film. In an age of media manipulation Slap the Monster on Page One has never been more relevant and stands proudly alongside such Italian activist classics as We Still Kill the Old Way and The Mattei Affair.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- 4K restoration of the film from the original negative by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Surf Film and Kavac Film, under the supervision of director Marco Bellocchio
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Archival interview with
Marco Bellocchio (21 mins)
- Newly filmed interview with critic and author Mario Sesti (2024, 25 mins)
- Appreciation by filmmaker Alex Cox (2024, 10 mins)
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve
featuring designs based on original posters
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Wesley Sharer
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