RAGING PHOENIX finally hitting the US next week

Not sure how this managed to slip by everyone on the radar, but it looks like Magnolia is putting the Thai martial arts film Raging Phoenix out on DVD and Blu-Ray in the US on September 14th, according to Amazon. The film stars Jija (or Jeeja) Yanin, best known for kicking all kinds of ass in Prachya Pinkaew's Chocolate, was produced by Panna Rittikrai and Pinkaew. It's not the greatest film in the world, but if you're as big a fan of Jija as we are, then it's worth watching.

Synopsis: A violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu (Jija Yanin) is saved by Sanim's crew. After learning their unique martial arts style, Deu helps lure the gang into an epic battle to save the women across Thailand.

Check out the official website for more info and the trailer.

Korean horror YOGA on R1 DVD

A horror movie set in a Yoga school might not sound the greatest premise for some decent scares, but Jae-yeon Yun’s (‘Whispering Corridors 3’) Yoga was definitely one of the best, and more unusual horror movies to come out of Korea in the last couple of years. Yoga is set for DVD in the States, via Well Go U.S, on October 5th. Well worth a peek.

Synopsis: Striving for ultimate beauty can be deadly. Six gorgeous yet narcissistic women driven by their superficial existence are lured to the most prestigious underground YOGA studio in Soul. Their desire for beauty holds no bonds and each will stop at nothing to achieve it. As they settle in the studio and begin their quest, strange and disturbing events start taking place. Girls being to go missing and its evident there’s an evil presence among them. Their quest for beauty brought them to this haunted studio; their will to survive is the only thing that can get them out.

 

 

Yoga trailer

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HIGANJIMA: ESCAPE FROM VAMPIRE ISLAND on UK DVD

South Korean director Kim Tae-gyun’s ('Volcano High') Higanjima - a live-action Japanese horror movie based on the best-selling Manga series by Koji Matsumoto - is coming to UK DVD and Blu-ray in October. Kim takes the vampire genre, throws it on its head then chucks in undead mad scientists, fearlessly devoted vampire slayers, winged harpies, a bunch of stereotypical hapless teens and, yes, a whole island full of vampires to its crazy mix of unadulterated, blood-splattered oddness.

Whilst good fun, Higanjima certainly isn’t without it faults, and go into it expecting a full on horror fest and you’ll most probably be disappointed. Yes there’s plenty of head smashing, bloodletting, limb slicing and all round Vampire nastiness to be seen, but you’ll enjoy the ever so slightly to very campy proceedings more - with a tongue firmly in cheek as you press play. Higanjima goes on sale on October 4th

Synopsis: Two years after his older brother, Atsushi, goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Akira meets a beautiful woman, Rei, who is in possession of Atsushi’s ID card and claims he is still alive and can be found on the remote, uncharted Japanese island of Higanjima. Desperate to see his brother once again, Akira talks several of his friends into joining him on a trip to the island in search of Atsushi. Arriving the friends are shocked to learn that they have been lured there as fodder for the island’s inhabitants, a race of extremely bloodthirsty vampires ruled by their leader, Masa. As the vampires descend upon their newly arrived prey, Akira makes a startling discovery – Atsushi really is alive and on the island, having devoted himself to becoming a vampire hunter intent on slaying Masa’s legions of the undead. Finally reunited, the two brothers and their friends join forces with two simple goals in mind – rid Higanjima of its Vampire population and find a way to escape from the island without dying (or worse being reborn as the living dead) in the process!

Higanjima Japanese website

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