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THE MAGNIFICENT CHANG CHEH Eureka Blu-Ray Review: Essential Viewing For All Fans Of The Classics

The Magnificent Chang Cheh arrives on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment on April 29 from Eureka Classics. Pre-orders are up and running at MVD Shop. Classic wuxia and kung fu and hijinks are on the menu and for this, we turn to Eureka Entetainment’s latest Eureka Classics packaging, The Magnificent Chang Cheh. First up is the late autuer’s 1966 adventure, The Magnificent Trio boasts the casting of screen stalwarts Jimmy Wang Yu, Lo Lieh, and Cheng Lei, along with Lui Ming, Fanny Fan Lai, Chin Ping, and Margaret Tu. We firstly meet Lu Feng (Wang Yu), a wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a scene that looks more unsavory than it is. Indeed, it’s a kidnapping of the local magistrate’s daughter, implemented by a villager and his sons desperate to hold him accountable for his tyrannical ways. Wei’s first order of business is to assemble a band of as many henchmen as […]

THE DAREDEVILS & ODE TO GALLANTRY: Two Venom Mob Classics Headed To Limited Edition Blu-Ray From Eureka This Year!

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Believe me, if I could make a list of home releases to get hyped up for as I did for the New Year theatrical ones, I would. There’s gonna be plenty to come moving forward, and thanks in particular to the success and progress of Eureka’s North American expansion in the past year with loads of niche classics in its library. Their latest comes in a two-pack tribute to legendary auteur Chang Cheh with The Daredevils and Ode To Gallantry, set to arrive on limited edition Blu-Ray in March. Eureka’s announcement on Tuesday makes clear just what’s to come as well, including multiple film audio tracks as well as commentaries by in-house voices Frank Djeng, Mike Leeder and Arne Venema, along with Michael Worth who of late has become the face of all things Bruceploitation with the magnificent work he’s done to revive the post-Bruce Lee wave of bygone martial […]

Hey NYC! Celebrate VENGEANCE IS HIS: CHANG CHEH’S MARTIAL LORE At Quad Cinema Beginning May 23!

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Further signaling the justice done by the American Genre Film Archive, New York City residents and kung fu fanatics will have the opportunity to endulge in a week-long entree of classic delights at the Quad Cinema for Vengeance is His: Chang Cheh’s Martial Lore. Co-presented by the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), the seven-day festivities kick off on May 23 through 29 with a list of up to 14 classic titles embodying the film life and legend of the celebrated filmmaker during his tenure at the iconic film studio. As the storied Shaw Brothers began to transform the Hong Kong film industry in the 1950s, a new golden age was on the horizon. At the vanguard of it was director Chang Cheh. The martial arts action in his movies was awe-inspiring—and so too was his career. “Prolific” barely does justice to a director who averaged a half-dozen movies annually during […]

Terracotta Distribution Unleashes THE NINE DEMONS In The UK Next Week!

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Coming to UK on DVD next week is another classic entry into the Terracotta Distribution bundle with The Nine Demons. April 25 is the date and with a package that includes the usual remastered goods along with a restored grindhouse English dub track for Western kung fu aficionados of the Chang Cheh variety. Kung fu meets Hammer Horror in this retro wuxia fantasy from famed Shaw Brothers director Chang Cheh (ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN, FIVE DEADLY VENOMS). * Two childhood friends and martial arts experts are the only survivors of a massacre; when one of them stumbles into a portal to Hell, the lord of the underworld grants him magical powers and an opportunity for revenge if he allows the unruly ‘Nine Demons’ to enter his body. Returned to the land of the living he sets out to rescue his friend and avenge his family’s murder, but will the power of […]