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[UPDATED] In Memoriam: Pearry Reginald Teo (1978-2023)

Article update as of March 12, 2023: Italia Gandolfo, who represented Pearry Teo, confirmed the filmmaker’s death on Thursday March 9, in and Sunday report published by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Mike Barnes. The cause of death remains unknown. Originally published March 10, 2023: Filmmaker and actor Pearry Reginald Teo has died at the age of 44. The details of his death are unknown as of late Friday as word began circulating through the posts of mutual friends sending their condolences via his personal Facebook page. Teo was always an interesting filmmaker to follow in the 20+ years I’ve followed his work. I firstly learned of him through the official trailer release of his 2009 sci-fi action thriller The Gene Generation starring Bai Ling. My connection with Teo on social media lasted almost a decade with us both chatting once in a blue moon. I’ve had the privilege of learning details […]

Pearry Teo’s SHADOW MASTER Coming Soon To The UK

Lee B. Golden III

Dazzler has begun signaling action fans in the UK for its upcoming release of Pearry Teo’s dark fantasy martial arts thriller, Shadow Master. The film, rejoining Teo and Fast Vengeance star D.Y. Sao, will release on Blu-Ray and DVD and Digital Download beginning January 30. Pre-order links are available here and here, while you can also check out my review of the film from its U.S. release late last year via Saban. From producer Prachya Pinkaew, the filmmaker behind modern martial arts classics, Ong Bak, Warrior King and Chocolate, comes a new hero from a world of supernatural horror… Arrested for the massacre of cultists, the mysterious An is brought into custody. Hired as a Night Watchman, An started out roaming the halls of an abandoned hospital, supervising the squatters that lived there. But he soon discovers that the residents are victims of a cult who kidnap children for ritualistic […]

SHADOW MASTER Review: D.Y. Sao Is Revenge, Resurrected In Pearry Reginald Teo’s Stylish Martial Arts Action Horror

Lee B. Golden III

Director Pearry Teo is no stranger to action, while most of his resumè is largely comprised of horror films. His latest, Shadow Master, combines some of the best of both genres, plugging in his penchant for costume fanfare, religious folklore, and graphic novel allure as the all-consuming backdrop for a story brimming with darkness and violence, and topped off with high-octane martial arts action. Teo is joined by the efforts of producer Chaya Supannarat, along with executive producer Prachya Pinkaew, best known for directing several Thai action hits over the years which gave rise to stars like Tony Jaa and Jeeja Yanin. That the film was once set to shoot in Thailand at one point before pandemic restrictions became an issue resulting in the production’s move to a more stateside locale within the U.S. certainly makes Pinkaew’s involvement a little more magnanimous, especially given the talent on hand. For this, […]

D.Y. Sao Emerges As SHADOW MASTER In The Official U.S. Trailer!

Lee B. Golden III

Welp, that was quite fast. One week after Germany’s Splendid Film rolled out the red carpet for its release, North America is now taking the mantle with an official trailer featuring new footage from Pearry Teo’s latest dark martial arts action thriller, Shadow Master, and with some artwork that seems a bit more fitting this time around via Saban Films. Slain during a ferocious fight and reborn with supernatural powers, one man stands between demonic forces bent on hastening the Apocalypse and a ragtag group of apartment dwellers protecting their children from certain peril. SHADOW MASTER is an outrageous mix of haunted house chills and martial arts thrills featuring jaw-dropping fight choreography that rivals The Raid: Redemption and Ong Bak. Actor and Cambodian martial arts stylist D.Y. Sao stars in the film, reuniting with Teo in their second venture after Fast Vengeance. The film also stars Layton Matthews and Luciana […]

HANUMAN: SHADOW MASTER Trailer Teases Beastly Martial Arts Action

Lee B. Golden III

Far be it for me to suggest that krauts can’t indulge in their share of martial arts action fandom if not sooner than others I suppose. Either way, it’s now in the hands of Splendid Film label as the most recent German-dubbed trailer is now online for martial arts actioner, Hanuman: Shadow Master, arriving on German DVD and Blu-Ray from November 25. The film marks the latest from The Gene Generation and The Assent director Pearry Teo, who rejoins actor and Kbach Kun Boran Khmer stylist D.Y. Sao who stars opposite late actor DMX in Teo’s quietly-released Tubi revenge thriller, Fast Vengeance. Produced by Chaya Supannarat, Hanuman: Shadow Master also joins Teo and Sao together for the first time with rising stars Brian Le and Daniel Mah (Everything Everywhere All At Once), and with Prachya Pinkaew of Ong Bak fame sitting in as exec producer. After being slain defending his […]