The Trail (1983)
The Trail (1983)
DVDRip | MKV | 752x320 | x264 @ 979 Kbps | 86 min | 819 Mb
Audio: Chinese (中文) AC3 2.0 @ 320 Kbps | Subs: English (idx/sub)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
DVDRip | MKV | 752x320 | x264 @ 979 Kbps | 86 min | 819 Mb
Audio: Chinese (中文) AC3 2.0 @ 320 Kbps | Subs: English (idx/sub)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Director: Ronny Yu
Writers: Michael Hui, Ronny Yu
Stars: Anthony Chan, Fu Hung Cheng, Kent Cheng
Ronny Yu's (The Bride With White Hair & Freddy Vs. Jason director) The Trail is a solid Kong horror flick from early in the guy's career. Many Hong Kong horror films from the early eighties owe a great deal to the influence of western films and this one is no exception with nods to Carpenter's The Thing and also The Exorcist.
A busy bustling town shuts down instantly. Vendors and shoppers run back to their houses. Children are carried back home in a rush. The main street is empty. Is this a Western? Has the villain just walked into town? No! It is a group of corpses.
A big genre mix of a movie. It has something for everyone! Chinese vampire/zombie, revenge, road movie, horror-comedy, Think of it as the PREDATOR movie. Instead of army dudes, you have Chinese taoist priest and his crew of fake Chinese vampires. Instead of a secret mission to kill bad guys in the jungle, you have a secret mission to smuggle opium. Instead of the PREDATOR hunting our heroes, you have a REAL Chinese zombie/vampire.
This movie heads straight into the action, no exposition at all. If you don't know about Chinese vampires or taoist priests and the like, you will be confused.
Ranks up there with Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Spooky Spooky, Ultimate Vampire, Mr Vampire, amongst others.
Be sure to enjoy THE THING soundtrack tacked onto this. Ennio Morricone scores work with any film wonderfully.
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The Trail (1983)
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