THE GHOST HILL

THE GHOST HILL (1971)
Directed by: Ting Shan-hsi
Starring: Tien Peng, Polly Shang-kuan, Han Hsaing-chin, David Tang Wei

This screening is presented by Proctors & NYC's Subway Cinema as part of a series titled Flying Sword Heroes: Gravity-Defying Tales from Taiwan. This series will run from August 14-24 and all screenings are FREE of charge (tickets must be reserved online or at the Proctors box office).

While this is the final installment in the Swordsman of All Swordsmen trilogy, no familiarity with the other two movies is required to have a blast. Polly Shang-kuan reprises her Flying Swallow character, alongside Tien Peng’s Tsai Ying-jie, and this time they decide to storm Hell itself in revenge for the death of Flying Swallow’s dad. After all, when life is this cruel, you want to speak to a supervisor.

Lord Chin, the Ruler of Hell, likes to bathe in boiling oil and he’s guarded by the Left & Right Judges, the Ox Head Demon, the Black & White Wuchangs, the Murdering Wonder Child, and Soul Hunter Yaksha, so this won’t be easy. Fortunately, Flying Swallow and Tsai have a just cause and an entire hobo army to help them crash through the styrofoam caves of doom and chop necks under multicolored disco lights. Shot by a cinematographer who films fight scenes like he’s storming the beach at Normandy, the visuals come flying at your eyes fast and furious in this delirious, blood-soaked fantasia. Will you be able to describe the plot or map the character arcs? Probably not. Will you see a flying head biting people? Guaranteed.

Thursday, August 21 at 7pm
(trailer not available)