Yumi Takigawa has always wanted to know what happened to her mother inside the mysterious Sacred Heart Convent. And now, as an “undercover sister,” she’ll get a firsthand look at the horrors within. Widely considered the most notorious nun-exploitation film, this shocker from Japanese director Norifumi Suzuki is packed with plenty of masochism — including a legion of nuns armed …
The Machine Girl
Ami is a tough but otherwise average high school girl, trying to lead a normal life. Her world comes crashing down when her brother and his friend are killed by ruthless bullies. When she goes after revenge, she soon finds herself in over her head and minus her left arm. Barely surviving, Ami escapes and seeks out shelter from two …
The Host
When the US military dumps toxic chemicals into Seoul’s Han river, a monstrous mutant creature is conceived in its waters. Years later, the creature reveals itself and Gang-du witnesses his only daughter taken away right before his eyes. The once ordinary citizen and his family sneak past the military cordon and are thrust into a desperate battle with the mutant …
The Great Yokai War
When 10-year-old Tadashi Ino stumbles into a spirit war, it’s up to him to free the spirit world from the forces of repression in director Takashi Miike’s genre-bending fantasy tale. Populated by mod villains, scrap-metal robot monsters and goblins from Japanese folklore, this children’s adventure yarn marks a departure from the gory action flicks that have become Miike’s stock in …
Terrifying Girls’ High School Lynch Law Classroom
Taking the concept behind the Lindsay Lohan vehicle Mean Girls to a whole new level, this kitschy Japanese exploitation flick explores the dog-eat-dog world of an exclusive all-girl high school. In these hallowed halls, an elite group of tough teens calls all the shots and administers their own brand of justice, not wasting a second listening to excuses. That’s why for …
Space Amoeba
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft’s alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters — a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle — and transform them into colossal mutant monsters. Akira Kubo,Atsuko Takahashi and Kenji Sahara star …
So Close
Directed by famed action choreographer Cory Yuen (The Transporter, Jet Li’s The Enforcer), SO CLOSE is a thrill-a-minute shootout with lightning-quick action sequences and great performances by Shu Qi (The transporter), Zhao Wei (Shaolin Soccer) and Karen Mok (Black Mask). A crooked businessman brings in a pair of high-tech assassin sisters to murder his elder brother so he can take over …
Shaolin Soccer
With tons of action, eye-popping special effects and nonstop laughs, here’s a hilarious martial arts comedy about a team of misfits who take their best shot at winning a championship! Sing is a skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee whose amazing “leg of steel” catches the eye of a soccer coach! Together they assemble a squad of Sing’s former Shaolin brothers …
Sars War: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
THE OUTBREAK BEGINS… The next Sars outbreak will be drastically worse, due to a mutation in the virusthat turns infected people into flesh craving zombies!!! With the world in the deadly grip of a global epidemic, Thailand is proud to proclaim that they are the only infection free nation in Asia. However, the virus manages to breach Thailand’s quarantine and spread rapidly through …
Returner
Eighty years in the future, time is running out for mankind. The only hope rests with a brave time traveler who must return to the past to change history… and alter Earth’s destiny. 20084, After decades of intense fighting, an alien invasion force is close to destroying what’s left of the world. In a last-ditch effort to save the human race, a guerilla …