In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Hong Kong produced some of the most gritty and morally depraved films in recent history. They carried the label Category III, which stood for the highest age rating. CAT III movies featured soft-core erotica with bare skin or gallons of blood (or both). Some of them achieved absolute cult status among gorehounds and extreme cinema fans because they broke all the rules of good taste. These films couldn’t get enough of cannibalism, sexual violence and other depravity.
The 1996 cult film Ebola Syndrome is one of the last and best films of this era. Starting today and for the first time ever, the admirably abominable anarcho-horror is streaming uncut in Germany.
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For years, the cult film could only be viewed in Germany via detours (e.g. Austria) and it was even released in edited form in its home country of Hong Kong. After receiving the SPIO/JK approval (assessment “no serious danger to young people”), Ebola Syndrome may be released uncut in Germany for the first time. The Video on Demand release is the first.
That’s why Ebola Syndrome is considered a cult film
A hideous loser (Hong Kong legend Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) kills his boss, flees to South Africa, rapes a dying resident there and thus becomes a carrier of the deadly Ebola virus. This is the starting point of Ebola Syndrome, in which The Untold Story duo Herman Yau and Anthony Wong really let off steam in the CAT III area one last time.
Ebola Syndrome creates one of the most hideous protagonists imaginable in Kai (Anthony Wong).. He’s a creep who crawls out of society’s gutter and gives everyone a good choke. Kai turns people into burgers, spits on his pursuers to infect them and only follows the lowest instincts. Thanks to Anthony Wong’s terrific tour-de-force performance and Herman Yau’s subversive narration, we still root for him in the end – as a bit.
The horror film will also appear in four media books
After VOD release, Ebola Syndrome will be released on May 19th published in four limited media books with lovingly designed covers. However, some are already sold out at major retailers.
The price for the media books from both providers is currently 27.99 euros. Unfortunately, the extras aren’t particularly comprehensive, but at least there is a 16-page booklet.
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