The Golden Lotus

The Golden Lotus (1974)

1974
October 8, 2020

Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople. There have been many film versions of “The Golden Lotus”, but none have combined artistry with sensuality as successfully as this 1974 classic, featuring three of the […]

Coastlines (2002)

2002

An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff. After serving time in prison, Sonny returns to his coastal Florida hometown, where life and the residents haven’t changed much, including the local crime boss, Vance, who owes Sonny some money. When Sonny goes to collect, he gets beaten up, then his house is blown up and his father is killed. Sonny, […]

Hanappe Bazooka

1992

Lecherous high school boy Hanappe is visited by two demons who step from his TV and immediately fall in lust with his mother and sister. The demons turn Hanappe’s home into a meeting ground for their demonic friends and grant Hanappe the power of the Hanappe Bazooka. Now his index finger is capable of both a deadly blast and the ability to drive women in a lustful frenzy, but Hanappe isn’t very good at controlling […]

Dead Easy (2004)

2004

A married couple are about to face a series of difficult problems. The two engage in an escalating series of infidelities and mind games that could very well lead to their mutual destruction. Simon Storm is an American executive sent to work in South Africa. His cheating wife won’t agree to a divorce, so his mistress convinces him to k..l her. Drunk, he hires a P.I., who turns out to be a serial killer and […]

Say Nothing (2001)

2001

An ex-model, now a wife and mother, takes a break from her out-of-work husband, who’s been surly and drinking heavily. She goes to a Miami resort for a couple of days where she meets a stranger with whom she has a 24-hour fling. She returns home to a renewed husband who has found a job and put aside the bottle. Turns out, he’s been hired by the same man with whom she had the affair. […]