Horrible High Heels (1996)

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Absolutely Brilliant!

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I knew it'd happen again one day, another poor CAT3 film came my way. With quotes such as The Chinese Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it's a movie you almost HAVE to see. Well, that ain't the case. Really, this is a completely passable CAT3 entry that is utterly a completely below average flick. And if you compare it to other classic CAT3's, it feels much worse. The story is about a killer who takes the skin of his victims to make....duuhhh, High Heels. Well, neither the killings nor the high heels are very impressive. There are a few nice scenes involving some sleazy rape n sex, but besides those choice scenes, even the murders and death is almost yawn worthy. All actors involved are very forgettable, well besides the killer, he may fit in the "so bad it's good" category for acting. Everyone else is emotionless and just plain bad. The story itself sucks. Big surprise there! Combine crappy actors, weak writing and not enough of the "good stuff" the movie begins to become boring and feel uneventful.Horrible High Heels isn't completely horrible, but it isn't even close to be worthy of being talked among some of the classic CAT3 flicks. Film such as Chinese Torture Chamber Story, Untold Story, Red to Kill, these are where it's at. If I were you, I'd pass on this and re-watch one of the classicks. But if you are like me and are in love with the CAT3 universe, then I suppose check it out. Just don't expect anything fantastic.

When I saw "Horrible High Heels" I was completely blown away by what was playing on the television screen. The opening scene with the cow being gutted made me think of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. By the time the ending rolled around, the body count was so high from revenge that I Spit On Your Grave entered my head. It was a different movie for sure and if you want to being surprised at every turn, this would be the movie to check out. It really blew my mind!!! I wanted to thank the friend that lent it to me with the warning of not to eat any type of meat while watching "Horrible High Heels" but I did anyway. I was completely shocked by what I seen and will purchase it on DVD if I happen to run into it at some of the local video stores. It would be one of the movies to be shown to viewers with a high tolerance for pain, agony, violence, sex, nudity and death. What a rush!!!

Good title, totally inept movie. The score is actual cues from the soundtracks of NEAR DARK, BODY DOUBLE and PHANTASM.A shoe company depends on human skin for its leather. Not a great business plan, but it works for a while.This is a sleazy little number with a generous helping of rapes, dismemberments and stabbings. Some of the more horrific scenes display a little style, but, overall, this is a very amateurish attempt to jump on the DR. LAMB/LOVE TO KILL/UNTOLD STORY bandwagon.Shing Fui-On, who has seen much better days, plays a wheelchair-bound crime boss who conducts his shoe wholesaling business at a card table under a freeway. "Betrayers must turn out to be the merchandise!" is his business motto. Another not-so-great business plan, but it works for a while.When a couple discover the severed head of a missing friend, they see the discovery as an opportunity to get married. When the killer cuts a bitchy woman open and holds up her entrails for viewers, he declares: "I will have my shoe business soon!" The same bitchy woman is forced (earlier on) to caress her bloody breasts with a dead hand and kiss a head. Yes, it's that kind of movie, and no thought was given to its script, if in fact there ever was one.The close-ups are mismatched, the softcore sex is bungled, and the final shoot-out is ludicrous.As a lesson on how not to run a business and how not to make a horror film, much can be learned from HORRIBLE HIGH HEELS.

Category III rating of Hong Kong cinema was created to classify those films filled with extreme violence and graphic sex,allowing them to be released free from censorship.Unfortunately "Horrible High Heels" is a slightly boring Cat III shocker that offers plenty of sex and some grisly gore.A sadistic killer has been skinning dead bodies and using their skin to make shoes.He sells such products to some unknowing shoemakers whose shoes are praised for their comfortable soft leather."Horrible High Heels" is a pretty depraved flick,but it's nowhere nearly as powerful as "Red to Kill" or "The Untold Story".The killings are mean-spirited and sadistic(the dismemberment of a young Chinese woman is especially memorable),but there is absolutely no suspense.The film is pretty hard to take seriously and the acting is absolutely bad.The sex scenes are plentiful and the sleaze factor is pretty high.Overall,"Horrible High Heels" is a mildly enjoyable piece of HK exploitation,so if you liked "Ebola Syndrome" give this one a try.6 out of 10.