Red to Kill (1994)

Such a frustrating disappointment

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Red to Kill is about a mentally retarded girl who is brought into a home for the handicapped after her father dies in a car crash. She's welcomed with open arms by all the residents and staff. Well, to add some spice to the story one of the staff is a psycho killer who goes absolutely nuts when he sees the color red....or whenever he takes off his glasses. Will the mentally challenged girl wear the color red? Find out in Red to Kill.Now I've seen four Cat 3 flicks, Ricky O, Untold Story, Ebola Syndrome and now this, and each one doesn't disappoint. The dude who plays the maniac does an awesome job. I'm not sure if I've seen a crazier portrayal of a psychopath ever before....he was definitely the best part of the film. If you're looking for a unique, crazy flick, Red to Kill definitely fits the bill. 8.5 outta 10

"Red to Kill" is one of the classic Category III psycho-sicko flicks.It is about the teacher of retarded children who goes completely crazy in front of color red because of one trauma.He falls in love with one of his students,a childlike teenage girl but soon discovers her red underwear.What follows is an unspeakable acts of terror,rape,self mutilation and very disturbing violence."Red to Kill" is extremely strong and disturbing piece of horror.This is the kind of film even 'jaded' HK cinema fans seem to dislike and judge as sick and repellent.Of course it's gratuitous but has also some interesting points and thoughts about society's care for retarded people who can,and sometimes are much more 'human' and kind than the normal ones.The scene after he brutally raped one of the retarded girls where she is standing alone in the shower traumatised and hacking away at her pubic hair with a razor blade whilst murmuring "dirty...dirty...dirty!" is a jaw dropper.So if you're a fan of extreme cinema give this little gem a look.9 out of 10.

(POSSIBLE SPOILERS) Ruo Sha ("Red to Kill" in America and Europe) is a very successful splatter/exploitation comedy (albeit a very, very black one) in which a musclebound serial killer rapist stalks a dilapitated tenement that houses, among the "normal" working class men and women, a collective of the city's mentally ill. The director of the aforementioned home for the disabled is a kindly, bespectacled giant with some seriously repressed childhood trauma, a man very soon revealed to be the dreaded local predator. Fixating his hatred-fueled sexual violence on women clad in red garments (since they remind him of his nihilistic, red-covered mother who, when caught in an act of infidelity, attempted to slaughter the [very] young future killer, as she did his father and brother moments before), he soon becomes inflamed by the most recent addition to the simple yet happy family. Her name is Ming-Ming, and, though she has the mind of a ten year old, possesses the body and sexuality (albeit unconsciously) of an adult woman. When, after finally (inevitably) raping this defenseless creature, our hero(?) realizes that he is "in love" with this latest addition to his blood drenched tally, and would like to start a family with her. That is when the film gets really interesting, and begins veering off into the realm of over the top gore and absurdity, when, previously, the film had been a very well made piece of disturbing suspense cinema. When the themes of the film become too uncomfortable and tragic (an apathetic and inept legal system places the near-catatonic Ming-Ming back in the killer's custody, while her only friend and social worker is physically and legally unable to defend her "little sister"), the film shifts from one of unrelenting darkness and chilling atmosphere and becomes a splatterpunk revenge/slasher comedy. When one deals with a film like this, the director must somehow soften the blows (and in this film there are PLENTY) so that his product might remain watchable. He does this and does this well with his careful inclusion of black comedy, spoof and absurdity, in the right places. The almost ridiculously depressing ending, when in his hands, left most of the audience laughing uproariously, even though the horror of what occurs is firmly emblazoned in the mind of every viewer. It takes great amounts of talent to make a film that is both extremely disturbing and heavily comic, and Tang succeeds without his product feeling unfocused. This is the ultimate exploitation achievement (accomplished only by one other film I've seen; fellow Category III opus "The Untold Story"), and Billy Tang has my undying respect for having pulled it off. Rent/buy this film if you want something unique and unclassifiable that entertains and pleases (as well as sickens and disturbs) its audience. Some scenes (shower, opening, the "Love" scene, the manniquin, climax, the ending) will never leave you because of their power, just like the film in general.

An extreme, intense psycho splatter rape horror from hong Kong. the story is about Ming-Ming, a girl with severe learning difficulties, who is spending her days in a home where one of the doctors is a lunatic psycho necro rapist, who goes completely insane every time he sees the color red. All this because he had some traumatic experience in his childhood. Then at some point Ming-Ming is performing a dance number with red panties, and things really start to go wrong.The film is excellent made. The colors are spectacular and the cinematography is superb. Ben Ng is probably one of the most intense screen villains ever, and the violence is brain numbingly nasty. Politically correctness is non existent however, and one thing for sure, this movie would never ever have been made in a western country. right up there with Dr. Lamb, Bunman, and the whole lot.Be prepared, this one could send you into therapy if your not prepared, and you probably feel like taking a shower when your through watching this demented little gem.