Original title: Yi boh lai beng duk / Yī bō lā bìng dú / 伊波拉病毒
Year: 1996
Country: Hong Kong
Region Code: 4K UHD: A, B, C; Blu-Ray: A, B, C
Content: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray
EAN: 814456024226
Image: 1.85 :1 4K (2160p)
HDR: HDR 10
Audio:
Cantonese: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Subtitles :
English, English SDH
Rating: Not rated
Genre: Horror
Cast: Anthony Wong, Yeung-Ming Wan, Fui-On Shing, Meng Lo, Miu-Ying Chan
Director: Herman Yau
Synopsis:
Ten years ago Chick (Anthony Wong), a local gangster was caught in bed with his boss's wife, he killed both the boss and his wife then he managed to escape to South Africa. Chick has worked in a Chinese restaurant. Jet, owner and his wife Ling take advantage of Chick's situation and treat him badly. One day Chick rapes and murders a black girl who is infected with a terrible epidemic – the Ebola virus. Chick has no idea he is carrying the disease. Chick then rapes and kills Ling, minces Ling's body up into hamburger and the disease is spread through her flesh… When cases of Ebola virus start popping up, the police forensic department traces it back to the restaurant but Chick's already gone. Chick is back in Hong Kong, using a forged American passport. The Ebola virus is spread through its liaisons with prostitutes.
Additional features:
This special limited edition embossed slipcover (designed by Ralf Krause) is limited to 8,000 units.
Kai is a violent fugitive on the run from the law. Making his way from Hong Kong to South Africa, he begins a new life working at a small Chinese restaurant. When he joins his boss on a work trip through the African savanna, he encounters a remote African tribe afflicted with the Ebola virus. After attacking a young woman from the tribe, he contracts the virus, but to his surprise, he discovers that he's immune to the deadly disease. His ruthlessness emboldened, Kai returns to Hong Kong, thus setting into motion a blood spewing and bodily fluids oozing nightmare!
One of the most shocking and notorious Category III films, Herman Yau's (The Untold Story) EBOLA SYNDROME is a delectably grotesque and darkly comedic splatter film masterwork and stars Hong Kong cult film superstar, Anthony Wong (Hard Boiled), in one of his most outrageous performances. For years almost impossible to find in its uncut form, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to present the worldwide UHD debut of EBOLA SYNDROME, newly scanned and restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative and finally fully uncut for the first time on English friendly home video .
directed by: Herman Yau
starring: Anthony Wong, Yeung-Ming Wan, Fui-On Shing, Meng Lo, Miu-Ying Chan, Tsui-Ling Wong
1996 / 100 min / 1.85:1 / Cantonese Mono with English subtitles
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