Human Lanterns | Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2022
On June 7, 2022, 88 Films will be releasing Sun Chung’s 1982 horror/kung fu film, Human Lanterns (aka Human Skin Lanterns). A UK (Region B) version of the film will also be available around the same date.
Long before Anthony Wong was serving human Chinese “pork” buns in Untold Story (1993), Lo Lieh was kidnapping woman and making beautiful Chinese lanterns out of their freshly peeled human skin.
Suen Chung’s Human Lanterns has a fine balance of well-choreographed martial arts, a hint of horror and a pleasant amount of gore. As you’d probably expect, action is still the main showcase of the movie. With a title like Human Lanterns, you’d expect a lot of explicit imagery; there is, but not a whole lot, but as long as you’re expecting a “kung fu movie” first, you’ll be pleased if you’re hunting for a dose of shock value.
Human Lanterns also stars Lau Wing (Four Riders), Chen Kuan Tai (Killer Constable), Tien Ni (A Queen’s Ransom), Sun Chien (House of Traps) and Lo Meng (Rebel Intruders).
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Can’t find a date for this really cool movie. Could somebody hello?
1982
That’s a great poster.
This was part of their April Fool’s Joke.. They did a bunch and finally came out saying “2” of the stories was true, but not which ones sooooo…. Not fully sure if this is a true one or not.
No way…
I believe the 2 April Fools’ titles are ‘The Land Before Time’ boxset and the ‘Category III – The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema’ documentary, so ‘Human Lanterns’ should be a legit release.
I thought The Land Before Time was legit! lol (after all, they have a Short Circuit deluxe boxed set coming out).
So 88 Films has pre-orders on Amazon for a number of Shaw titles in REGION A and B. I saw THE CHINESE BOXER, FLAG OF IRON, and DISCIPLES OF SHAOLIN so it looks like we can mark this down as official.
William McGuire, thanks for the additional info! =)