Death Mask

Death Mask


Starring:James Best, Linnea Quigley, John Nutten, Brigitte Hill, Lorilyn Alexander, Tom Ferguson, BJ Guyer, Diane Cantrell, Robin Krasny, Mela Levin, Coni Causey, Cynthia Beckert, George Wurster
Director: Steve Latshaw
Studio: Mti Home Video
Product Type: DVD
Scared to Death
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Horror Comedy
  • "15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"
  • Amusing Cast, But Best Left To Diehard Lugosi Fans
  • 'Scared to Death' a comedy that's been forced into a horror movie mold?
  • Don't Waste Your Time
Scared to Death
Starring: Stanley Andrews , Lee Bennett , Gladys Blake , Joyce Compton , and Molly Lamont
Director: William Christy Cabanne
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00008AOV5
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Horror Comedy .......2007-02-13

Scared to Death is a rare example of a horror parody that works both as horror and comedy. Usually such flicks work as comedies, but utterly fail in the horror department. Scared to Death does a great job of establishing a creepy, moody atmosphere.

Scared to Death features strong performances, most notably from Bela Lugosi, George Zucco and Nat Pendleton. The movie itself is quite lovely to look at. The film was shot in "natural color" which is quite similar to two strip Technicolor such as that used in the 1933 horror classic Mystery of the Wax Museum.

Scared to Death's script is quite strong and features such great lines as "Do not treat Igor with respect...it only offends him!" In another scene, Nat Pendleton's character tells a lady that he wishes that she would drop dead so he would have a murder to investigate.

Scared to Death works both as horror and comedy and as such is warmly recommended.





5 out of 5 stars "15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

Passport Video presents "The Bela Lugosi Box - 15 Frightful Films" (1942) --- (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Béla Lugosi was the stage name of actor Béla Ferenc Dezs Blaskó (October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956) --- Lugosi was born in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), the youngest of four children of a baker --- best known for his portrayal of "Dracula" in the American Broadway stage production, and subsequent film, of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story.

Late in his life, he again received star billing in movies when filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr., a fan of Lugosi, found him living in obscurity and near-poverty and offered him roles in his films, such as "GLEN OR GLENDA?" (1953) (in which his role made no more sense than the rest of the movie) and as a Dr. Frankenstein-like mad scientist in "BRIDE OF THE MONSTER" (1955), during post-production of the latter, Lugosi entered treatment for his addiction, and the premier of the film was ostensibly intended to help pay for his treatment expenses. The extras on an early DVD release of "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE" (1959) include an impromptu interview with Lugosi upon his exit from the treatment center, which provide some rare personal insights into the man --- this was one of Lugosi's most infamous roles was released after he was dead. Ed Wood (Director) features footage of Lugosi interspersed with a double --- Wood had taken a few minutes of silent footage of Lugosi, in his Dracula cape, for a planned vampire picture but was unable to find financing for the project --- Wood later conceived of Plan 9, Wood wrote the script to incorporate the Lugosi footage and hired his wife's chiropractor to double for Lugosi in additional shots --- notice however the "double" is thinner than Lugosi, and covers the lower half of his face with his cape in every shot --- Leonard Maltin (Famous Film Critic) was quoted - "Lugosi died during production, and it shows."

Lugosi died of a heart attack on August 16, 1956 while lying in bed in his Los Angeles home. He was 73 --- Bela Lugosi was buried wearing one of the many capes from the Dracula stageplay, as per the request of his son and fifth wife, in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California --- Contrary to popular belief, Lugosi never requested to be buried in his famous cloak; Bela Lugosi, Jr. has confirmed on numerous occasions that he and his mother, Lillian, arrived at their decision independently.

BIOS:
1. Bela Lugosi (aka: Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó)
Date of birth: 20 October 1882 - Lugos, Austria-Hungary. [now Lugoj, Romania]
Date of death: 16 August 1956 - Los Angeles, California
2. Edward D. Wood Jr. (Director, Writer and Producer)
Date of birth: 10 October 1924 - Poughkeepsie, New York
Date of death: 10 December 1978 - North Hollywood, California

This collection of "The Bela Lugosi Box - 15 Frightful Films" (1942) --- still has the magic that we remember from those bygone years --- but as long as we have the labels and networks who play and show these wonderful films of yesteryear, they will never be forgotten ... Plus the half-hour tribute "100 Years of Horror: Bela Lugosi", hosted by Christopher Lee --- and a great job by Passport Video for this release --- looking forward to more of the same from the '20s and '50s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or Passport Video, stay tuned once again for more remarkable films from the vaults of classic television and Hollywood during the Golden Era of Entertaiment.

Total Time: 1034 mins on DVD ~ Passport Video #5260 ~ (9/05/2006)

3 out of 5 stars Amusing Cast, But Best Left To Diehard Lugosi Fans.......2006-07-14

Bela Lugosi had a notable career during the 1930s--but success of his landmark performance in the 1931 DRACULA combined and his exotic appearance and accent left him typecast, and during the 1940s he found work increasingly difficult to obtain. By the mid-1940s he was so greatly pressed that he began to accept work in low-budget independent movies. Among the first of these was the 1947 SCARED TO DEATH, a film often described as the only color movie in which Lugosi appeared. This is not strictly true: although he was not the star, Lugosi also appeared the color 1930 VIENNESE NIGHTS--but given that both films are so little known it's hardly worth arguing about.

The story begins with a clever idea: a woman's body lies on a slab in a morgue and through flashback she relates the way in which she was murdered. Sad to say, though, this clever idea is not only badly executed, it also happens to be the only clever idea in the entire show. The plot, such as it is, concerns a doctor with a questionable background whose son has married a woman with a questionable background (our soon-to-be corpse.) The family is suddenly descended upon by the doctor's brother, a hypnotist (Lugosi, of course) with, yes, a questionable past. Throw in a surly maid, a mean dwarf, a newspaper reporter, a dumb blonde, and a green mask that keeps floating in front of the window and you have SCARED TO DEATH.

The only saving grace in this nonsense is the cast. Although he receives star billing, Lugosi's role might be better described as the second lead; whatever the case, and in spite of a truly ridiculous script, he gives the role more sparkle than you would expect. The film also includes a number of character actors who like Lugosi shone most brightly in the 1930s--George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, and Joyce Compton--and they too deliver more than the silly script actually allows.

Even so, the charms of the cast cannot raise SCARED TO DEATH above the level of slightly-less-than-mediocre, and for the most part watching the movie is an uphill battle. Lugosi would go on to make one or two more films for major studios, most notably the 1948 ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and he would make a few television appearances as well, but for the most part SCARED TO DEATH would mark the beginning of his career's rapid slide into the likes of BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA and his wildy dire association with the notorious Ed Wood in such appalling (and accidentally hilarious) films as GLEN OR GLENDA and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE.

For the sake of Lugosi, Zucco, Pendleton, and Compton I'm giving SCARED TO DEATH three stars, but truth be told it really doesn't deserve more than two, and that's throwing roses at it. Although it does have a few moments--and I do mean a very few--this is one Lugosi film that is best left to diehard fans.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

3 out of 5 stars 'Scared to Death' a comedy that's been forced into a horror movie mold?.......2006-02-08

"Scared to Death" is either a really bad horror movie, or an incredibly quirky comedy (although not necessarily a good one). I don't often do much research on the films I review for this page, but this short B-movie (which is one of Bela Lugosi's few color appearances, by the way) left me so confused about what the filmmakers had been hoping to accomplish that I did some searching online in hopes of finding some reviewer who could give me a little context.

Well, no one seems to have more of a clue about the film than I do, so I'm going with my opinion that "Scared to Death" was intended as a comedy--a horror movie spoof, actually--but it somehow went awry. (In fact, I think most reviewers have looked at "Scared to Death" in the wrong way. I don't think it was intended as a horror film, at least not when principle shooting was going on.)

Every actor, except the woman who is being scared to death, delivers their parts and their lines in a comedic fashion. (If you take a look at comedies from the 30s and 40s, you'll know what I mean by that.) I've seen Nat Pendleton as the comic relief screwball character in two or three other films (most notably the very excellent "Trapped by Television" ), but his antics pale next to those of Lugosi and his look-alike midget buddy, and several other minor characters that appear. Further, Lugosi's delivery as he plays Dr. Leonid is very similar to how he played his parts in the clear-cut comedies "The Gorilla" and "Abott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". (In fact, critics often praise Lugosi's comedic timing in "Meet Frankenstein", but I think his talent for comedy is even more clear in "Scared to Death" during his scenes with the cranky midget.

If considered as a pseudo-screwball comedy horror spoof, "Scared to Death" is not all that bad--if very, very strange. The film never manages to build the frenetic pace it would need to fully work, because the unfolding chaos is constantly interrupted by cut-aways to Laura at the morgue so she can deliver obvious and dull commentary on what we've just seen, or are about to see.

If viewed as a horror film, "Scared to the Death" is a complete and total disaster--unscary and utterly insipid--that is made worse by the lame cut-aways to the morgue and the tension-dispelling framing device that establishes Laura is already dead.

However you think of the film, the morgue scenes don't fit. In fact, they feel out of place and tacked on. They lead me to suspect that they were added by studio executives who were trying to reshape a bizarre comedy into a horror movie, because, according to two different websites, "Scared to Death" was completed several years before its 1947 release date.

If I'm right in my speculation--and it is just speculation, as I haven't done all that much research--I can't help but wonder what "Scared to Death" might have looked like if it had remained the comedy is was intended to be.

I'm giving "Scared to Death" a (low) Three-Star rating, because I'm treating it like a comedy. If it wasn't for the morgue cut-aways, it might be a Four-Star film. (If I were to treat it like a horror film, we'd be talking Zero Stars.)

If anyone out there as seen "Scared to Death" or knows something about it's history, I'd love to hear what you have to say. Am I right or am I wrong?

1 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Time.......2005-11-23

What a waste of 70 minutes of my life. The premise sounded interesting (a corpse recounts the events leading to her death), but even Bela Lugosi could not save this turd from stinking up my DVD player.
The characters and dialogue were absolutely horrible, especially the moronic ex-cop/bodyguard. I can take a fair amount of cheesiness in old horror movies, but this went way beyond cheesy. It was just plain bad - and not even remotely scary.
18 Fatal Strikes
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Typical Wutang release
  • VERY GOOD MOVIE BUT IT WAS LACKING SOMETHING
  • What do you expect?
  • Nothing Fatal about this DVD except....
18 Fatal Strikes
Starring: Shih Tien , Stephen Tung Wai , Dean Shek , Tung Wei , and Wen Chiang Lung
Director: Yeung Jing Chan
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ASIN: B000059H7F
Release Date: 2001-02-27

Description

Classic ninja movie hosted by the hip hop group Wu Tang Clan. Features a video by Wu Tang Clan

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Typical Wutang release.......2006-09-14

Now my rating may have been a 3 but the film was horribly presented. The movie I would give a 2.5/5 at best but only for the Shaking Eagle.

It starts out with the government looking to kill this monk. Of course their top fighter is the Shaking Eagle. With all types of swooshing sounds and hoooooooooo-waaaaaaaaaahhhhh's to distract you, this guy still has some awsesome kung fu. So the monk that the eagle is looking for gets away and Dean Shek(comedic teacher in Drunken Master and Snake In Eagle's Shadow) and Steve Tung Wei find and cure him. So FINALLY the 2 start to learn the monks styles and of course they look for revenge. The story was oh so dreary and the acting of Tung Wei was pretty bad, nowhere near a Bruce Liang of course, but let me talk about the finer points of this movie because there certainly were some.

We get to see Dean Shek in a different kind of role. Sure we know him for comedy and he displays that but we also get to see him as an actor, and a very good one he is. Also on dispay are his kung fu skills and while he could NEVER carry the movie as a hero, he is still a good fighter. And then of course we have the Shaking Eagle. The kung fu was standard at best all the way through, but the final fight is fun and bloody at the same time and way over the top. Can Tung Wei kill the invincible Shaking Eagle?

The special features include an intro where the RZA points out that Sammo and Tung Wei choreographed this movie and the fact that Tung Wei is the name of the kung fu system in Taiwan. Trailers of other wutang releases and a bonus fight of Tung Wei from the movie that Rarescope just released with Don Wong Tao: Along Comes a Tiger.

Picture quality is horrible but still watchable and we actually miss part of a good Dean Shek fight because I think RZA accidentally paused it and didn't notice for a few seconds. The sound is not very good but I am all too used to that. Certainly not the worst sound quality.

4 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD MOVIE BUT IT WAS LACKING SOMETHING.......2006-05-31

ive gotten reports that this was made in 1981 at 1st and then i got reports that it was made in 1978. this movie stars stephen tung wei, shih tien (a funny cat indeed), underrated villain the shaking eagle (who gives a mesmerizing performance). the fight scenes was very good, the story is typical regular martial arts storyline. the comedy is pretty hilarious but it was lacking more fight scenes indeed. the dvd features are great i give that a 3 with a off the meatrack intro from the rza. the picture quality is decent, sound is terrible because i have to turn it all the way up and the vhs version is probably better believe it or not. but do pick this one up for sure. it is a classic for a low budget film

2 out of 5 stars What do you expect?.......2002-01-19

This is about what you would expect from a 1981 low budget film. The story is lacking a bit and the comedy is lousy. The fighting is good, which makes it worth buying. I was disappointed with the audio/video quality. One channel of the audio is out of phase with the other which makes it hard to hear. By flipping the + & - wires on the back of one of the speakers fixes it. The video looks like RZA hooked up his K-mart blue light special VCR to a DVD burner and hit record. This movie is obviously aimed at Wu-tang clan fans, but it's worth checking out if you're a Kung-fu buff.

2 out of 5 stars Nothing Fatal about this DVD except...........2001-06-12

Errors...

This DVD has the worst sound quality that you can imagine. I had to turn up the volume to 64 just to hear it. Then the picture freezes until the DVD skips chapters and shuts off. Its too bad as this is a classic that even though has a very bad storyline with bad comedy should still be in the collectors stock.

I had to return 2 copies and get a credit. Avoid this Ground Zero blunder.
Mask of Death
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE
  • Murder mystery with kung fu in old China
  • Very Good Cung fu classic, but....
  • excellent film
  • a flick so dope it has an alias
Mask of Death
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas , Rae Dawn Chong , Billy Dee Williams , Conrad Dunn , and Thomas Cavanagh
Director: David Mitchell
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ASIN: B00005M0JG
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE.......2004-11-14

I JUST ORDERED THIS AND I GOT A LORENZO LAMAS MOVIE FROM 2001, NOT THE KUNG FU MOVIE FROM 1976. BEWARE!!!

3 out of 5 stars Murder mystery with kung fu in old China.......2001-11-26

MASK OF DEATH (aka SHAOLIN DEVIL AND SHAOLIN ANGEL, 1979) is a well-made costume tale about a series of murders that offers just enough fighting to barely qualify as a kung fu film. Detailing the fate of a family decimated by the murders, it follows the efforts of a brother and sister to identify the murderers and avenge their family. They are helped by a secret agent, masquerading as an assassin (Wong Tao), and encounter numerous surprises along the way, culminating in a final battle with an unlikely enemy. It's packed with characters, incident, subplots and flashbacks, but, while never boring, is never very exciting either. No one bothered to string the incidents together in any cohesive order. Key people disappear for long stretches and we're not always sure who the main characters are supposed to be. When we learn finally who the villain is and why the murders occurred, it's too late to develop any dramatic tension or suspense.

Tung Wei is credited as co-fight director and also plays a young scholar who goes off, after his father's murder, to learn kung fu from a Buddhist monk. When he finally reappears to join the heroes, his kung fu doesn't help much. Overall, the fight scenes lack the vigor, imagination and relentlessness such scenes require. Wong Tao, normally quite a firebrand in his films, including THE HOT, THE COOL AND THE VICIOUS, in which he played a vaguely similar character, is too restrained here, trapped in a wig and period costume, spending too much time brooding and lamenting a childhood spent working in a brothel (seen in flashbacks). There's far more melodrama than a film like this is generally comfortable with.

All that said, however, the film is beautifully photographed, designed and costumed. It's a consistent visual treat, even when the narrative sags. The Crash Cinema DVD offers a very good letter-boxed transfer of an original print with sharp imagery and striking color. However, the print is extremely scratchy in parts, with occasional speckles and scratch lines streaking vertically through the film. Some parts, however, are not so bad and look almost pristine. The DVD case features a picture of Yasuaki Kurata, a Japanese actor/fighter who often starred in Hong Kong movies (SHAOLIN CHALLENGES NINJA), but doesn't appear in this one.

4 out of 5 stars Very Good Cung fu classic, but...........2001-10-04

This is an entertaining Kung fu flick, but it has allot of scratches and lines throughout the movie. I've seen older kung fu flicks in better condition. There was no effort in remastering it. This is the only copy of MASK OF DEATH on DVD right now so if you really want it just be aware of the condition of it.
Nuff said.

4 out of 5 stars excellent film.......2001-10-04

i bought this one on a whim because it was cheap
i was not dissapointed
i'll watch again and again and again
really fun

5 out of 5 stars a flick so dope it has an alias.......2001-08-25

aka "Shaolin devil, Shaolin angel", this movie is worth at least 2 titles and 5 stars. The cinematography in this movie is masterful, especially for being so old ('76), and depicts wong tao and chen sing (not my favorite of actors, but perhaps the finest work of his career)in many confrontations and battles. dvd is of great clarity and quality, except for some non-invasive, but visable verticle lines. And there is actually a descent storyline with some almost tarantino-style flashbacks. why is shoji kurata on the cover though?
Scared to Death
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Scared to Death
    Starring: Stanley Andrews , Lee Bennett , Gladys Blake , Joyce Compton , and Molly Lamont
    Director: William Christy Cabanne
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    ASIN: B00062IXBA
    Release Date: 2004-09-28
    Mask of Death
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE
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    • Very Good Cung fu classic, but....
    • excellent film
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    Mask of Death
    Starring: Lorenzo Lamas , Rae Dawn Chong , Billy Dee Williams , Conrad Dunn , and Thomas Cavanagh
    Director: David Mitchell
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    ASIN: B0000DZ3G8
    Release Date: 2004-02-03

    Description

    This exciting action-adventure stars Lorenzo Lamas (TV's RENEGADE) as a daring federal agent who's deep undercover ... and out for revenge! When his wife is killed in a botched FBI operation, Agent McKenna (Lamas) becomes a man with nothing to lose ... and now, he won't rest until he's brought down the crime syndicate responsible for her death! Teaming up with a veteran FBI agent (Billy Dee Williams -- UNDERCOVER BROTHER) and a former partner (sexy Rae Dawn Chong -- TV's WILD CARD), McKenna enters into a dangerous game of assumed identity. He boldly infiltrates an international spy ring hoping to turn the tables on his wife's killers ... and make it payback time! Packed with explosive thrills, MASK OF DEATH is powerful action entertainment!

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE.......2004-11-14

    I JUST ORDERED THIS AND I GOT A LORENZO LAMAS MOVIE FROM 2001, NOT THE KUNG FU MOVIE FROM 1976. BEWARE!!!

    3 out of 5 stars Murder mystery with kung fu in old China.......2001-11-26

    MASK OF DEATH (aka SHAOLIN DEVIL AND SHAOLIN ANGEL, 1979) is a well-made costume tale about a series of murders that offers just enough fighting to barely qualify as a kung fu film. Detailing the fate of a family decimated by the murders, it follows the efforts of a brother and sister to identify the murderers and avenge their family. They are helped by a secret agent, masquerading as an assassin (Wong Tao), and encounter numerous surprises along the way, culminating in a final battle with an unlikely enemy. It's packed with characters, incident, subplots and flashbacks, but, while never boring, is never very exciting either. No one bothered to string the incidents together in any cohesive order. Key people disappear for long stretches and we're not always sure who the main characters are supposed to be. When we learn finally who the villain is and why the murders occurred, it's too late to develop any dramatic tension or suspense.

    Tung Wei is credited as co-fight director and also plays a young scholar who goes off, after his father's murder, to learn kung fu from a Buddhist monk. When he finally reappears to join the heroes, his kung fu doesn't help much. Overall, the fight scenes lack the vigor, imagination and relentlessness such scenes require. Wong Tao, normally quite a firebrand in his films, including THE HOT, THE COOL AND THE VICIOUS, in which he played a vaguely similar character, is too restrained here, trapped in a wig and period costume, spending too much time brooding and lamenting a childhood spent working in a brothel (seen in flashbacks). There's far more melodrama than a film like this is generally comfortable with.

    All that said, however, the film is beautifully photographed, designed and costumed. It's a consistent visual treat, even when the narrative sags. The Crash Cinema DVD offers a very good letter-boxed transfer of an original print with sharp imagery and striking color. However, the print is extremely scratchy in parts, with occasional speckles and scratch lines streaking vertically through the film. Some parts, however, are not so bad and look almost pristine. The DVD case features a picture of Yasuaki Kurata, a Japanese actor/fighter who often starred in Hong Kong movies (SHAOLIN CHALLENGES NINJA), but doesn't appear in this one.

    4 out of 5 stars Very Good Cung fu classic, but...........2001-10-04

    This is an entertaining Kung fu flick, but it has allot of scratches and lines throughout the movie. I've seen older kung fu flicks in better condition. There was no effort in remastering it. This is the only copy of MASK OF DEATH on DVD right now so if you really want it just be aware of the condition of it.
    Nuff said.

    4 out of 5 stars excellent film.......2001-10-04

    i bought this one on a whim because it was cheap
    i was not dissapointed
    i'll watch again and again and again
    really fun

    5 out of 5 stars a flick so dope it has an alias.......2001-08-25

    aka "Shaolin devil, Shaolin angel", this movie is worth at least 2 titles and 5 stars. The cinematography in this movie is masterful, especially for being so old ('76), and depicts wong tao and chen sing (not my favorite of actors, but perhaps the finest work of his career)in many confrontations and battles. dvd is of great clarity and quality, except for some non-invasive, but visable verticle lines. And there is actually a descent storyline with some almost tarantino-style flashbacks. why is shoji kurata on the cover though?
    Mask of Death
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE
    • Murder mystery with kung fu in old China
    • Very Good Cung fu classic, but....
    • excellent film
    • a flick so dope it has an alias
    Mask of Death
    Starring: Lorenzo Lamas , Rae Dawn Chong , Billy Dee Williams , Conrad Dunn , and Thomas Cavanagh
    Director: David Mitchell
    Manufacturer: Greatest Sports Legends
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

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    ASIN: B00005MM6O
    Release Date: 2001-06-25

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE.......2004-11-14

    I JUST ORDERED THIS AND I GOT A LORENZO LAMAS MOVIE FROM 2001, NOT THE KUNG FU MOVIE FROM 1976. BEWARE!!!

    3 out of 5 stars Murder mystery with kung fu in old China.......2001-11-26

    MASK OF DEATH (aka SHAOLIN DEVIL AND SHAOLIN ANGEL, 1979) is a well-made costume tale about a series of murders that offers just enough fighting to barely qualify as a kung fu film. Detailing the fate of a family decimated by the murders, it follows the efforts of a brother and sister to identify the murderers and avenge their family. They are helped by a secret agent, masquerading as an assassin (Wong Tao), and encounter numerous surprises along the way, culminating in a final battle with an unlikely enemy. It's packed with characters, incident, subplots and flashbacks, but, while never boring, is never very exciting either. No one bothered to string the incidents together in any cohesive order. Key people disappear for long stretches and we're not always sure who the main characters are supposed to be. When we learn finally who the villain is and why the murders occurred, it's too late to develop any dramatic tension or suspense.

    Tung Wei is credited as co-fight director and also plays a young scholar who goes off, after his father's murder, to learn kung fu from a Buddhist monk. When he finally reappears to join the heroes, his kung fu doesn't help much. Overall, the fight scenes lack the vigor, imagination and relentlessness such scenes require. Wong Tao, normally quite a firebrand in his films, including THE HOT, THE COOL AND THE VICIOUS, in which he played a vaguely similar character, is too restrained here, trapped in a wig and period costume, spending too much time brooding and lamenting a childhood spent working in a brothel (seen in flashbacks). There's far more melodrama than a film like this is generally comfortable with.

    All that said, however, the film is beautifully photographed, designed and costumed. It's a consistent visual treat, even when the narrative sags. The Crash Cinema DVD offers a very good letter-boxed transfer of an original print with sharp imagery and striking color. However, the print is extremely scratchy in parts, with occasional speckles and scratch lines streaking vertically through the film. Some parts, however, are not so bad and look almost pristine. The DVD case features a picture of Yasuaki Kurata, a Japanese actor/fighter who often starred in Hong Kong movies (SHAOLIN CHALLENGES NINJA), but doesn't appear in this one.

    4 out of 5 stars Very Good Cung fu classic, but...........2001-10-04

    This is an entertaining Kung fu flick, but it has allot of scratches and lines throughout the movie. I've seen older kung fu flicks in better condition. There was no effort in remastering it. This is the only copy of MASK OF DEATH on DVD right now so if you really want it just be aware of the condition of it.
    Nuff said.

    4 out of 5 stars excellent film.......2001-10-04

    i bought this one on a whim because it was cheap
    i was not dissapointed
    i'll watch again and again and again
    really fun

    5 out of 5 stars a flick so dope it has an alias.......2001-08-25

    aka "Shaolin devil, Shaolin angel", this movie is worth at least 2 titles and 5 stars. The cinematography in this movie is masterful, especially for being so old ('76), and depicts wong tao and chen sing (not my favorite of actors, but perhaps the finest work of his career)in many confrontations and battles. dvd is of great clarity and quality, except for some non-invasive, but visable verticle lines. And there is actually a descent storyline with some almost tarantino-style flashbacks. why is shoji kurata on the cover though?
    Death Mask - HORROR (2002)
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Death Mask - HORROR (2002)

      Manufacturer: Echelon Entertainment 2
      ProductGroup: DVD
      Binding: DVD

      GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video
      ASIN: B000A28HMG

      Product Description

      Beauty can be terrifying when it's more than skin deep. Along the convivial, colorful midway of a traveling carnival there is a man, Wilbur Johnson, with unfinished business. Tormented by his past, he spends his days among the innocent, dreaming of the night when they shall all be guilty -- and vengeance will be his. Wilbur works in an old carnival and shows some gruesome things to the public. He covered his face b ecause he had a sadistic father who burned his face. Everybody makes jokes about his scars and when the new boss fired him, he goes to an old swamp-witch who gives him a piece of wood from a hanging tree and Wilbur makes a mask from this piece of wood and puts all his anger in this mask. When he puts the mask on, everybody who looks at this mask commits suicide. He has created the DEATH MASK.
      Behind The Mask
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Behind The Mask
        Starring: Death In June
        Manufacturer: Soleilmoon Records/Revolver
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

        GeneralGeneral | Music Video & Concerts | Genres | DVD | Video
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        ASIN: B000NIVP62
        Release Date: 2003-01-28
        Death Mask
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • This Movie Was Utterly Brilliant!
        • Death Mask 2002
        • death mask
        • We Have Hurt So Many People With Our Gung Fu
        • Ir's a great one Definetly
        Death Mask
        Starring: James Best , Linnea Quigley , John Nutten , Brigitte Hill , and Lorilyn Alexander
        Director: Steve Latshaw
        Manufacturer: Mti Home Video
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

        GeneralGeneral | Action & Adventure | Genres | DVD | Video
        GeneralGeneral | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video
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        ASIN: B00004W5T6
        Release Date: 2000-12-19

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars This Movie Was Utterly Brilliant!.......2005-03-26

        This was probably one of my favorite movies I have seen this year. There was great acting, wonderful dialogue, and the movie as gorgously shot by Max "Bee Man" Beck. The director Steve Latshaw is one of the best directors to emerge from the Orlando, Florida area and manages to top his last film, the classic Jack-O. The script, written by the talanted James Best, tells the tale of a misunderstood carnival mask carver, Wilbur. He teams up with the fabulous Linnea Quigley, who plays a cheap, dime slut bimbo, and they wander off to the swamp to find a witch to help Wilbur create a mask of beauty. The mask turns out to be made with evil, thus the bloodbath ensues... Lots of breasts and blood...

        4 out of 5 stars Death Mask 2002.......2002-01-24

        Loved this movie, when will a sequel come out? You gotta love circus/horror movies. Linnea looks great in this. You gotta see it!

        1 out of 5 stars death mask.......2001-11-06

        Please note that this is the wrong video! The review description relates to a martial arts movie starring Ti Lung; however, when I received the video, it's a horror/B-grade movie and I had to return it to Amazon. I am still waiting my refund by the way! The title is wrong; it should have been called "Death Mask of the Ninja," not "Death Mask" alone.

        5 out of 5 stars We Have Hurt So Many People With Our Gung Fu.......2001-08-31

        This is one of my favorite kung fu movies and it ranks up there with Swordsman 2 in my eyes. The dubbing is really cheesy and adds a lot to the fun. This movie is about two brothers separated at birth to protect them from the evil Ninth Prince who killed their father to steal the throne. One brother grows up under the thumb of the Ninth Prince and secretly learns kung fu, but his skills are not enough to defeath the Ninth Prince. The other brother, who is presumed dead, was dropped off at a small courtyard inhabited by the three Holy Fools. They are being punished for hurting too many people with their kung fu and are not allowed to leave the compound. They agree to raise Tou Heng. They end up teaching him their powerful form of martial arts without him even knowing it. This movie has some of the most best fight choreography I have seen in any movie! This is a MUST SEE for any kung fu fan. In fact, buy two in case one wears out.

        5 out of 5 stars Ir's a great one Definetly.......1999-06-22

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        Mask of Death [Region 2]
        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
        • THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE
        • Murder mystery with kung fu in old China
        • Very Good Cung fu classic, but....
        • excellent film
        • a flick so dope it has an alias
        Mask of Death [Region 2]
        Starring: Lorenzo Lamas , Rae Dawn Chong , Billy Dee Williams , Conrad Dunn , and Thomas Cavanagh
        Director: David Mitchell
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

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        ASIN: B00004RYSK

        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars THIS IS NOT A KUNG FU MOVIE.......2004-11-14

        I JUST ORDERED THIS AND I GOT A LORENZO LAMAS MOVIE FROM 2001, NOT THE KUNG FU MOVIE FROM 1976. BEWARE!!!

        3 out of 5 stars Murder mystery with kung fu in old China.......2001-11-26

        MASK OF DEATH (aka SHAOLIN DEVIL AND SHAOLIN ANGEL, 1979) is a well-made costume tale about a series of murders that offers just enough fighting to barely qualify as a kung fu film. Detailing the fate of a family decimated by the murders, it follows the efforts of a brother and sister to identify the murderers and avenge their family. They are helped by a secret agent, masquerading as an assassin (Wong Tao), and encounter numerous surprises along the way, culminating in a final battle with an unlikely enemy. It's packed with characters, incident, subplots and flashbacks, but, while never boring, is never very exciting either. No one bothered to string the incidents together in any cohesive order. Key people disappear for long stretches and we're not always sure who the main characters are supposed to be. When we learn finally who the villain is and why the murders occurred, it's too late to develop any dramatic tension or suspense.

        Tung Wei is credited as co-fight director and also plays a young scholar who goes off, after his father's murder, to learn kung fu from a Buddhist monk. When he finally reappears to join the heroes, his kung fu doesn't help much. Overall, the fight scenes lack the vigor, imagination and relentlessness such scenes require. Wong Tao, normally quite a firebrand in his films, including THE HOT, THE COOL AND THE VICIOUS, in which he played a vaguely similar character, is too restrained here, trapped in a wig and period costume, spending too much time brooding and lamenting a childhood spent working in a brothel (seen in flashbacks). There's far more melodrama than a film like this is generally comfortable with.

        All that said, however, the film is beautifully photographed, designed and costumed. It's a consistent visual treat, even when the narrative sags. The Crash Cinema DVD offers a very good letter-boxed transfer of an original print with sharp imagery and striking color. However, the print is extremely scratchy in parts, with occasional speckles and scratch lines streaking vertically through the film. Some parts, however, are not so bad and look almost pristine. The DVD case features a picture of Yasuaki Kurata, a Japanese actor/fighter who often starred in Hong Kong movies (SHAOLIN CHALLENGES NINJA), but doesn't appear in this one.

        4 out of 5 stars Very Good Cung fu classic, but...........2001-10-04

        This is an entertaining Kung fu flick, but it has allot of scratches and lines throughout the movie. I've seen older kung fu flicks in better condition. There was no effort in remastering it. This is the only copy of MASK OF DEATH on DVD right now so if you really want it just be aware of the condition of it.
        Nuff said.

        4 out of 5 stars excellent film.......2001-10-04

        i bought this one on a whim because it was cheap
        i was not dissapointed
        i'll watch again and again and again
        really fun

        5 out of 5 stars a flick so dope it has an alias.......2001-08-25

        aka "Shaolin devil, Shaolin angel", this movie is worth at least 2 titles and 5 stars. The cinematography in this movie is masterful, especially for being so old ('76), and depicts wong tao and chen sing (not my favorite of actors, but perhaps the finest work of his career)in many confrontations and battles. dvd is of great clarity and quality, except for some non-invasive, but visable verticle lines. And there is actually a descent storyline with some almost tarantino-style flashbacks. why is shoji kurata on the cover though?

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        4. Terminal Force/Ring Around the World
        5. Breakaway
        6. Space Camp
        7. Deadly Impact
        8. The Hunter's Moon
        9. Tuareg - The Desert Warrior
        10. Universal Street Car Shootout: DaGrove/Fastest Street Car Shootout: Orlando

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