The people who bothered to track this down were looking for violence, torture, sex, nudity, and wackiness, or all of the above--and "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story" delivers in every category. But I believe it was the wackiness that propelled it to cult status. This film is littered with bizarre scenes and comical dialogue that will make your head hurt, but in a good way. One of my favorite examples is when the man with the longest shlong in town is pissing on a frog stating that, "I'll piss on you until your four legs face the heavens".

Many people may be turned off by the title, but I didn't think the torture was as gruesome as one might expect. In fact some of the devices were pretty creative (especially the sexual ones). Of course no review of this film would be complete without the mention of the scene between Elvis Tsui and Julie Lee, which is honestly too mind-bending to describe, but does feature the twirl wheel and wonder screw. This scene is priceless sleaze and well worth the price of admission alone. This scene also reminded me of the classic dickhead moment from "Eternal Evil Of Asia", making me think that Elvis Tsui, Julie Lee, and Wong Jing had something to do with every sleazy erotic scene in CAT 3 history--only Anthony Wong is needed to complete the equation.

This is a great CAT 3 film that succeeds in every category and should not be missed by anyone interested in these types of films. Finally, the whole cast looks great, especially Yvonne Yung Hung, who gets raped by an invisible man! 'Nuff said.

Buy it! Watch it! Recommend it!

Funny and fun to watch Cat. III caper. This is a "Cat. III" film--it is not a martial arts morality play. Seems a bit strange to complain about the explicit and gross nature of this film in reveiw. You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, and what you see is what you get. The title after all is "Chinese Torture Chamber Story", not "Wong Fei Hung Goes To Tremont". .

I liked this movie and found the film quite interesting--shows the brutal practices of the Imperial court and some "fictionalized" sexual practices of the well to do in old China.

Masters and Johnson could not imagine many of the methods shown in this DVD.

E.G. There is a hyper energetic sexual high wire kung fu sequence shot high up in a bamboo grove-- like Ang Lee's famous Crouching Tiger scean- but without clothes.

This is a type of quality production that we seldom see out of Hong Kong these days. It has sex, moon eyed romance, torture, skulldruggery, and comedy all in one tight little package. If you are interested in watching an adult CAT III production, this is a good place to start.

Some quotes so you can see what you are getting into if you want watch this film. Sad; they don't seem to write great scripts like this anymore.

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Oh, yeah remember you already set the DVD, push play and enjoy.