Cult Survival Horror The Island Joining The Masters Of Cinema
Hong Kong’s answer to the likes of Deliverance, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Hills Have Eyes
Eureka Entertainment set to showcase Hong Kong cinema is more than just crime thrillers this October. When they release the cult survival horror The Island from acclaimed filmmaker Po-Chih Leong. First time anywhere outside of Asia, on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. This forgotten genre gem joins The Masters of Cinema Series, arriving in October in both the UK and North America,.
Perhaps the most accomplished genre picture directed by British-Chinese filmmaker Po-Chih Leong (Hong Kong 1941), The Island is Hong Kong’s answer to the likes of Deliverance, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes and Motel Hell – a film that transports the visceral 
survival horror so popular in the 1970s and 1980s from the backwoods of America to a remote island in East Asia.
At the height of summer, teacher Mr Cheung (John Sham) takes a small group of his students on an excursion to explore a rural island that he assumes is uninhabited. But upon arrival, Cheung and his class discover that they are not alone – the island is, in fact, home to three deranged brothers and their equally deranged mother. And when one of Cheung’s students refuses a marriage proposal from the youngest – and perhaps most disturbed – member of this deeply strange family, both the teacher and the young people in his care soon come to wish that they had stayed at home.
Following in the footsteps of its Western predecessors, The Island plays out a pointed class conflict as it pits its educated urbanites against the violent members of an isolated rural community – but never loses the unique qualities of a Hong Kong horror movie.
Eureka Entertainment have released a new Trailer to promote the release, check it out…
“a uniquely crazy terror comedy in Hong Kong style” – Far East Film
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
Limited edition of 2,000 copies | Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Ilan Sheady | Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring an interview with Po-Chih Leong and revised introduction notes on The Island by film writer, producer and film festival executive Roger Garcia | 1080p HD presentation from a brand new 2K restoration | Original Cantonese mono | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | New audio commentary with East Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | New audio commentary with genre cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Surviving the Shoot – interview with director Po-Chih Leong from 2023 courtesy of Frédéric Ambroisine | Trailer | * All extras subject to change
HONG KONG | 1985 | TBC | 93 MINS | 1.85:1 OAR | HORROR/THRILLER | CANTONESE |R:A/B
The Island will be released on Blu-ray from 13th October in the UK and Ireland. Then releasing the film in North America on 14th October.
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