There’s been a lot of treats that Otaku no Culture has been looking at this month! Not only do we have a ton of terrific material to get caught up on from online (streaming or otherwise), but also there are books and home video releases we’re very excited to go through! One such offering is from Visual Vengeance, a subsidiary of Wild Eye Releasing, that we’re going to unbox, and will offer a more detailed write-up when the Halloween season is over (along with some reviews of series as a whole rather than separate episodes).
Kung Fu Rascals and Despiser (Amazon links) are works meant to be enjoyed as simple popcorn entertainment back when they first released. As Steve Wang pointed out (my interview with him can be read here), his film was his first foray into directing, and admitted there were problems. Despite some flaws, it’s a work to be appreciated because it helped show to Hollywood what he was capable of.
As for other works in this distributor’s catalog, one can find other movies were their final film school project, or perhaps something else. Some were attempts to test the waters of some genre, others designed for fun, and the rest–it’s like a roulette wheel: one can never be too sure if it’d be a wild success or not. Whatever the case, this label has a commitment to revive these works to show that it’s possible to love these lowbrow works for what they are.
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