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5/9/2011 6:17 PM
Jorda75 wrote:
I TIGER loved it! Ha ha ha, okay I did enjoy it, I love Kung Tai Ted, thanks for yet another awesome video Brad! Reply to this
5/9/2011 6:48 PM
Gabe Kelly wrote:
I've seen it. Kid wasn't killed. Just maimed, eaten, and sent back to school. Reply to this
5/9/2011 6:50 PM
SAB5130 wrote:
That was terrible, but you handled it well. Yeah, that kid was in serious trouble unless there was an off camera gun pointed at that Tiger's face, which I doubt. Reply to this
5/9/2011 7:14 PM
Blarghl-Flarghl wrote:
It's a chopsaki film. The tiger was probably a lot more valuable than the child. Reply to this
i'm sorry to do this but... but what? did that tiger just killed that child actor? relax I'm so sure that the tiger just let him go after molesting the kid for several hours. Reply to this
5/9/2011 7:09 PM
MorphineSJ wrote:
Wasn't expecting all that "I'm sorry to do this bu..." I burst out laughing. Fortunately I wasn't drinking at the moment. Great review Reply to this
5/9/2011 11:12 PM
Fiery Little One wrote:
Of the movies featured on Kung Tai Ted, this is one of the few I've actually seen and... It's probably best not to dwell on that bit with the kid. Otherwise, from what I recall, last time I saw this one was a couple of years ago, it was alright... until the tiger morphed into the witch, then it just got weird. Reply to this
5/12/2011 10:46 PM
Dude wrote:
By the by, is it just my imagination, or did the soundtrack suddenly turn into a really weird arrangement of "Phantom of the Opera" during that montage? Reply to this
5/10/2011 3:55 AM
dagoreo wrote:
Wait, so "uncle" tiger turns into a lady witch? What the hell is that supposed to imply? Reply to this
5/19/2011 8:19 PM
Its Grandaunt Tiger wrote:
The title of the movie is supposed to the "Grandaunt Tiger". The tiger is supposed to be female, but it refered to as a male in the dub for some reason.
I guess the tiger would not be so intimidatng if it were referred to as the lead's "Grandauntie". Reply to this
5/10/2011 3:58 AMChris H wrote:
Hey Brad, have you ever seen the Charles Bronson-Simon MacCorkindale movie Caboblanco? (In fact, I can think of a third connection with that movie to this episode, Manimal, Charles Bronson, and the fact that the Caboblanco DVD has no menu, like it's a snuff film!!) Reply to this
5/10/2011 7:14 AM
Jyri wrote:
Well that looked pretty fucking forrible. The movie I mean... with the kid and the tiger... oh my. Reply to this
5/10/2011 9:27 AM
Flint wrote:
"In one amazing scene an unknown child actor circles a grown tiger swatting it with a stick until the cat gets pissed and attacks him. The scene freezes on the little tyke’s shocked and horrified expression just as a huge paw is about to come down on his head. Considering Hong Kong’s non-existent child labor laws we can only wonder how many kids it took to make this thing!" I found this on www.revengeismydestiny.com/cult_movies_asian_invasion.html. Granted a lack of labor laws doesn't indicate a lack of murder laws... but yeah, we all may have just watched a snuff film. Reply to this
5/10/2011 12:57 PMBooRat wrote:
Oh the look of pure horror on that child's face as that Tiger was about to rip it off was classic! But, I am saddened that it was a child I'd profer the 1st stuff film to been some one that might have deserved it! I gotta wonder about the kid's parents when signing him up for the role! "Hey, I got a complaint about this part where my son's got to be playing with a real life tiger and wacking it on the head with a stick!" Reply to this
5/10/2011 3:25 PM
Gravemind wrote:
I hope nothing happened to that kid... but, logic tells me that he died :\
5/10/2011 6:08 PM
scott wrote:
Nice Charles Bronson Joke. I'm watching 10 to Midnight right now. Keep throwing them in there like that. People seem to like them and respond to them, but don't get heavy handed with them. Reply to this
5/10/2011 6:30 PMTMS wrote:
Wow, first the Cinema Snob and now Kung Tai Ted breaking the fourth wall, and in movies where there were possibly real life deaths on set! Reply to this
5/10/2011 7:10 PMRyan wrote:
I don't mean to use hyperbole but I think Kung Tai Ted breaking character like that may have been the funniest thing he's ever done. Reply to this
5/10/2011 8:33 PMThe Movie Explorer wrote:
Is it evil of me to laugh over the tiger mauling the child, esp. since it makes Brad break character?
Is it extra evil of me to want to seek this movie out now? Reply to this
5/10/2011 9:39 PM
Wilford Pettiford MacGuinney wrote:
I love the IMDb FAQ page for this:
"Is this a snuff film?" - the only question asked on its page of course
"No. Though the tiger may have killed the child on screen, it was not made and produced for the sole purpose of exploiting the childs death." - ah, well THAT makes it all perfectly OK then! Good to know the child died for a good cause!
"Also, it cuts away, it could have been faked." - yes because they wouldn't cut away to disguise the fact the child died on camera now would they? Reply to this
5/11/2011 1:10 AM
Handsome Pete wrote:
A snuff film must [1] show at least one real death, and [2] be sought after for that reason. This movie covered [1], and Snob already did a movie that covered [2]. So this is probably as close as it's going to get. Reply to this
5/11/2011 11:19 AM
Matt wrote:
Well, that was... disturbing. And not just for the kid - a couple of the adult actors looked as though they were getting pretty badly mauled, too. FWIW, IMDB records credits for everyone in the cast after the film was made... all except one.
So yeah. Think I'll go and have a lie down now, and a little cry. Reply to this
5/11/2011 2:07 PM
octo7 wrote:
Good episode but some of the comments here about the kid are really making me lose faith in humanity. I mean WTF? Reply to this
5/11/2011 2:50 PM
darkdriver wrote:
It looks like the tiger used in the later scenes has had its upper row of incisors removed. When it attacks the woman during the revenge montage, we can clearly see that it only has lower incisors. Either they used a second tiger with teeth removed in later scenes because of what the first one did...or they removed the first one's upper teeth because of what it did. Either way, what the heck was up with that director? "Have the kid irritate a tiger, nothing bad will happen"?! All I'm saying is that maybe someone should have knocked out the director's teeth instead of the tiger's teeth. Reply to this
5/12/2011 12:04 AM
Ray O wrote: http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4775 "A few years later, Shin Lan idiotically advises her young son to “try fighting with uncle tiger.” Whereupon we are treated to disturbing mondo footage of a real little boy mauled by a real tiger. “Don’t play so rough!” the kid scolds in the dub, although the freeze-frame on the clearly terrified tyke is too unsettling to dismiss." Is this the real answer? You've gotta get to the bottom of this, Brad! Reply to this
So if anyone gets to see it, we might finally have an answer about the poor kid. The fact its even mentioned in such a documentary suggests to me that the kid is dead, there's no other reason to call a bizarre, badly choreographed kung fu movie a 'video nasty' Reply to this
7/15/2011 10:52 PM
dvorak wrote:
This is a 'video nasty' because of the suggestion of bestiality. It is somewhat implied in the film that the mother may be having a sexual relationship with the animal. Reply to this
5/12/2011 8:51 AM
octo7 wrote:
So I hope you sick fucks who commented above about "awesome I wanted to see the kid get his face ripped off" Have a hard time sleeping tonight. Although you're probably as morally lacking as fucking Nazi's and won't give a shit either way. Reply to this
5/12/2011 9:04 AM
octo7 wrote:
More evidence here. The director, one Kuang Hui, used a pseudonym making this film 'Kam Yon,' if you look at the list of films he made, this is the only one where he used a fake name... I wonder if its because a child died on set and he didn't want people to know it was due to his negligence and idiocy. Reply to this
5/12/2011 10:50 PM
Dude wrote:
Sometimes you get mauled by a tiger, sometimes you don't. Sometime it just be's that way. Reply to this
5/13/2011 3:34 PMRPGxMadness wrote:
I think that what they did is take off all of the upper Fangs of the Tiger so that it would not harm the actors while still look menacing.... (it was the 70's in china so I guess that this was pretty common...in sorts) Reply to this
5/14/2011 12:33 PM
octo7 wrote:
A tiger could snap a child's neck with one swipe of it's paw, teeth or not. They're incredibly strong creatures. Reply to this
5/14/2011 8:21 PM
Oliver Scott wrote:
Oh my! I feel terrible laughing, but fuck me your response to the tiger attack on the kid was funny. Reply to this
5/14/2011 10:42 PMJamie wrote:
Great review! Probably the best KTT ever. Only complaint i have it how short it was... would really have liked to see a 15min one on this, but then again i feel that way about all of your reviews/characters. XD 20min+ Is NOT too much! Reply to this
5/17/2011 9:25 PM
Suka wrote:
Ah yes "the hero wearing all white method". Most popularly used by writer Warren Ellis. Reply to this
5/28/2011 3:12 AM
Anonymous wrote:
You could not laugh to the tiger "killing" joke if you would know the kid. Although, we don't know if the kid really died or even got injured. Does this mean we can still make fun of it? Reply to this
5/28/2011 6:44 AMOom Yung Doe wrote:
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I TIGER loved it!
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Yeah, that kid probably died...
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The price of fame is steep, especially when tigers are involved.
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Wow. I'd be willing to wager that this movie had a body count that would rival one of Cecil B. Demille's productions.
Also, how strange is it that the Bronson look-alike in this flick looks less asian than the real Charles Bronson?
Great episode, Brad!
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What? Not ONE Calvin & Hobbes joke? I feel somehow cheated.
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I agree I figured at least one Calvin referince!
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Blacks are not Norse gods...
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Kinda like how racists aren't human beings huh?
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Who the hell are you to tell a god what shape he can or cannot assume?
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Research needs to be done! I want to know if this really was a snuff film.
I don't think any actual actors died, because it's obvious when they use fake arms.
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Yeah...good luck finding any information on this movie.
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I've seen it. Kid wasn't killed. Just maimed, eaten, and sent back to school.
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That was terrible, but you handled it well. Yeah, that kid was in serious trouble unless there was an off camera gun pointed at that Tiger's face, which I doubt.
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It's a chopsaki film. The tiger was probably a lot more valuable than the child.
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alright alright
i'm sorry to do this but...
but what?
did that tiger just killed that child actor?
relax I'm so sure that the tiger just let him go after molesting the kid for several hours.
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Wasn't expecting all that "I'm sorry to do this bu..." I burst out laughing. Fortunately I wasn't drinking at the moment.
Great review
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So we all just possibly, technically watched a snuff film.
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OMG! Poor Kid!
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Cinema Snob, why are your shoes so white?
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hmmm...."Winning"?
Well at least they didn't have to feed the tiger anymore on set. That's a form of "winning" right?
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Really? A Charlie Sheen joke?
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Of the movies featured on Kung Tai Ted, this is one of the few I've actually seen and... It's probably best not to dwell on that bit with the kid. Otherwise, from what I recall, last time I saw this one was a couple of years ago, it was alright... until the tiger morphed into the witch, then it just got weird.
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By the by, is it just my imagination, or did the soundtrack suddenly turn into a really weird arrangement of "Phantom of the Opera" during that montage?
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It's the Manimal theme I think.
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Wait, so "uncle" tiger turns into a lady witch? What the hell is that supposed to imply?
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The title of the movie is supposed to the "Grandaunt Tiger". The tiger is supposed to be female, but it refered to as a male in the dub for some reason.
I guess the tiger would not be so intimidatng if it were referred to as the lead's "Grandauntie".
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Hey Brad, have you ever seen the Charles Bronson-Simon MacCorkindale movie Caboblanco? (In fact, I can think of a third connection with that movie to this episode, Manimal, Charles Bronson, and the fact that the Caboblanco DVD has no menu, like it's a snuff film!!)
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Well that looked pretty fucking forrible. The movie I mean... with the kid and the tiger... oh my.
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"In one amazing scene an unknown child actor circles a grown tiger swatting it with a stick until the cat gets pissed and attacks him. The scene freezes on the little tyke’s shocked and horrified expression just as a huge paw is about to come down on his head. Considering Hong Kong’s non-existent child labor laws we can only wonder how many kids it took to make this thing!" I found this on www.revengeismydestiny.com/cult_movies_asian_invasion.html. Granted a lack of labor laws doesn't indicate a lack of murder laws... but yeah, we all may have just watched a snuff film.
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Oh the look of pure horror on that child's face as that Tiger was about to rip it off was classic! But, I am saddened that it was a child I'd profer the 1st stuff film to been some one that might have deserved it! I gotta wonder about the kid's parents when signing him up for the role! "Hey, I got a complaint about this part where my son's got to be playing with a real life tiger and wacking it on the head with a stick!"
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I hope nothing happened to that kid... but, logic tells me that he died :\
I don't feel so well now...
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Nice Charles Bronson Joke. I'm watching 10 to Midnight right now. Keep throwing them in there like that. People seem to like them and respond to them, but don't get heavy handed with them.
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Wow, first the Cinema Snob and now Kung Tai Ted breaking the fourth wall, and in movies where there were possibly real life deaths on set!
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I don't mean to use hyperbole but I think Kung Tai Ted breaking character like that may have been the funniest thing he's ever done.
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Is it evil of me to laugh over the tiger mauling the child, esp. since it makes Brad break character?
Is it extra evil of me to want to seek this movie out now?
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I love the IMDb FAQ page for this:
"Is this a snuff film?" - the only question asked on its page of course
"No. Though the tiger may have killed the child on screen, it was not made and produced for the sole purpose of exploiting the childs death." - ah, well THAT makes it all perfectly OK then! Good to know the child died for a good cause!
"Also, it cuts away, it could have been faked." - yes because they wouldn't cut away to disguise the fact the child died on camera now would they?
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So is there any confirmation whether the kid died there?
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I feel so bad for that kid. I hope he's alive and all right.
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A snuff film must
[1] show at least one real death, and
[2] be sought after for that reason.
This movie covered [1], and Snob already did a movie that covered [2]. So this is probably as close as it's going to get.
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I'm fucking traumatized now. I can't even finish watching this.
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Well, that was... disturbing. And not just for the kid - a couple of the adult actors looked as though they were getting pretty badly mauled, too. FWIW, IMDB records credits for everyone in the cast after the film was made... all except one.
So yeah. Think I'll go and have a lie down now, and a little cry.
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Good episode but some of the comments here about the kid are really making me lose faith in humanity. I mean WTF?
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It looks like the tiger used in the later scenes has had its upper row of incisors removed. When it attacks the woman during the revenge montage, we can clearly see that it only has lower incisors.
Either they used a second tiger with teeth removed in later scenes because of what the first one did...or they removed the first one's upper teeth because of what it did.
Either way, what the heck was up with that director? "Have the kid irritate a tiger, nothing bad will happen"?!
All I'm saying is that maybe someone should have knocked out the director's teeth instead of the tiger's teeth.
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As Spoony once said:
"Darkest sketch! Darkest sketch!"
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http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4775
"A few years later, Shin Lan idiotically advises her young son to “try fighting with uncle tiger.” Whereupon we are treated to disturbing mondo footage of a real little boy mauled by a real tiger. “Don’t play so rough!” the kid scolds in the dub, although the freeze-frame on the clearly terrified tyke is too unsettling to dismiss."
Is this the real answer? You've gotta get to the bottom of this, Brad!
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Yeah Brad, we demand peace of mind!
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OK guys, according to IMDB; Tiger Love is mentioned in this 2010 documentary: Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740712/
So if anyone gets to see it, we might finally have an answer about the poor kid. The fact its even mentioned in such a documentary suggests to me that the kid is dead, there's no other reason to call a bizarre, badly choreographed kung fu movie a 'video nasty'
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This is a 'video nasty' because of the suggestion of bestiality. It is somewhat implied in the film that the mother may be having a sexual relationship with the animal.
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So I hope you sick fucks who commented above about "awesome I wanted to see the kid get his face ripped off" Have a hard time sleeping tonight. Although you're probably as morally lacking as fucking Nazi's and won't give a shit either way.
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More evidence here. The director, one Kuang Hui, used a pseudonym making this film 'Kam Yon,' if you look at the list of films he made, this is the only one where he used a fake name... I wonder if its because a child died on set and he didn't want people to know it was due to his negligence and idiocy.
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Sometimes you get mauled by a tiger, sometimes you don't. Sometime it just be's that way.
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I think that what they did is take off all of the upper Fangs of the Tiger so that it would not harm the actors while still look menacing.... (it was the 70's in china so I guess that this was pretty common...in sorts)
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A tiger could snap a child's neck with one swipe of it's paw, teeth or not. They're incredibly strong creatures.
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Oh my! I feel terrible laughing, but fuck me your response to the tiger attack on the kid was funny.
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Great review! Probably the best KTT ever.
Only complaint i have it how short it was... would really have liked to see a 15min one on this, but then again i feel that way about all of your reviews/characters. XD
20min+ Is NOT too much!
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Ah yes "the hero wearing all white method". Most popularly used by writer Warren Ellis.
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You could not laugh to the tiger "killing" joke if you would know the kid. Although, we don't know if the kid really died or even got injured. Does this mean we can still make fun of it?
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