The Island

Original title: Sang sei sin

1985
1h 32m

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Mr. Cheung takes six young students along for a trip to a remote, deserted island. After being dropped, however, they discover there are more people living on the island: three insane person... Read allMr. Cheung takes six young students along for a trip to a remote, deserted island. After being dropped, however, they discover there are more people living on the island: three insane persons and their paranoid mother.Mr. Cheung takes six young students along for a trip to a remote, deserted island. After being dropped, however, they discover there are more people living on the island: three insane persons and their paranoid mother.

Director
- Po-Chih Leong
Writers
- The Dak Bo Creative Group
- Kei Shu
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Po-Chih Leong
Writers
- The Dak Bo Creative Group
- Kei Shu
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win

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6/10

A bleak and creepy HK horror adventure.

This is a creepy little horror adventure from director Po-Chih Leong, where a teacher and his students run into a horrible nightmare after camping at an island off the coast of Hong Kong that is inhabited by a mysterious woman and her three, malevolent sons.

The film gains much momentum from start to finish and much of the suspense and horror takes place on the island. The amount of misfortune our protagonists run into may be disturbing to the viewers and their run-ins with the evil doers are pretty savage to look at. This really defines the horror element of this type of movie genre - all the creepiness, suspense and thrills all built up without the overload of gore.

The mystery and the awe of terror surrounding the family on the island and the amount of fear the teacher and students experience will send chills down your spine. However, while intriguing, the acting was a little sub-par and this movie could have use some humor and redeeming moments, instead of just pure horror and depressing stuff. However, hardcore horror movie fans should enjoy this movie.

Grade C+