The Untold Story (1993)
- Original title
- 八仙飯店之人肉叉燒包
- Directed by
- Herman Yau
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, horror film, crime film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 150 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Hong Kong film dramatizes a real 1985 multiple murder case in Macau. It follows the investigation into a restaurant owner who killed a family and possibly ate their remains.
grotesquetensesensationalizeddisturbingdarkly comicgrislybrutal
What happens
The Untold Story is a 1993 Hong Kong crime-horror film directed by Herman Yau and starring Danny Lee and Anthony Wong, with the former also serving as the film's producer. The film is based on the "Eight Immortals Restaurant murders" that took place on 4 August 1985 in the Hei Sha Wan section of Areia Preta, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Portuguese Macau. While the massacre of a family of 10 did occur at the restaurant, the alleged cannibalism is sensationalism inferred from the incomplete discovery of the victims' corpses, only finding limbs, and the lack of a smell of decomposition despite the tropical summer heat. The film was followed up by two unrelated sequels: The Untold Story 2, with Wong returning in a supporting role, and The Untold Story 3 with Lee returning in another role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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