{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"56. Shaw Bros. Horror Movies, feat. Stefan Hammond, author of Sex & Zen & A Bullet in the Head","description":"WRIGGLING WORMS, CRAWLING BUGS, SLITHERING SNAKES, WITCHCRAFT, RITUALS, AND BODILY FLUIDS OF EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE!! Once upon a time, three brothers named Shaw started a film studio in Hong Kong. That studio grew into a Southeast Asian  powerhouse, building its reputation on wuxia, kung fu, period dramas, comedies, and, in the mid \u201970s, horror. The special Shaw brand of horror, defined by black magic rituals, wild visuals, and exploitation spectacle was, in part, spearheaded by two filmmakers \u2013 Ho Meng-Hua and Kuei Chih-Hung.   Join Gabe and special guest host Stefan Hammond, author of Sex & Zen and a Bullet in the Head (with Mike Wilkins, 1996), Hollywood East (2000), and More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets (2020), as they explore the history of the studio and films of these two maverick directors. This is a particularly packed episode, covering Shaw\u2019s horror films in general, but focusing mostly on Ho\u2019s Black Magic (1975), Black Magic 2 (1976), and The Oily Maniac (1976), and Kuei\u2019s Killer Snakes (1974), Hex (1980), Bewitched (1981), and The Boxer\u2019s Omen (1983). 00:00 \u2013 Intro (a brief history of Shaw and Southeast Asian horror) 20:20 \u2013 Ho Meng-Hua, Black Magic, and Black Magic 2 53:52 \u2013 The Oily Maniac (and more Ho) 1:01:24 \u2013 Kuei Chih-Hung and The Killer Snakes 1:33:28 \u2013 Hex, Bewitched, and The Boxer\u2019s Omen (and more Kuei) 2:06:32 \u2013 Outro ","author_name":"Genre Grinder","author_url":"https:\/\/www.genregrinder.com\/","html":"