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Human Lanterns AKA Ren pi deng long AKA Human Skin Lanterns (1982)
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.Director: Chung Sun
OVERALL: R1-
OVERALL: R1
For slightly better extra features.
The French R2 also has several extras but is missing the alternate take, isn't English friendly and has FORCED French subtitles. -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Image Entertainment - Yes (98:39 NTSC), all of the footage cut from the HK DVD as described is present. However, 0:24 of the first victim's skin peeling scene are missing from the movie (the R1 presents them as the "alternate take" extra). Ironically, these 0:24 are included in the HK DVD.
- R2 France- CTV - Yes (94:20 PAL), all of the footage cut from the HK DVD as described is present. However, 0:24 of the first victim's skin peeling scene are missing from the movie (the R1 presents them as the "alternate take" extra). Ironically, these 0:24 are included in the HK DVD.
- R2 Germany- MIB - Yes (94:23 PAL), all of the footage cut from the HK DVD as described is present. However, 0:24 of the first victim's skin peeling scene are missing from the movie (the R1 presents them as the "alternate take" extra). Ironically, these 0:24 are included in the HK DVD.
- R2 Holland- Dutch FilmWorks - Not known
- R2 United Kingdom- Momentum Pictures - Yes (94:33 PAL), all of the footage cut from the HK DVD as described is present. However, 0:24 of the first victim's skin peeling scene are missing from the movie. Ironically, these 0:24 are included in the HK DVD.
- R3 Hong Kong- IVL - Yes (90:47 PAL-to-NTSC), missing a total of 3:31 of footage, accounting for: multiple trims in the murder and mutilation of Yen Chu; some scenes involving other victims are missing altogether, and several nudity shots have been erased
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 10/07/08
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 07/05/22UPDATE LOG:
09/06/19: Added Amazon links.
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07/05/22: Added specs, added Germany.
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