The 9 Demons aka 9 Venoms aka Gary & Joey's Bogus Journey / Go To Hell]

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The Nine Demons (1984) – Review July 6, 2025 greigzilla Action , Fantasy , Film , Horror , Martial Arts , Review Leave a comment While I wouldn’t say I’m an expert of classic Kung-Fu (far from it, but I’m trying to learn) I do know crazy when I see it – for someone who has greatly enjoyed various insane supernatural action films from Asia (The Story Of Ricky, Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, Mr. Vampire, The Seventh Curse) I might have to go out on a limb and say that The Nine Demons (aka. The Nine Venoms) may actually be the most bugshit mental of them all. Despite only knowing that it was directed by Chang Cheh, who gave us the flamboyantly eccentric The Five Venoms and Five Element Ninjas, I went into The Nine Demons completely ignorant of what was about to unfold before my disbelieving eyes. What I was expecting was a standard Kung-Fu flick about a bloody feud between martial arts schools and tough lessons about responsibility and maturity born through vengeance – what I got was a crazed slice of epic camp that genuinely felt like someone had swapped my medication with LSD. Needless to say, I fucking loved it. Advertisement Best friends Joey and Gary (don’t worry, we’ll get to th…

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