1. Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Ebola Syndrome is my favourite film on the list. I absolutely love it and my Region 1 uncut DVD is the pride of my collection. It is a disgusting, depraved film based upon a putrid idea. But the end result is so gleefully enjoyable, if you are a fan of extreme Asian films or extreme films in general - you have to get this film in your life. Kai is a man on the run, wanted for the murder of his boss and his boss's wife. He flees to South Africa and finds work in a Chinese Restaurant. He travels with his boss to do business over getting meat for the restaurant from a local native tribe. Unfortunately the tribe has been hit with an outbreak of Ebola. Oblivious to the seriousness of all the sickness and just because he is a low life pervert scumbag, Kai rapes a woman dying of Ebola. Of course, he catches the disease himself but he comes through the illness and he is a carrier of Ebola transmitting the virus through body fluids. He kills his new boss and his wife but not before being infecting them with Ebola. He serves their dead bodies up as hamburgers - effectively spreading the virus throughout South Africa. With his boss's money he goes back to Hong Kong - infecting virtually everyone he comes into contact with. People start dying all over Hong Kong. The authorities are onto the fact that out there is a carrier of Ebola and the clock is ticking to find him. When they catch Kai he starts spitting at random people and the men trying to catch him to purposefully infect them with Ebola. He gets his comeuppance but I am pretty sure half of Hong Kong was infected by his spit. Anthony Wong gives an amazing performance as Kai. He is a dirty, obnoxious, filthy swine, but there is still something charismatic about him. It is bad that people are dying from Ebola but Kai is a really good antihero in all his disgustingness. I wouldn't call Ebola Syndrome horror. There is some extreme violence and blood letting but it is so over the top it loses its power to frighten as it would if the film were a horror film. I would class Ebola Syndrome as a very dark comedy - the mainstream would faint watching it, but for fans of extreme cinema this is a piece de resistance - a veritable masterpiece. Perverted Hong Kong cinema doesn't get any better than this. I mean it, this is some of the sickest stuff I have ever seen but it is just incredibly brilliant in its depravity. It's just so depraved in so many ways it's a marvel.