CRIPPLED MASTERS, THE (SEVERIN)

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More than four decades ago, “one of the strangest and most shocking martial arts movies ever witnessed” (DVD Talk) drove 42^nd Street audiences into a stunned frenzy. Today it remains an “amazing” (Severed Cinema), “genuinely jaw-dropping” (High-Def Digest) “undisputed masterpiece” (Grindhouse Database), and is officially licensed on disc in North America for the first time: When a cruel crime boss chops off the arms of a peasant (Sung-Chuan Shen aka Frankie Shum, who was born with Thalidomide Syndrome) and acid-dissolves the lower limbs of a henchman (Chao-Ming Kang aka Jackie Conn, born with small, deformed legs), the two disabled men train under a mysterious master to combine themselves into one unstoppable fighting machine and battle their way to vengeance. Chung Chien Li (THE GUY WITH THE SECRET KUNG FU) and Mu-Chuan Chen (THE IRON MONKEY) co-star in “the FREAKS of martial arts cinema” (1000 Misspent Hours) directed by Chi Lo aka Joe Law (THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN), newly scanned in 4K from the interpositive with 3 hours of revealing Special Features produced exclusively for this release.

Special Features for THE CRIPPLED MASTERS:

• Audio Commentary With Frank Djeng, Co-Producer Of ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE
• Audio Essay By Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon
• Unleashing The Legends: The Godfathers Of Kung Fu Distribution – Interview With Temple Of Schlock's Chris Poggiali
• Original Trailer
• New Line Cinema U.S. Trailer