Cut From the Same Cloth as Chuck Law: “Kung Fury” (2015)

If it’s possible for Chuck Law to have a long lost brother, I have to imagine it’s the cop that became Kung Fury, the greatest Kung Fu master ever.

Kung Fury is a Swedish martial arts short film that somehow manages to cram most of the 1980’s into its 30 minute run time in the best possible way. A normal Miami cop is struck by lightning and then bitten by a cobra to become Kung Fury, the greatest Kung Fu Master / Cop ever seen. When Adolph Hitler, a.k.a. The Kung Fuhrer travels through time to 1985, Kung Fury must enlist the aid of Hackerman, world’s greatest hacker, to hack time itself. It’s got vikings, dinosaurs, vikings riding dinosaurs, robots, and Nazis, and if you even got to the end of this sentence without running to YouTube to watch it (Did I mention it’s available completely free? It is!) I’m really disappointed in you. Seriously, what are you doing with your life?

The trailer is below, followed by the David Hasselhoff(!) music video for “True Survivor” (Permit denied!), followed by the full movie. It’s well worth your 30 minutes, and makes me regret every creative choice I’ve ever made that weren’t “make Kung Fury”.

The Trailer:

The Music Video:

The Full Movie:

GLRL Episode 1: “House (Hausu)” (1977)

Welcome to the first full episode of Green Light, Red Light! This week’s movie is House or Hausu, a 1977 Japanese “horror” movie that follows 7 girls as they try to survive the night in a haunted house intent on eating them. That’s the easy description, though the movie defies almost any attempt to classify it.

If you want to get a copy of this movie, which we highly recommend, you can purchase it on DVD or Watch Instantly over at Amazon, or you can watch it as part of your Hulu+ membership.

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The creepy calliope music is called “Fairground Fancy,” courtesy of purple-planet.com.

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GLRL Minisode 1: “House (Hausu)” (1977)

Welcome to the first minisode for Green Light, Red Light! In this episode, we’ll introduce ourselves, tell you a little about how the show is going to work, and preview our first movie, the 1977 Japanese “horror” film House.

If you want to watch the film before you listen to the main episode, it’s available on DVD or Instant Watch from Amazon, or you can watch it as part of the Criterion Collection on Hulu+.