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I actually bought--sight unseen--an obscure import DVD of this film, so my expectations might have been higher than those of someone just looking to rent. But in all honesty, I can't even recommend it for a low-priced rental.

I was willing to settle for something only half as disturbing and well-crafted as The Untold Story or Dr. Lamb when I ordered this DVD. I'm addicted to being disturbed; that is to say, I have intense admiration for violence, cruelty, brutality, and gore in films. So if a film contains enough of these elements, I can forgive other shortcomings. Unfortunately, Horrible High Heels isn't very disturbing to the jaded--yes, there's a decent helping of gore, but I've seen worse (or do I mean better?) in any dozen Italian zombie/cannibal films, and in quite a few Asian films as well. This is irrelevant, though, because its other shortcomings are so severe that no amount of barbarism could sway my low opinion of it.

The film's greatest flaw is that it's utterly incoherent. This is actually an odd statement coming from me, because I'm normally a huge fan of incoherence, especially when it's intentional--for example, when it's used to instill a sense of confusion in the viewer that mirrors the mental state of the film's protagonist. But the incoherence in HHH is the result of nothing more than an abundance of filmmaking ineptitude. If this ineptitude were at least comical, I might still have enjoyed the film, but it's simply perpetually frustrating and inappropriate to the narrative. In many sections, it's as if the editor decided that shot sequence was arbitrary, and simply spliced the shots together in random order.

And so on. To make a long story short (too late), don't waste your money. If you've seen Cannibal Ferox, City of the Living Dead, Organ, Men Behind the Sun, and the like, this film will not fulfill your mayhem jones, and it will irritate you besides. If you DON'T like your entertainment brutal, for god's sake why are you reading about this film?

I knew it'd happen again one day, another poor CAT3 film came my way. With quotes such as The Chinese Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it's a movie you almost HAVE to see. Well, that ain't the case. Really, this is a completely passable CAT3 entry that is utterly a completely below average flick. And if you compare it to other classic CAT3's, it feels much worse.

The story is about a killer who takes the skin of his victims to make....duuhhh, High Heels. Well, neither the killings nor the high heels are very impressive. There are a few nice scenes involving some sleazy rape n sex, but besides those choice scenes, even the murders and death is almost yawn worthy. All actors involved are very forgettable, well besides the killer, he may fit in the "so bad it's good" category for acting. Everyone else is emotionless and just plain bad. The story itself sucks. Big surprise there! Combine crappy actors, weak writing and not enough of the "good stuff" the movie begins to become boring and feel uneventful.

Horrible High Heels isn't completely horrible, but it isn't even close to be worthy of being talked among some of the classic CAT3 flicks. Film such as Chinese Torture Chamber Story, Untold Story, Red to Kill, these are where it's at. If I were you, I'd pass on this and re-watch one of the classicks. But if you are like me and are in love with the CAT3 universe, then I suppose check it out. Just don't expect anything fantastic.

When I saw "Horrible High Heels" I was completely blown away by what was playing on the television screen. The opening scene with the cow being gutted made me think of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. By the time the ending rolled around, the body count was so high from revenge that I Spit On Your Grave entered my head. It was a different movie for sure and if you want to being surprised at every turn, this would be the movie to check out. It really blew my mind!!! I wanted to thank the friend that lent it to me with the warning of not to eat any type of meat while watching "Horrible High Heels" but I did anyway. I was completely shocked by what I seen and will purchase it on DVD if I happen to run into it at some of the local video stores. It would be one of the movies to be shown to viewers with a high tolerance for pain, agony, violence, sex, nudity and death. What a rush!!!

This is a thoroughly perverse and gore addled category 3 film from Hong Kong. For those who don't know, category 3 basically means 'rated as containing nudity and/or hardcore violence', and if thats what your looking for, this totally incoherent film delivers. I'm not too sure if the lack of linear structure is down to bad subtitles, s****y cuts or a godard fetish or even an excess of drugs, but this does deliver on important scores of bezerk originality, up front nastiness, and frothing insanity. If you manage to track a copy of this increasingly rare film down you will see what i mean; human skin is turned into ladies leather shoes at a luckless shoe factory, a maniac does something very very odd with a duck and a photo of a co-worker, cute asian girls are hassled in pretty bizarre ways by the killer of the title....... Well its a sleazy piece of schlock. Its very good but make sure you've got a 6 pack and you aint expecting Kurosawa, if you get my drift. L8R

If you want to watch this movie after my comments I will suggest you use the fast forward button. This movie is very confused..it is poorly acted and lousy written. I could forgive all this if it was groundbreaking in any way, but no. It´s about this shoefactory were people disappear and end up as fine quality shoes. All the characters are unpleasant, so who cares who kills who. There is a subplot involving some local thugs - an excuse to make some lame shootout in the end. The only good thing about this movie is a lot of softcore scenes, but it cant save this turkey. A fair amount of blood though, if anyones interested.