Shaolin Chamber 36

Top 5 Carter Wong Movies

The Disciples have spoken yet again. I have compiled a list of the Top 5 Carter Wong films in which were submitted by those of you that so generously took a few minutes to fill out the survey. Without your participation, and without enough of you to take part in the survey, I would not be able to put together these lists, and for that, I thank you …

26 New Covers Added

It’s been a while since my last Covers update, and thanks to the 2 main contributors who have so generously sent in this latest batch of cover scans and alternative covers, I am pleased to bring you these 26 new covers. SC36 Forum member ‘HanzoBankai’ has submitted ALL of the covers that have been added to the Cover Scans Gallery …

SC36 Forum Registrants

Ever since the official forum of Shaolin Chamber 36 went live, I have had a respectable amount of people registering on the new forum. The way I handled new registrants at the time, was through the method of self account activation. The person whom registered, would receive an email, and would simply have to click a link to activate their account …

Shaolin Kung-Fu Mystagogue [Lobby Cards]

Shaolin Chamber 36 disciple DongFangXu, who is a registered member on the SC36 forum, so generously contributed a 13 image lobby card set (including poster) to the Chamber, of the 1976 Carter Wong/Chang Yi film, ‘Shaolin Kung-Fu Mystagogue’ for all to enjoy. I want to thank DongFangXu for his contribution of this beautiful, high resolution set …

Let’s Watch Some Movies

I started collecting movies when I was sixteen. Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill brought what some would call unwanted attention to Asian film, to genre film in particular; the proliferation of Asian horror, particularly Japanese horror movies whose DVD releases coincided with their American remakes’ theatrical debuts, made collecting attractively easy …

Where’s The Kung Fu?

To most fans, seeing Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest on a film is pretty much the same has a banner across the poster announcing AMAZING MARTIAL ARTS ACTION! That really isn’t too surprising, after all there are many entertainment companies that become more than a brand and are intimately connected with a certain genre. EC, for example …

Contribute & Win – May Winner Announced

After a few months off, the return of the monthly prize giveaway to a person that contributed in some way to the Shaolin Chamber 36 site or forum, made its return in May. The prize for this month, was 2 FuSubs DVD’s! The winner will be awarded the The Eight Dragon Sword as well as The Armless Swordsman. The winner has already been announced …

Chamber Caption Challenge 014 Winner

Chamber Caption Challenge has just wrapped. There were less entries than usual, but the ones I received were very creative. I want to thank those of you who took the time to submit an entry, I do appreciate your participation. Those of you that took part in the challenge, I hope realized there was a very special prize up for grabs, that being the widescreen …

Linn Haynes Memorial Collection – June 2011

June brings back the regular schedule of the monthly Asian cinema magazines that have been previously featured in the Linn Haynes Memorial Collection, such publications as Hong Kong Movie News, Southern Screen and Cinemart. The month of May was the introduction to another feature here at SC36, it is basically an extension of the LHMC …

Chamber Caption Challenge 013 Winner

We Have A Winner! A winning caption has been chosen for Chamber Caption Challenge 13. Unfortunately this challenge had no prize available, which makes those that took the time to participate in the contest that much more appreciative. I thank you, and hope to see you, and hopefully those of you that didn’t participate, take part in Challenge 14 …