Shaolin Chamber 36

Chamber Caption Challenge 008 Winner

Chamber Caption Challenge 8 has ended. The prize awarded to this very lucky winner, is the FuSubs created, translated and subtitled, The Patriotic Heroine. I want to thank the FuSubs team for donating a few copies of their releases to SC36, to be used as prizes for contests. This is has been a tremendous help to me …

Linn Haynes Memorial Collection

It gives me great honor to announce a brand new feature to Shaolin Chamber 36. This new feature was created by a few people that were friends of someone that had tragically lost their life at a young age, just as his professional career was gaining momentum, and would of made all of us that viewed his work that all the more wiser on the genre we love so much …

Budget Kung Fu [Contest]

In a recent post I detailed my find of kung fu movies at a local 99 Cent store. They were EastWest released, “Double Feature” DVD’s. I listed 8 DVD’s in total, each DVD featuring 2 movies. I stated I would be giving away the DVD’s to a random disciple who emailed me with some feedback about the site. The response and interest in the DVD’s …

ATTENTION: Internet Explorer Users

Another IE problem has been brought to my attention. Not only does Shaolin Chamber 36 not display correctly when viewing with Internet Explorer, but when using the forms located on the site, specifically the Guest Movie Review submission form, when the Submit button is clicked, the pages tends to hang, and the review is never submitted …

Budget Kung Fu [Giveaway]

I received a call recently from a family member, who just so happens to know that my number #1 hobby is collecting, watching, talking, breathing, the genre of kung fu movies. The reason for the call was to let me know of a trip they had made to a local $1 store, and the fact that they had “some kung fu movies” in the store, that was of course, priced for only $1 …

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter – Promotion

Released on October 12, 2010 came the official Region 1 – NTSC release of the 1984 ultra-classic film, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter. This film features an amazing performance by Gordon Liu. The transition Liu makes to become a Shaolin monk in this film, is even more momentous than that featured in the film, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin …

13 New Alternative Covers & Cover Scans

A small but significant covers update. Thanks to The Flying Panda and Golden Swallow, the Alternative Covers gallery continues to expand. With this update we have a total of 7 new covers added to this section. Long time Shaolin Chamber supporter Whirlwind, was kind enough to send in 5 Hong Kong Legends and 1 Premier Asia DVD covers to be added …

Chamber Caption Challenge 007 Winner

Chamber Caption Challenge 7 is a wrap. I want to thank those who participated this time around. I had more submissions with this contest than the last. I appreciate the participation and look forward to seeing even more, especially since there is a very cool prize up for grabs in Challenge 8! The winner for this latest challenge is someone that has won before …

Reading Kung Fu

I am a fan of Asian cinema, particularly Asian action cinema, even more specific, martial arts movies, I have quite a decent collection of films. One form of media that I had yet to delve in to, is books based on Asian cinema. I keep a list of select titles that have been released over the years, which I would like to own one day, as of yet, I’ve failed to pick any up …

Real Life Kung Fu vs The Movies

Athena is very fond of a flight of Kung Fu fantasy, but today she believes it may be in order for some light-hearted, de-mystification to clarify the sometimes blurred lines between real and fantasy in the Kung Fu Kingdom. Indeed there are so many things to cover in this aspect, but I hope to run through some of the most common ones …