Dr. Lamb (羔羊醫生) is a 1992 Hong Kong black comedy horror-crime film directed by Danny Lee and Billy Tang. The film stars Lee, Simon Yam and Kent Cheng. Dr Lamb was rated Category III by the Hong Kong motion picture rating system. The film is allegedly based on crimes actually committed in 1982 by Hong Kong serial killer Lam Kor-wan.

Dr. Lamb
Traditional Chinese羔羊醫生
Simplified Chinese羔羊医生
Hanyu PinyinGāo Yáng Yī Shēng
JyutpingGo1 Jeong4 Ji1 Sang1
Directed byDanny Lee
Billy Tang
Screenplay byLaw Kam-fai
Produced byDanny Lee
StarringDanny Lee
Simon Yam
Kent Cheng
CinematographyTony Miu
Kwan Chi-kan
Edited byRobert Choi
Music byJonathon Wong
Production
company
Grand River Film
Distributed byNewport Entertainment
Golden Sun Film Company Limited
Release date
  • 22 October 1992 (1992-10-22)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$12,757,863

Plot

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Cast

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  • Danny Lee as Inspector Lee
  • Simon Yam as Lam Gor-yue
  • Kent Cheng as Fat Bing
  • Lau Siu-ming as Lam Gor-yue's father
  • Parkman Wong as Bully Hung
  • Emily Kwan as Bo
  • Perrie Lai as Lam's stepsister
  • Chung Bik-wing as Leung Wing Yin
  • Wong Wing-fong as Chau Sau-lan
  • Julie Lee as Leung Man-lung
  • Eric Kei as Eric
  • King Kong Lam as KK
  • Ma Lee
  • Hui Sze-man as Lam's stepmother
  • Amy Wong as Lam's ex-girlfriend
  • Chan Yin-yung as Daughter of Lam's stepsister

Release

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Home media

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Dr. Lamb was released on DVD by Ingram Entertainment on April 30, 2002.[1] and was re-released on Blu-ray by Unearthed Films on August 9, 2022.

Reception

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HorrorNews.net gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Dr. Lamb skips back and forth between brutal violence that is seriously treated, and ridiculously over-the-top, even slapsticky sequences that seem out-of-place in what is meant to be a crime film based on a true story."[2]

Joey O'Bryan of The Austin Chronicle awarded the film three out of five stars, stating, "A film that pushes the limits of bad taste in several key scenes, Dr. Lamb is a slick, and sick, exploitation item that both repels the viewer with its images of disturbing, misogynistic violence, in addition to tickling them with repulsive black humor à la early John Waters."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Lamb (1992) - Danny Lee, Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Film Review: Dr. Lamb (1992)". HorrorNews.net. Valeska. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ O'Bryan, Joey. "Dr. Lamb - Movie Review - The Austin Chronicle". Austin Chronicle.com. Joey O,Bryan. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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