Slim Till Dead (DVD)

Writer/director Marco Mak fashions a chilling murder-mystery that also serves as a sardonic commentary on the modern-day dieting craze with his Hong Kong thriller, SLIM TILL DEAD. When a serial killer begins preying on the rail-thin participants of the

Slim Queen

beauty contest with an especially grisly calling card--starving his victims or amputating body parts until they reach the desired weight of 70 pounds--police detective Wong (Hong Kong leading man Anthony Wong, INFERNAL AFFAIRS) enlists the help of a beautician, Cherrie (Cherrie Yin), to crack the case with a twisted game of cat-and-mouse. The gruesome subject matter is balanced by elements of dark humor for an unusual horror-comedy hybrid with social overtones.