Nice effects though.

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Now I'm normally quick to defend movies in the "serial killer" sub genre. There are some great films to come out of it, such as Kim Jee Woon's "I Saw the Devil" and Sion Sono's "Coldfish", but this film just seems like Category III gore trash.I watched this mainly to see Simon Yam and wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I was shocked. This was severely underwhelming.The plot's very cliché, nothing that stands out to make it really interesting. It's laid out terribly, there is a scene that goes on for minutes of cops playing poker, which is hardly relevant. It gets very repetitive by the end.The acting is horrible, including Yam's, which is unfortunate. This is almost embarrassing. I guess it has to do with the dialogue. Some lines are written for some dark comic relief, but it's hard to distinguish from the regular dialogue.Finally, the ending is very unsatisfactory.I suggest you avoid this, even you Yamster fans.

I had this flick on my shelves for years, bought full uncut on some Hong Kong label but I never took the time to give it a go. But an interview in Darkside magazine with Simon Yam did me decide to give it a go. But what a mistake it was, it is a perfect example of a much over-hyped flick. Don't get me wrong, the acting is okay but where was all that gore that people were talking about. Flicks that are based on true events concerning serial killers that's what I like to watch. Dr. Lamb is based on the true life murders that took place in Hong Kong in 1982 during several months. A taxi driver named "Lam Gor-Yu" committed murders on females that were sluts in his eyes, hookers as we know them. He killed them because God told him so. Taking pictures of the naked girls in all kind of positions and mutilations he had to develop his pictures. He was caught in the shop he was working by his colleagues. He was sentenced to prison for life. All those things were actually in this flick.But Dr. Lamb fails due the long scene's with the cops. One is trying to give some English sentences but it doesn't work at all. The problem is that it even becomes a bit funny while seeing those coppers at work, especially the female one. I guess that that wasn't supposed to happen. The only moments that are worth watching is once Lam is talking to the police how and why he did all his atrocities. We see him perform his killings but it never becomes gory even as it is a CAT III flick. Even the necrophilia looks a bit dull. In fact this flick had nothing to offer when the killer isn't on-screen. A joke here and there with the stupid coppers like the throwing of a breast but for me it just wasn't funny.I can't understand why this is so much hyped. I found it overall boring with a few scene's that are worth watching. But for me not a CAT III worthy. A bit of nudity here and there but the blood was left out. Luckily the acting by Simon Yam was okay.Gore 1/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0,5/5

In August,1983 a photo lab technician complained to his manager about disturbing photos of a mutilated female body on a customer's roll of film.This was the second time the manager had noticed this particular customer's unusual photos and this time he called the police.The photo was of a severed human breast.This was approximately the 700th such photo his store had processed for this customer.The cops took the customer,Lam Go-wan into custody and after sweating him for two days he confessed to murdering the woman in the photographs.Then he kept on confessing...In 1992,Danny Lee and Kent Cheng Jat-si teamed up to film the true crime biopic of Lam Go-wan,Hong Kong's first and maybe only serial killer."Dr.Lamb" is an excellent III Cat. shocker that offers some gruesome imagery including cold-blooded murder,necrophilia,dismemberment and breast mutilation.I own uncut DVD-R composite with English subtitles that has all the scenes of sexual violence intact,so if you want to see this uncensored try to find ultra-rare Spanish Manga Video release.Simon Yam's performance as the Taxi Cab Killer is truly haunting and out-of-control.One thing that I found pretty impressive were the actresses that played the murder victims,they had to lay around as corpses while the serial killer mutilated them.So if you want to see a chillingly horrific piece of horror give "Dr.Lamb" a look.9 out of 10.

Doctor Lamb (1992) was another dark and depraved film from Billy Tang. This time he's aided and abetted by police drama film maker Danny Lee. Like his other Category III film, Lee directs the police scenes whilst Tang films the other scenes. The movie is mainly lit with blue lighting (A Billy Tang trademark) and is filmed in the shadows. The movie is also based upon a true case.Simon Yam plays a taxi driver who has a dark side. He likes to carve up women in his spare time and keep pieces of them as mementos. He's given the name Doctor Lamb by the police and the media. Lamb is caught one day when he takes some photos to a local film developer. Danny Lee and his crew of cops hunt down the Doctor and bring him to justice. After interrogating him for several days, he finally confesses in gory detail about all of the murders he committed. In his sick ind he feels that every one of those murders (except one) was justified because they were bad women. He even video taped a couple of his crimes. The film follows his eventual trial and his sentence to a nut house for life.This police procedural drama has been several cut ever since it was release. The swear words (in Cantonese) were deleted but the English swear words were kept in. Like all of these Category III films, several out of place comical scenes were added (for no other reason except to shock the viewers even more). If you enjoy the category III genre then this one's right up your alley (if you can find a copy).Highly recommended!