Well, I guess it’s obvious. Mr. Asta’s Movie Blog has a new design. The old one pictured above was just a little editing of a given template for the blog software WordPress. But this time I designed and wrote the whole thing from scratch. As far as I tested, everything works like it should and the design looks almost the same in most recent browsers.

Compared to the old design the new one is wider and I will hopefully be able to post bigger pictures in the future.

That’s the not entirely unhandsome white man (the one on the left side, of course…the one on the right maybe white as well but he’s a little bit too dead also), the ugly and insignificant daughter of an evil and maniacal Asian mastermind is talking about, who himself usally introduces her as ugly and insignificant. Both characters - surprise, surprise - are played by white caucasians too. The actress who played the daughter said about her role: “Not only was I supposed to have a pet python, but I had my father’s male victims turned over to me for torture, stripped; I then whipped them myself, uttering sadistic gleeful cries.”

Unfortunately we only see the not entirely unhandsome white man whipped by some uncredited black actors. Her only signs of joy of this sado-masochistic ritual one sees are her exclamations: “The whips! Ay! Faster! Faster! Faster!”

But this movie has more to offer, an opium den (hidden behind the facade of the Goy Lo Sung Bazaar), dragon tattoos, various torture rooms, mummies who kidnap an archaeologist in the British museum, grave-robbing, and a subtext that makes this movie quite politically incorrect based on today’s standards.

Nevertheless it’s a must-see, especially if you’re a fan of the actors who played father and daughter, if you’re just interested in pre-Code horror movies, or if you enjoy sumptuous costumes.

Just one thing, the ugly and insignificant daughter maybe should’ve cut the nails of her little finger more often.

So what’s the name of this movie and who played the father and the ugly and insignificant daughter?