Ebola Syndrome

Ebola Syndrome (伊波拉病毒, 1996) is one of Hong Kong cinema's most notorious Category III shockers — watch it online on iFILM. Director Herman Yau blends horror, pitch-black comedy and crime in a film that became a cult landmark of 1990s exploitation cinema, starring Anthony Wong in the lead role.

Kai, a violent fugitive, flees Hong Kong after a brutal triple killing and disappears into Johannesburg for a decade. Working at a meat processing plant, he unknowingly contracts the Ebola virus — and, immune to its effects, carries it straight back to Hong Kong. What follows is an outbreak thriller wrapped in savage dark humor.

Herman Yau pushes every boundary the Category III rating allows, using the horror-comedy mix to provoke as much as disturb. Anthony Wong delivers a performance that is repellent and weirdly compelling in equal measure. Stream Ebola Syndrome (1996) online on iFILM.