Dr. Lamb (1992)

Director
Danny Lee Sau-Yin; Billy Tang Hin-Shing

Main cast
Simon Yam; Danny Lee Sau-Yin; Kent Cheng; Eric Kei; Emily Kwan

Genres
Drama, Foreign, Thriller

Description
An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result. The muderer, Laiu, likes to take photos of the victims dismembered bodies as momentos. Inspector Lee is called onto the case in this bizarre thriller.


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