Hong Kong Synopsis
伊波拉病毒
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ebola Syndrome. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1995–1997 Hong Kong Window
Ebola Syndrome holds position #28 of 51 Hong Kong films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ebola Syndrome premiered alongside 17 others.
Horror + Crime in Hong Kong
7 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ebola Syndrome itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1996.
The 435th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
115 audience reviews — more than 83% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 78th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ebola Syndrome, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- outbreak · 4
- fast food restaurant · 1
- gross out · 1
- ebola · 1
- exploitation · 8
- murder · 155
- rape · 64
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #411 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #22 of 81 (top 27%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Zulu, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Gala Film Distribution Limited, Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | June 15, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0116163 |