Few movements in the genre emerge as more uniquely localized to a central country than the Hong Kong black magic scene. This started in 1975 with the aptly-named Black Magic from director Ho Meng-hua that focused on bizarre occult rituals, gross-out sequences of shock horror, and wild special effects. Despite Kuei Chih-hung reaching a zenith in the genre with the seminal The Boxer’s Omen several years later, this earlier effort is no less impressive, enjoyable and outright revolting at times.
Following the discovery of a dead body, police detective Bobby Wong (Melvin Wong) becomes intrigued by the story of chief suspect Stephen Lam Wai (Fei Ai) who claims to have been possessed at the time of the murder. Traveling to Thailand to investigate the claims, a strange series of encounters begin that draw Wong to the same conclusion, that he himself has become possessed by a madman in...
Following the discovery of a dead body, police detective Bobby Wong (Melvin Wong) becomes intrigued by the story of chief suspect Stephen Lam Wai (Fei Ai) who claims to have been possessed at the time of the murder. Traveling to Thailand to investigate the claims, a strange series of encounters begin that draw Wong to the same conclusion, that he himself has become possessed by a madman in...
- 5/29/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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