Bewitched [蛊] (1981)
Starring Ai Fei, Chen Li Li, Hussin Bin Abu Hassan, Melvin Wong, Lin Wei Tu, Fan Lei, Jenny Leung, Leung Gwing Wan, Chow Kin Ping, Chan Laap Ban, Lee Sau Kei
Directed by Kuei Chi-Hung
Expectations: Moderate. Poster looks cool, heard it was crazy.

Holy shit! This is how you do a magic movie! I haven’t seen a lot of films concerning black magic, but I can’t imagine many of them are able to top this absolute tour-de-force of occult cinema. I went in with some fairly tempered expectations, as both Oily Maniac and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires were lots of fun in their own ways, but ultimately not all that mind-blowing. Right from the get go you know you’re in for something completely different though, as the first few minutes feature some children uncovering a dead child’s body while playing in the park. The body is taken to the coroner who removes the cause of death, a nine-inch steel spike driven through the child’s skull! Directly before this we get the ominous credit of “Introducing: Renowned Malay Sorcerer Hussin Bin Abu Hassan” and the spooky opening narration on the mysterious nature and uses of witchcraft, leaving the truth of the tale up for the viewer to decide. Oh yes, this is gonna be good.
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October 27, 2010
Posted by Will Kouf |
1980s, Foreign, Horror, Movie Reviews, Rating: 3 & 1/2 Stars, Special Features | 1981, Ai Fei, Black Magic, Chan Laap Ban, Chen Li Li, Chow Kin Ping, Fan Lei, Foreign, Horror, Hussin Bin Abu Hassan, Jenny Leung, Kuei Chi-Hung, Lee Sau Kei, Leung Gwing Wan, Lin Wei Tu, Melvin Wong, Shaw Brothers, Shaw Horror, Special Features, Witchcraft |
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My Young Auntie [長輩] (1981)
Starring Liu Chia-Liang, Kara Hui, Wang Lung-Wei, Hsiao Ho, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Directed By Liu Chia-Liang
Criticizing a film like My Young Auntie is, I’m afraid, beyond my ability. The film is so unabashedly all over the place that any attempt to lasso it all together and rationalize it is something akin to stacking grains of sand on top of each other in an attempt to reach the moon. It is one of those train wrecks so beyond the scope of rational thought, that the only way to experience it is by surrendering yourself to the notion that for the next two hours this film will have its way with you and you will take it like the fresh young piece of meat you are. With all that said, if you have ever thought that square dancing by grown men in pink wigs and guys dressed up like Robin Hood was criminally underrepresented in Shaw Bros. kung fu films, then this may be the movie for you.
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May 10, 2010
Posted by Uncle Jasper |
1980s, Action, Comedy, Foreign, Martial Arts, Movie Reviews, Uncle Jasper Reviews | 1981, Action, Comedy, Foreign, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Hsiao Ho, Kara Hui, Liu Chia-Liang, Martial Arts, Shaw Brothers, Wang Lung-Wei |
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