"Hong Kong black magic movies affect me in the same way that Fulci films do - they both find ways to combine the goofy with the gross in a way that's genuinely unnerving. Release in America as REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES, you'd have to be a mindless zombie yourself to miss this one! Assuredly one of the most unhinged slices of exploitation horror heaven from the gloriously trashy days of the Shaw Brothers. The madness includes spell-induced zombification inflicted via squeamishly long nails in skulls, skin worms, puss, oozing sores, pulsating wounds, a breastmilk-eternal-life-elixir-consuming sorcerer, necrophilia and even more!Įlevated by periodic hypnotic surrealism, gothic decor, voodoo dungeon lairs, an effortlessly cool performance from Shaw regular Lo Lieh ( DIRTY HO, THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN), and a funkadelic soundtrack featuring the likes of Nicolas Flagello's absurdly catchy theme song “Wailing Wail,” plus “Last Bongo in Belgium” by Viner's Incredible Bongo Band. ![]() ![]() Ho Meng-Hua's sleazy, hilarious, creep-tastic, bonkers, turned-up-to-11, sorcery-vs-science sequel to his own BLACK MAGIC weaves the absurd tale of skeptical city doctors visiting a small village as reports pour out of bizarre inexplicable maladies plaguing the townspeople.
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