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Seeding of a Ghost (1983)

Directed by Yang Chuan

Supernatural | Horror | Eastern

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

A Hong Kong taxi driver suffers after being cursed by a sorcerer he accidentally hit with his cab. After the driver’s wife is raped and killed by teenage hooligans, he pleads with the sorcerer to lift the hex and restore his wife to the land of the living. Otherworldly zombie chaos ensues.

Length 87 minutes

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Viewing History (seen 1 time)


Date Viewed	Device	Format	Source	Rating
06/10/2014	TV	DVD	Rented	7 stars
				(Average) 7 stars

Viewing Notes

“Another Shaw Production”

Sleazy Shaw is sleazy. First half of this movie I was oh hum, not very good. By the middle I was oh wow it’s going there, huh? By the end, WTF.

Pretty wild that Shaw went in this direction w/their films. And here I thought the BLACK MAGIC movies were sleazy. This is lots of full female nudity that leads to rape that turns into something far darker until it goes into full DEAD ALIVE mode.

It’s screening at the NYAFF this month and I can’t even imagine what it will be like in that room. I give this movie a full point bump for being so crazy. Mi Tien (Fang’s wife) is also pretty sexy even possessed. Not sure how no one questions that she gets insta-pregnant.

recap: adultery / nudity / rape—> necrophilia—> batshit insanity.

Comments

sensoria
10 years ago

Gotta love the waning days of the Shaw empire. What a weird time in Hong Kong cinema!

sleestakk
10 years ago

Exactly. This is not a good movie by any stretch but damn does it go for it. So bizarre and weird.