director: Titus
Ho
starring: Tong Chun-Yeh (as Ken Tong) · Poon Lai-Yin · Lun Chia · Choi
Gam-Lung · Yu Fang
Please note:
This ultra gory film, basking in lurid colors and extreme closeups,
also has many 'mondo' segments which consist of disturbing scenes of
animal cruelty.
A HK television
crew goes to a primitive island to investigate the tomb of a Dwarf Sorcerer.
Inadvertently, their intrusion causes a plague of blood spells, supernatural
attacks and hordes of deadly scorpions upon the small village nearby.
The lead female reporter - who has just started her period - becomes a
target of the mayhem and secludes herself in a cave. The isolation tactic
doesn't work and scorpions begin to erupt from under her skin. An old
sorcerer tries to remove the powerful spell but as he desperately chants
and prays, all the crew members are falling prey to the deadly curse.
Titus Ho is
a Hong Kong producer still active today in the entertainment business
(as of this writing); however this was the only film he ever directed.
After its release in 1983, Titus shifted gears and became an actor in
various films until he raised the funds to produce King of Masks
in 1992.
A Hong
Kong film in Cantonese Chinese language with burnt Chinese/English subtitles;
widescreen format (16:9), uncut (93 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION
NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include trailers.
Nudity/Graphic
Violence/Sexual Brutality/Mondo Scenes
Recommended For Adult Audiences