Bride From Hell (1972) Chou Hsu-Chiang ghost story
4919DVD
original Chinese title GUI XIN NIANG (Evil Bride)
Hong Kong Cantonese GWAI SAN LEUNG
director: Chou Hsu-Chiang
starring: Margaret Hsing-Hui · Fan Yang · Carrie Ku Mei · Feng Chan ·
Chang I-Fei
Young
master Nieh Yun Peng and his servant take refuge in an old mansion when
their journey is interrupted by ghosts and thunderstorms. During the night,
he accidentally sees the beautiful mistress-of-the-house, Anu, reclining
in the nude. She is humiliated by his indiscretion and fears that she
will no longer be able to marry as a desirable virgin. To soothe her anxiety,
Nieh Yun Peng agrees to wed her. He soon learns that his bride is the
ghost of a woman who was raped and killed by one of his relatives 20 years
ago.
Chou
Hsu-Chiang was a Taiwanese filmmaker who enjoyed a career in martial arts/sword
movies [in that country] before briefly joining with Hong Kong's Shaw
Bros Studio in the early '70s. Interestingly, he was not given the opportunity
to helm any of their kung fu movies. Rather, director Chou made horror
films for the studio. These were traditional ghost stories in the mold
of Chathay's HAUNTED:
THE GHOST STORIES OF PU SONGLING, DEVIL'S
SKIN and THE
SPIRITS. This type of horror began to fade with the release of
Shaw Bros' more graphic, gorier BLACK
MAGIC a few years later. Chou Hsu-Chiang would return to Taiwan
after this production where he directed only a couple more movies and
retired in 1979.
A
Hong Kong/Chinese
film
with optional ON/OFF English subtitles, fully uncut 80 min,
widescreen, encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine
Extras include theatrical trailers.
SemiNudity/Sexual Brutality/Violence
Intended for Mature Audiences
