Brutal Sorcery (1983)

Brutal Sorcery (1983)
orig: Du gu
Director: Ling Pan
Cast: Lily Chan, Hoi-Shan Kwan, Hon Chi Lai
A story of demonic possession by black magic, where the loyal & faithfull husband is dragged into a pit of adultary & despair in his vain attempt to overthrow the beastial & lustfull influences of 'brutal sorcery'.

'Silly but fun black magic yarn set between Hong Kong and Thailand. Was a dubious dubbed version I watched, so possibly a lot of the plot was made up on the spot by the people in charge of the dubbing. The story is about taxi driver and family man Alan Chang who unwittingly picks up a pair of ghosts in love, separated and forced to journey from two cemeteries to meet up. They put a curse on the taxi driver that he has to get both their remains to the female ghost’s sister in Thailand. The taxi driver does this only to have a brief affair with the sister, whom when Alan finally tells that he's married and that he has a daughter, she puts yet another curse on him this time the black magic death curse. Very mild for most part but a lot of fun with crude FX work and silly moments like when Alan eats a bowl of goldfish or when he does an insane possessed dance. Highlight is when the curse reaches its climax and the driver’s chest expands to bursting point. I doubt I’d hunt for long to find it but if you happen to stumble over a copy, it’ll cheer up a wet afternoon.'

(6 out of 10)