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Devil Fetus (魔胎) is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Lau Hung Chuen.
| Devil Fetus | |
|---|---|
 Original Hong Kong release poster | |
| Directed by | Lau Hung-chuen |
| Written by | Wen-Hua Cheng Ging-Jiu Lo |
| Produced by | Lo Wei |
| Starring | Shirley Lu Lau Dan Eddie Chan |
| Cinematography | Lau Hung-chuen[1] |
| Edited by | David Wu |
Production company | Lo Wei Motion Picture Company |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$ 3,920,445 |
Plot
editA woman buys an antique vase, which contains a demon that is unleashed to cause mayhem and take possession of people it encounters.
Cast
edit- Eddie Chan as Kent Cheng
- Pak-Kwong Ho as Mr. Cheng
- Hsiu-Ling Lu as Juju
- Ouyang Sha-fei as Granny Cheng
- Lau Dan
Production
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The soundtrack of the film includes "La Petite Fille de la Mer" from the Vangelis album L'Apocalypse des animaux (1973).[1] It also contain samples from Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for the John Carpenter film The Thing.[1]
Style
editJohn Charles, author of The Hong Kong Filmography 1977–1997 referred to the film as part of Hong Kong's "early '80s gross-out cycle" of horror films.[1]
Release
editDevil Fetus premiered on 7 September 1983 in Hong Kong. It grossed a total of HK$3,920,445.[2] Part of the film's more gruesome moments were cut by Hong Kong censors.[1]
Reception
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Author John Charles referred to the film as "silly but amusing" and stated that the special effects in the film "are too ambitious for the budget".[1] Arty Flores from HorrorNews.net gave the film a positive review, calling it "a whacked out hilarious, what the hell is going on, freaky cult film".[3] Jay Seaver from eFilmCritic awarded the film a negative 2/5 stars, calling it "Hilariously dated", and criticized the film for its incomprehensible plot.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Charles, John (2000). The Hong Kong Filmography 1977–1997: A Complete Reference to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios. McFarland & Co. p. 73. ISBN 0-7864-0842-1.
- ^ "Devil Fetus". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Flores, Arty. "Film Review: Devils Fetus (1983) - CAT III". HorrorNews.net. Arty Flores. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Seaver, Jay. "Movie Review - Devil's Fetus - eFilmCritic". eFilmCritic.com. Jay Seaver. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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