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6.2/10   110 votes
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Director:
Meng Hua Ho
Writer:
Kuang Ni (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 1975 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Complications arise when he decides that he wants a customer's bride for himself. | add synopsis
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Good Movie more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Lung Ti ... Xu Nuo
Lieh Lo ... Lang Jiajie
Ni Tien ... Luo Yin (as Tanny)
Lily Li ... Quming
Feng Ku ... Shan Jianmi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ping Chen ... Ms Wang
Norman Chu
Dana (as Tsen Shu-Yi)
Ti Hua Ko
Wen Chung Ku ... Shaman Fu-Yung
Sau Kei Lee
Feng Lin
Wei Tu Lin ... Wei Te-shun
Ying Tan
Hang-Sheng Wu
Hua Yueh ... Mr. Wang
Ofelia Yu
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Magic (Hong Kong: English title)
Gong tau (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec)
Filming Locations:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia more
Company:
Shaw Brothers more

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Movie Connections:
Followed by Ratu ilmu hitam (1979) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Good Movie, 17 October 2006
8/10
Author: PCyst from The Base of Your Spine

Black Magic is a Shaw Bros. film made back in 1975. Some think it is their first horror film but it is not. The movie is basically a modern story (modern of '75) of old Asian folklore. This movie spawned many films that were similar but none were quite on par with this. Usually, the others were far more violent and that is what they relied on. This movie didn't need to be gory in-order for it to be good.

The story is about a very selfish rich woman. She can have anything she wants. Anything except a certain man who wants nothing to do with her. So she goes and finds the help of a Black Magic Magician to put a love spell on him. The spell works until the mans wife and friends find the help of another magician to break the spell and kill the Black Magic Magician.

That is the storyline for the most part. You would have to watch the film because there is a lot more going on than just that.

This film is certainly not as violent as some of the Shaw Bros. films that I have seen, but, it is a nice change from all of their Martial Arts films, which are excellent as well. The story is well done and you actually start caring for some of the characters. So when bad things happen to them you start getting really frustrated.

For fans of Asian Cinema everywhere, this movie comes highly recommend from me and from many others. Check out the nice DVD that was released not to long ago, it's worth the money. 8/10

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