Mie men can an zhi nie sha (1993)

Director:

Kai Ming Lai

Writer:

Kai Ming Lai (writer)

Release Date:

28 October 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Horror

Plot:

Police suspect a young teenager who was horrifically abused by her family and raped by her father of finally snapping and slaughtering them all.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Fainting | Dead Girl | Trial | Bathtub

Cast

Yuk-kwan Chan
Piao Chin
Lily Chung	...	Mak Wei-Fong
Ka-Kui Ho	...	Wei-Fong's Father
Si Man Hui
Kai Chi Leung
Ming Liu
Hung Lo
Money Lo	...	Dong Huan
Monica Lo
Hugo Ng	...	Kin
Asuka Tamami
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Officer Lui
Ching-yee Wong
Wai-ling Yau

Also Known As:

Daughter of Darkness (Hong Kong: English title)
Mit mun cham on ji yit sat (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-16 (DVD) | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Quotes:

Wei-Fong's Father: I please your uterus. You kiss my toes. It's fair.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Mie men can an II jie zhong (1994)

More Decent Cat III Trash...

DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS is a pretty sleazy Cat III "shocker" with themes of violence, rape, murder, incest, voyeurism, among other assorted nastiness, but before ya get too excited, this one is pretty mediocre. Lily Chung (who was Ming-Ming in the far superior RED TO KILL) plays another tortured soul (the type of role she seems to do so well...) who is the "black sheep" of her family. There doesn't appear to be any real rhyme or reason, but her mother, father, sister, and brother all hate her and treat her like complete garbage. Eventually she gets tired of the constant abuse (and the abuse takes many disturbing shapes) and flips the f'ck out. The rest is pretty typical Cat III history.

DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS isn't bad, but it isn't nearly as much of a stand-out HK "shocker" as THE UNTOLD STORY, RED TO KILL, or THE EBOLA SYNDROME, for example. Anthony Wong has another great performance - and even though he is a cop in this one, he is still a twisted, perverse, filthy f!cking scum-bag (and that's why we love ya Tony!!!). One of the big problems is that DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS starts as almost a straight-up comedy, then switches mid-film into a typical Cat III sleaze-fest when Chung begins to tell her story of abuse to the cops. I don't much mind the comedic aspects that tend to go along with even the most shocking of these types of films, but DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS switched from comedy to serious drama in a blink, and made for a disjointed feel. Regardless, still a decent entry and worth a look for all you pervert douche-bags out there (like me...) ; ) 7/10