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The Seventh Curse

Original title: Yuen Chun Hap yu Wai See Lee
  • 19861986
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.2K
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Chow Yun-Fat, Maggie Cheung, Siu-Ho Chin, and Sibelle Hu in The Seventh Curse (1986)
A young heroic cop in the jungle of Thailand attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. As a result, the cop is damned with seven "Blood Curses" which burst through his leg periodically. When the seventh bursts, he will die, but Betsy, the beauty he saved stops the curse with an antidote that lasts only one year, so on the advice of Wisely (Chow yun Fat) he heads back to Thailand to find a permanent cure. Action ensues as the cop and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby like creature and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transforms into a monster that is a cross between Rodan and Alien.
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Action ensues as the cop and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby like creature and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transfor... Read allAction ensues as the cop and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby like creature and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transforms into a monster.Action ensues as the cop and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby like creature and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transforms into a monster.
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1.2K
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  • Director
    • Ngai Choi Lam
  • Writers
    • Jing Wong(screenplay)
    • Kai-Chi Yuen
  • Stars
    • Chow Yun-Fat
    • Siu-Ho Chin
    • Maggie Cheung
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  • Director
    • Ngai Choi Lam
  • Writers
    • Jing Wong(screenplay)
    • Kai-Chi Yuen
  • Stars
    • Chow Yun-Fat
    • Siu-Ho Chin
    • Maggie Cheung
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    • 22User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Chow Yun-Fat
    Chow Yun-Fat
    • Weias Wei
    • (as Chow Yun Fat)
    Siu-Ho Chin
    Siu-Ho Chin
    • Dr. Yuan Chen-Hsiehas Dr. Yuan Chen-Hsieh
    Maggie Cheung
    Maggie Cheung
    • Tsai-Hungas Tsai-Hung
    Ken Boyle
    • The Professoras The Professor
    Hung Chen
    Bing-Chuen Cheung
    Kwok-Keung Choi
    Yuen Chor
    Yuen Chor
    • Chuas Chu
    Joyce Godenzi
    Joyce Godenzi
    Shu-Yuan Hsu
    Shu-Yuan Hsu
    Sibelle Hu
    Sibelle Hu
    • Suas Su
    Hsin-Nan Hung
    Hsin-Nan Hung
    Farlie Ruth Kordica
    Yasuaki Kurata
    Yasuaki Kurata
    • Captain Hoas Captain Ho
    Chi Tai Lam
    Foo-Wai Lam
    Foo-Wai Lam
    Kei-Yan Lam
    Kei-Yan Lam
    Shung Fung Lau
    • Director
      • Ngai Choi Lam
    • Writers
      • Jing Wong(screenplay)
      • Kai-Chi Yuen
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    • Trivia
      Unusual for the time, in Cantonese language versions of the film, the Ni Kuang wrap around scenes were seemingly shot in sync sound rather than dubbed in post. Ni Kuang's character is actually speaking Mandarin.
    • Alternate versions
      This film has at least 3 different endings in every of its release. In the original theatrical release, after the monster-killing climax, there's another by-the-pool-party scene (same pool as seen in the beginning of the film, but is supposed to be another party) in which Maggie Cheung's character (kind of) makes up with Dr Yuen. Then we cut to the original party scene that starts off the movie with Dr Yuen, Wisely, Ai Hong (Ni Kuang - the real author of the two pulp-novel series) and a bunch of beautiful girls. As the author finishes telling the movie's story to the girls, one of them asks if he has another adventure story to tell. The author replies, "Well, we have to see what exciting adventures Dr Yuen and Wisely are going to have." The two main characters come into frame, toast and finish their drink. Freeze frame and comes the music and end credits. In the first video release available in Hong Kong during the late 1980s-early 1990s, the last two scenes were completely cut out, so as the very last close-up of Bachu, the native girl. Instead it is replaced with a two-shot of her and her lover, while the end credits rolls halfly over its freeze frame, halfly over black. Also in that video release, the native girl's nude scenes were partly censored with the explicit body parts blacked out to make the film more "family-oriented". In the DVD edition, the second last scene in the original theatrical release is cut out, whilst the final scene is retained but with end credits rolling over. The original dialogues are replaced with the ending music. One would suspect the reason for the last two scene being cut out in later releases is because they drag on for quite a while, though narratively it is not a bad attempt as the two scenes mirror the beginning of the movie.
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      Followed by The Legend of Wisely (1987)

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    Chow Yun-Fat fights monsters in HK supernatural thriller
    THE SEVENTH CURSE (1986) is something of a companion feature to WITCH FROM NEPAL (1986) a similarly themed Hong Kong supernatural thriller which also features Chow Yun-Fat. CURSE is the more entertaining of the two, thanks to its frequent action and impressive gore effects, although WITCH had a more interesting premise and would have made a better film with more imaginative direction. CURSE has plenty of imagination, but not enough of a story to keep us involved in the twists and turns of the convoluted plot about a Hong Kong doctor seeking to rid himself of a blood curse by going back to Thailand to confront the sorcerer who cursed him. (WITCH was about characters from Nepal who come to Hong Kong to follow the central character.)

    SEVENTH CURSE is a film in the `Wisely' series about a young expert in the occult, played by a different actor in each of the films (the others include LEGEND OF WISELY and BURY ME HIGH). Wisely, here called `Wesley' in the subtitles, is played by Chow Yun-Fat, who has only a supporting role as he is called on to help out his friend, the doctor, at various points. Chin Siu Ho plays the kung fu-fighting doctor and may be known to kung fu fans for his roles in the Jet Li films TAI CHI MASTER and FIST OF LEGEND. Maggie Cheung plays a nosy lady reporter, the kind that barges into every dangerous situation imaginable. Dick Wei, the Nepalese sorcerer in WITCH FROM NEPAL, plays a good guy here, a Thai warrior who helps the doctor in Thailand.

    There are lots of action scenes involving kung fu combat or shootouts in which the heroes face down dozens of anonymous Thais. The white-faced sorcerer, Aquala, played by Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong, makes quite a formidable villain and has a pack of monsters at his disposal, all created with make-up effects similar to those used in the ALIEN series and numerous Hollywood monster films of the time. Given the lower HK budgets, the effects here are quite good. There is a Crypt-Keeper-style living skeleton called `Old Ancestor' who, at one point, sucks what appears to be the spinal cord from a man's back.

    The problem with the gore effects is that no one really takes the monsters very seriously. Chow stands around smoking a pipe incessantly, even in the midst of peril. We're never actually scared by the over-the-top effects. Only Maggie reacts with fright and emotion, although her character is so quick to scream, like so many old monster movie heroines, that we don't really feel any tension. Still, HK fans will be hard-pressed not to drop their jaws at the sight of two of HK's greatest stars, Chow Yun-Fat and Maggie Cheung, battling bloodthirsty reptilian monsters in a giant cave in the film's finale.

    There are cameo appearances by kung fu vets Wang Lung Wei, Yasuaki Kurata, and Kara Hui Ying Hung in the opening action scene, a terrorist/hostage/SWAT team standoff in an office building.
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    • Release date
      • October 17, 1986 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • Cantonese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 原振俠與衛斯理
    • Production companies
      • Golden Harvest Company
      • Paragon Films Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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