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Devil Fetus | |
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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 |
Devil Fetus (魔胎) is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Lau Hung Chuen.
A woman buys an antique vase, which contains a demon that is unleashed to cause mayhem and take possession of people it encounters.
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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]
John 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]
Devil Fetus premiered on 7 September 1983 in Hong Kong. It grossed a total of HK$3,920,445. [2] Part of the film's more gruesome moments were cut by Hong Kong censors. [1]
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Author John Charles referred to the film as "silly but amusing" and stated that the special effects in the film "are too ambitious for the budget". [1] Arty Flores from HorrorNews.net gave the film a positive review, calling it "a whacked out hilarious, what the hell is going on, freaky cult film". [3] Jay Seaver from eFilmCritic awarded the film a negative 2/5 stars, calling it "Hilariously dated", and criticized the film for its incomprehensible plot. [4]
This article is missing information about the film's plot, and home media releases.(September 2019) |
Devil Fetus | |
---|---|
Directed by | Lau Hung-chuen |
Written by | Wen-Hua Cheng Ging-Jiu Lo |
Produced by | Lo Wei |
Starring |
Shirley Lu Lau Dan Eddie Chan |
Cinematography | Lau Hung-chuen [1] |
Edited by | David Wu |
Production company | Lo Wei Motion Picture Company |
Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date |
|
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$ 3,920,445 |
Devil Fetus (魔胎) is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Lau Hung Chuen.
A woman buys an antique vase, which contains a demon that is unleashed to cause mayhem and take possession of people it encounters.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (September 2019) |
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]
John 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]
Devil 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]
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (September 2019) |
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]