Devil Fetus

Devil Fetus
Original Hong Kong release poster
Directed byLau Hung-chuen
Written byWen-Hua Cheng
Ging-Jiu Lo
Produced byLo Wei
StarringShirley Lu
Lau Dan
Eddie Chan
CinematographyLau Hung-chuen[1]
Edited byDavid Wu
Production
company
Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 7 September 1983 (1983-09-07) (Hong Kong)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$ 3,920,445

Devil Fetus (魔胎) is a 1983 Hong Kong horror film directed by Lau Hung Chuen.

Plot

A woman buys an antique vase, which contains a demon that is unleashed to cause mayhem and take possession of people it encounters.

Cast

  • 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

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

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]

Release

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]

Reception

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Devil Fetus". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. ^ Flores, Arty. "Film Review: Devils Fetus (1983) - CAT III". HorrorNews.net. Arty Flores. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. ^ Seaver, Jay. "Movie Review - Devil's Fetus - eFilmCritic". eFilmCritic.com. Jay Seaver. Retrieved 4 September 2019.


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