Black Magic 2
Revenge of the Zombies | |
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Gou hun jiang tou | |
Directed by | Ho Meng Hua |
Written by | Ni Kuang |
Starring | Ti Lung Lo Lieh Liu Hui-Ju Lily Li Lin Wei-Tu |
Cinematography | Hui-chi Tsao |
Edited by | Hsing-Lung Chiang |
Music by | Yung-Yu Chen |
Production company | Shaw Brothers |
Distributed by | World Northal |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Black Magic 2 (Cantonese: 勾魂降頭 Pinyin: Gōu Hún Jiàng Tóu ) is a 1976 Hong Kong horror film directed by Ho Meng Hua. It is a sequel to the 1975 film Black Magic.
Plot[]
A martial artist fights against an evil sorcerer who has raised zombies.
Cast[]
Release[]
Black Magic 2 was released in Hong Kong in 1976 and in the United States in 1982.[1] The film was distributed in the United States by the now defunct World Northal Corp. and was retitled Revenge of the Zombies.[2]
Reception[]
Peter Dendle called it an "intense horror-cult favorite" whose "budget effects and martial arts sequences are more than compensated by sustained energy and brazen creativity."[3]
References[]
- ^ Palmer, Bill (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 26. ISBN 9780810830271.
- ^ Yang, Jeff; Black, Art (2003). Once Upon a Time in China. Simon & Schuster. p. 120. ISBN 9780743448178.
- ^ Dendle, Peter (2000). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland Publishing. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9780786463671.
External links[]
- Black Magic 2 at IMDb
- Black Magic at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Categories:
- 1976 films
- Mandarin-language films
- 1976 horror films
- Hong Kong films
- Hong Kong supernatural horror films
- Shaw Brothers Studio films
- Hong Kong zombie films
- 1970s Hong Kong film stubs
- 1970s horror film stubs