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Шаблон:Use Hong Kong English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Missing information Шаблон:Infobox film 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

Шаблон:Expand section 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

Шаблон:Expand section 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

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External links

Шаблон:1980s-HongKong-film-stub Шаблон:1980s-horror-film-stub