Devil Fetus

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

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

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

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. 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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