A young man, Chan Che, takes a business trip to Bangkok, where he bumps into lovely Thai girl Chuma, who just happens to be a witch, and the daughter of a wizard. She casts a spell on Che, so that he'll love her. Che returns to HK and his wife, and he starts to act strangely. Through her evil statue-god, Chuma turns the man into a raging wife-killer.
Practical Effects
Gloriously gross puppet creature effects that look cursed in the best way.
Editing
Chaotic cuts between Bangkok sleaze and Hong Kong domesticity.
Director
To Man-Bo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
To Man-Bo directed this during the peak Category III boom, when Hong Kong exploitation films competed to out-shock each other weekly.
The film plays on 1980s Hong Kong fears of Southeast Asian 'black magic' — a xenophobic trope common in urban legends of the era, where Thai sorcery represented uncontrollable feminine power invading domestic order.
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