

A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
Practical Effects
Those lanterns. You know the ones. Practical effects that haunt your dreams.
Acting
Lo Lieh's unhinged craftsman — unforgettably sweaty and sinister.
Cinematography
Gothic Shaw Brothers lighting that makes everything look like a fever dream.

Director
Sun Chung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sun Chung was Shaw Brothers' go-to for 'weird horror' — this sits between his Intimate Confessions and Human Skin Lanterns era.
The film taps into Chinese lantern festival traditions and twists them into something deeply transgressive — suburban families lighting these for Mid-Autumn would riot.