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
Tony Liu Tian-jue
Master Lung Shu Ai
Chen Kuan-Tai
Tan Fu
Lo Lieh
Chao Chun Fang
Tanny Tien-Ni
Lee Chin
Choh Seung-Wan
Yen Chu
Lam Sau-Kwan
Master Tan's Sister
Lo Meng
Kwai Sze Yin
Sun Chien
Sgt. Poon
Ai Fei
Guest at Fu's Banquet
Susan Shaw Yam-Yam
Guest at Fu's Banquet
Wong Ching-Ho
Old Tsui
Shum Lo
Restaurant Boss
Teresa Ha Ping
Brothel Madam
Ching Miao
Guest at Fu's Banquet (uncredited)
Wang Han-Chen
Master Tan's Housekeeper (uncredited)
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.
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