When a notorious fiend known as the "Bat Without Wings" returns to his small village after a five-year absence and kidnaps a young maiden, it's up to her family and a resourceful swordsmen to brave the horrors of the underworld to bring her back home alive.
Practical Effects
Gloriously grotesque cave sets and demonic creature designs
Costume
The Bat's elaborate villain look—feathers, face paint, pure menace
Direction
Chor Yuen squeezing horror, mystery and swordplay into 87 minutes

Director
Chor Yuen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chor Yuen shot this during his purple period of adapting Gu Long novels, cramming in every Gothic trope he could steal from Hammer Horror.
The 'Bat Without Wings' represents a uniquely Chinese fusion of jiangshi folklore and Western vampire mythology, filtered through 1980s Hong Kong excess.