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
Derek Yee
Xiao Qi
Ching Li
Szma Dongcheng
Wang Yong
Chief Lei Xun
Tang Ching
Bat without Wings
Susanna Au-Yeung Pui-San
Lei-feng / Ximen Luoye
Eddie Koo Koon Chung
Han Shen
Ku Feng
Szma Zhongyuan
Jason Pai Piao
Linghu
Lau Wai-Ling
Wu Liang
Ai Fei
Leng Qiuyun
Shum Lo
Waiter
Yang Chi-Ching
Keeper Feng
Yuen Bun
Wang Wuxie
Yuen Wah
Xu Fang
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.
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