Black Magic Part 2 (Mandarin version)
Shawscope Volume Four
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1h 32m
1976 • Hong Kong • Directed by Ho Meng-Hua
Young doctor Lin Wei-tu found that many of his patients were suffering from strange symptoms caused by black magic of the wicked Lo Lieh. However, Lin’s friend Ti Lung refused to admit the existence of any black magic, and his wife Tanny Tien Ni offered to be a guinea-pig. Lo then played a lethal magic on Tanny Tien Ni, who would die within 24 hours… Written by Hong Kong’s science fiction guru Ni Kuang and directed by veteran Ho Meng-hua, the breath-taking Black Magic Part 2 is a rare modern horror starring Ti Lung, who has a long-standing reputation for his heroic roles in masculine martial-arts movies. This is the Mandarin version.
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