Hex After Hex (Cantonese version)
Shawscope Volume Four
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1h 45m
1982 • Hong Kong • Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung
Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but hell, literally, has no wrath like a lusting ghost scorned! A handsome chauffeur (played by muscular “Venom” Lo Meng) discovers just that after he turns her down. The demon merely arranges to have his true love killed, and then possesses her, setting off chaos and vengeance, which gets even worse when he finds out about the spiritual switch. Can he learn “spiritual boxing” to exorcise her? Will gangsters force her into demonic prostitution? Can the reunited lovers live happily ever after when an evil businessman wants to destroy the girl? Director Kuei Chih-hung shoots the works with this amazing, at times jaw-dropping, horror romance. This is the Cantonese version.
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