Yuen Chun Hap yu Wai See Lee (1986)

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Though today's marketing prominently touts Chow Yun-Fat's participation in Golden Harvest's supernatural actioner, The Seventh Curse, he's barely in it. Rather, it stars Chin Siu-Ho as an action doctor who, a year before, was cursed by the evil high priest of Thailand's Worm Tribe and will die unless he does something about it. This thing's structure is unfortunately a mess, and Maggie Cheung, here in her "comic foil love interest" phase, plays an irritating would-be journalist with a knack for getting into trouble. Not that she's alone, as characters seem to routinely be captured even when they seemed to have the upper hand. So why watch it? The creature effects. I guarantee that though Alien(s) is evidently an inspiration for some of it, you'll see stuff you never have elsewhere. The demon baby, the skeleton warrior and the "alien" create a gory splash zone filled with bizarre visuals. Frankly, I wish it were weirder and would gladly jettison the rote comedy material at the top of the film. 2 years 1 month ago