Black Magic 2

Black Magic 2
Film poster
Gou hun jiang tou
Directed byHo Meng Hua
Written byNi Kuang
Produced byRun Run Shaw
StarringTi Lung
Lo Lieh
Liu Hui-Ju
Lily Li
Lin Wei-Tu
CinematographyTsao Hui-chi
Edited byChiang Hsing-Lung
Music byFrankie Chan
Production
company
Distributed byWorld Northal
Release date
  • 9 December 1976 (1976-12-09) (Hong Kong)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

Black Magic 2 (Cantonese: 勾魂降頭 Pinyin: Gōu Hún Jiàng Tóu), also known as Revenge of the Zombies, is a 1976 Hong Kong horror film directed by Ho Meng Hua. It is a sequel to the 1975 film Black Magic.

Plot

A martial artist fights against an evil sorcerer who has raised zombies.

Cast

Release

Black Magic 2 was released in Hong Kong in 1976 and in the United States in 1982. The film was distributed in the United States by the now defunct World Northal Corp. and was retitled Revenge of the Zombies.

Reception

Peter Dendle called it an "intense horror-cult favorite" whose "budget effects and martial arts sequences are more than compensated by sustained energy and brazen creativity."

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, Bill (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 26. ISBN 9780810830271.
  2. ↑ Yang, Jeff; Black, Art (2003). Once Upon a Time in China. Simon & Schuster. p. 120. ISBN 9780743448178.
  3. ↑ Dendle, Peter (2000). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland Publishing. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9780786463671.