| Black Magic | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Ho Meng Hua | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Runme Shaw | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Ni Kuang | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Ti Lung Lo Lieh Lily Li Ku Feng | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Frankie Chan | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Cho Wai-kei | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Chiang Hsing-lung | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 93 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin | ||||||||||||||
Black Magic is a 1975 Hong Kong horror film directed by Ho Meng Hua and starring Ti Lung, Lo Lieh,, Lily Li and Ku Feng. A sequel to the film was released in 1976.
There is an evil magician named Shan Chien-mi. He lives in a forest and anyone who wants to wreak vengeance on their enemy comes here and asks him to kill their enemy. Then, Shan Chien-mi will get a great amount of gold from them as payment. At the same time, Master Fu Yong, a kind magician, notices that Shan Chien-mi is doing something immoral so he plans to destroy the evil magician.
Xu Nuo and his fiancée Chu-ying are deeply in love with each other and finally decide to get married. However, on the wedding day, Xu Nuo breaks up with his fiancée unexpectedly and starts a new relationship with a rich widow named Luo Yin.
In fact, Luo Yin has always been attracted to Xu Nuo so she asks Shan Chien-mi to use the Tame Head of Love to make Xu Nuo unconsciously fall in love with her. Luo Yin's goal is attained, but she is still not satisfied. She wants Xu Nuo’s former fiancée to die. Shan Chien-mi uses the Tame Head of Death to make Chu-ying suffer from an incurable disease.
Fortunately, a friend of Chu-ying’s asks Master Fu Yong for help. The magician successfully saves Chu-ying.
Master Fu Yong finds Xu Nuo in the widow's house and breaks the Tame Head of Love. After that, he fights with Shan Chien-mi and finally kills him and the widow.