Black Magic 2 Explained

Revenge of the Zombies
Native Name:	Gou hun jiang tou
Director:	Ho Meng Hua
Starring:	Ti Lung Lo Lieh Liu Hui-Ju Lily Li Lin Wei-Tu
Music:	Yung-Yu Chen
Cinematography:	Hui-chi Tsao
Editing:	Hsing-Lung Chiang
Studio:	Shaw Brothers
Distributor:	World Northal
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	China
Language:	Mandarin

Black Magic 2 (Cantonese: 勾魂降頭 Pinyin: Gōu Hún Jiàng Tóu) 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

• Ti Lung
• Lo Lieh
• Liu Hui-Ju
• Lily Li
• Lin Wei-Tu

Release

Black Magic 2 was released in Hong Kong in 1976 and in the United States in 1982.^[1] The film was distributed in the United States by the now defunct World Northal Corp. and was retitled Revenge of the Zombies.^[2]

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."^[3]

External links

• • Black Magic at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

Notes and References

1. Book: Palmer, Bill. The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. 1995. 9780810830271. 26.
2. Book: Once Upon a Time in China. Yang. Jeff. Black. Art. Simon & Schuster. 2003. 9780743448178. 120.
3. Book: Dendle, Peter. Peter Dendle

   . The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. Peter Dendle. McFarland Publishing. 2000. 9780786463671. 149–150.