1981 · horror · shaw-brothers · black-magic
Bewitched
Directed by Kuei Chih-hung1h 41m1981
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
Our read: Bewitched (1981) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · shaw-brothers · black-magic entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
Watching Bewitched tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Bewitched feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want wild gory Hong Kong black magic horror with gross effects.”
Skip it tonight — You want clean plots or anything appropriate around family.
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