Black Magic (1975 film)


Black Magic is a 1975 Hong Kong horror film directed by Ho Meng Hua and starring Ti Lung, Lo Lieh, Tanny Tien, Lily Li and Ku Feng. A sequel to the film was released in 1976.

Plot

This film is about a black magic from the area near the South Seas which is named the Tame Head.
There is an evil magician who named Shan Chien-mi. He lives in a forest and people who want to wreak vengeance on their enemy come here and ask him to kill their enemy. Then, Shan Chien-mi will get a great amount of gold from them as reward. At the same time, Master Fu Yong, a kind magician, notices that Shan Chien-mi is doing something immoral so he plans to destroy this evil magician.
Xu Nuo and his fiancée Chu-ying are really in love with each other and finally they decide to get married. However, on the wedding day, Xu Nuo breaks up with the fiancée unexpectedly and starts a new romantic relationship with a rich widow named Luo Yin.
In fact, Luo Yin has always carried a torch for Xu Nuo so she asks Shan Chien-mi using Tame Head of love to let Xu Nuo unconsciously in love with her. Then obviously, Luo Yin's nasty objective is attained; but this woman is still not satisfied. She wants the innocent fiancée to die. So Shan Jianmi uses the Tame Head of death to make Chu-ying suffer from an incurable disease.
Fortunately, the friend of Chu-ying asks Master Fu Yong for help. The kind magician successfully saves Chu-ying.
Then, 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.

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