Chu nu de you huo

This was in fact the veteran director's last film. It doesn't reach the macabre quality of his classic horror films for the Shaw Studios (Black Magic 1&2, The Oily Maniac) but echoes them in a 90s Cat. III way. A young guy from Hong Kong travels to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to learn black magic spells from a local wizard. He soon abuses this dark art, and the conclusion brings divine justice.

The horror elements are not that strong in the movie but we still see several macabre black magic spells, snakes, centipedes, magic battles, a female zombie and other things (like a small army of magical dwarfs!). On the other hand, the emphasis is on the exploitation angle, since there is nudity abound. Not a masterpiece but again it delivers the goods, especially for those into Asian black magic horror films and Cat. III cinema in general.