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Black Magic 2

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Revenge of the Zombies
Gou hun jiang tou
Directed byHo Meng Hua
Written byNi Kuang
StarringTi Lung
Lo Lieh
Liu Hui-Ju
Lily Li
Lin Wei-Tu
CinematographyHui-chi Tsao
Edited byHsing-Lung Chiang
Music byYung-Yu Chen
Production
company
Distributed byWorld Northal
Release date
  • 9 December 1976 (1976-12-09) (Hong Kong)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

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

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A martial artist fights against an evil sorcerer who has raised zombies.

Cast

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Release

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, Bill (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 26. ISBN 9780810830271.
  2. ^ Yang, Jeff; Black, Art (2003). Once Upon a Time in China. Simon & Schuster. p. 120. ISBN 9780743448178.
  3. ^ Dendle, Peter (2000). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland Publishing. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9780786463671.
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