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Return of the Dead
Hong Kong 1979
produced by Run Run Shaw, Mona Fong for Shaw Brothers
directed by Li Han Hsiang
starring Linda Chu, Ku Feng, Cheng Wei-ying, Chin Huang, Liu Locke Hua, Liu Hui-Ling, Yueh Hua, Szu Wei, Tai Gwan Tak, Wang Lai, Yang Chih-Ching, Shen Lao, Chan Shen, Wang Han Chen, Ching Miao, Yuen Shen, Ko Hsiang Ting, Chiang Ching Feng, Fung Ming, Chou Shu-fang, Wang Chih-kuang, Huang Kung-wu, Liang Hsin, Tan Ying
written by Li Han Hsiang, music by Frankie Chan Fan-Kei, Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Three inmates of an insane asylum tell their respective stories, all of
which question if they're really insane or if there is a world beyond our
own ...
- A shopowner (Ku Feng) never had anything much until he gets his
hands on a talisman that grants him three wishes but that also comes
with the warning that the three wishes will destroy him. So first, the
man wishes for $20,000, not much, just to relocate his job to a better
neighbourhood - and the next day, his son has died and he gets $20,000
in insurance money. Upon the insistance of his wife, he wishes his son
to come back to life, but he comes back as a horrible creature, and
the third wish makes the son go away but kills his wife.
- A young man likes to take a rowboat out on the lake at night ...
where he night after night meets a naked female swimmer (Cheng
Wei-ying). The two soon become friends, and the man tells her about
his best friend (Szu Wei) who tried to commit suicide with his
girlfriend at that lake, but while she died, he survived. The naked
girl insists on meeting the friend ... and of course, it eventually
turns out that she's the ghost of the dead girlfriend.
- A killed prostitute (Linda Chu) comes back to life to give the only
guy who's ever respected her, a young rickshaw coolie, the time of his
life. But then her tomb is raided and she has to have her revenge on
the graverobber (Chan Shen).
Return of the Dead is a slightly old-fashioned (even from 1979's
point of view) horror anthology, not at all unlike the Amicus
omnibus movies - and like these movies, Return of the Dead
has a certain charm that will almost certainly appeal to vintage horror
lovers ... but at the same time, the film has little new to offer, the
stories told are all pretty predictable (including their twist endings),
no really original shocks or outlandish scenes. Basically it's just your
average genre effort, easy to consume but hard to remember even days
later.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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