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Xie (1980)

Fantasy | 94 minutes
3,50 10 votes

Genre: Fantasy / Horror

Duration: 94 minuten

Alternative titles: Hex /

Country: Hong-Kong

Directed by: Chih-Hung Kuei

Starst: Tanny Tien-Ni, Wong Yung and Chan Sze-Kai

IMDb score: 6,4 (741)

Releasedate: 9 July 1980

Xie plot

Chun Yu Yeung is a sadistic bastard. He is bitter because he married into the wealthy Chan family, right during a period of severe financial decline. Chun Yu treats his now poor wife, Sau Ying, like a dog. He beats her, berates her and spends her last family money on booze, gambling and prostitutes. As Sau Ying sinks into depression, she unsuspectingly finds an ally.

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Tonypulp

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Not much to add! The beautiful sets in particular steal the show here. Colorful, misty settings surround the gigantic mansion that sets the stage for a story full of witchcraft and sweet revenge. The whole thing is extremely well cared for and chock full of atmospheric, entertaining scares. With a daring, sensual ending. Explicit nudity and a hairy flame... that's not very common in Shaw's films, is it? Or have I seen too little? 88 Films certainly delivers what they promise: a strange mystery of manslaughter and macabre happenings.

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Woland

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Now that's a nice surprise. Xie is largely a nice and atmospheric ghost and revenge story, with several twists that I will remain silent about for spoiler reasons. However, it is not a very slow ghost film, but one in which quite a lot happens and it has a brisk pace. With, in addition to the twists, a sensual and almost erotic ending, and also all kinds of strange and unusual scenes that you often see in East Asian horrors (think Hausu or Mystics on Bali), such as a naked ghost that is captioned and [spoiler ]dances extensively and is spanked while being exorcised, or hands run loose. But what also gives the film major bonus points is the atmosphere. A beautiful, large oriental villa around which almost the entire film takes place, beautiful images and a film that (except for the mediocre special effects) looks visually good.

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