Wordiezett So much average

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Leofwine_draca An insane tale of black magic from Hong Kong and the surrounding countries, a tale of Far Eastern mysticism, explicit gruesomeness and a power struggle between good and evil all mixed into one low budget but appealing package. A sequel to 1975's BLACK MAGIC, a sure-fire horror hit from the Shaw Borthers studio, REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES is everything a trash fan could wish for. An incident-packed adventure which skips from scene to scene with barely time for a breather, the emphasis is on physical, visceral horror in the tradition of THE EXORCIST and all of its excess.The basic storyline concerns the evil adventures of a black magician (played admirably well - and hissably nastily - by former kung fu idol Lo Lieh) as he tortures, murders and destroys the surrounding population. Whether he's hammering six-inch nails into the heads of the captive zombies in his basement, making beautiful young girls drink foul-smelling magic potions containing their own hair, or causing all manner of horrible pustules, writhing worms, and boils to appear on the bodies of helpless victims at the local hospital, you can be sure he's up to no good.The protagonists are a gang of young doctors investigating the mysterious diseases at the hospital. Only one guy believes in black magic, so to convince the others he unwisely asks Lo Lieh to cast a love spell on the wife of his friend. Things keep getting worse from there, gradually getting out of hand to the point where only one man - Ti Lung - remains unaffected by the black magic curse and has the power to confront the villain in his lair. REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES is an explicit thrill-ride of a horror film offering many of the crazy and bizarre "body horror" elements so common in the East. Two of my favourite scenes are when a victim of a curse literally disintegrates in the street (first his skin falls off, then his fingernails, then he dissolves into a gooey mess) and when a wise old magician feeds our hero his own eyeballs to help him on his quest. Where else would you see such demented antics? Most of the screen time is taken up with magic, mostly of the evil variety, with director Ho Meng Hua imagining all kinds of devious tricks and spells from his anti-hero to play with. The music is especially effective in conjuring up a dark atmosphere of the supernatural whilst the camera-work - although sometimes rough - captures the essence of the spirit world very well, with plenty of spooky darkness and interesting angles. The acting is generally of a good standard, complimented by some amusing dubbing. There's even a bit of kung fu action (including a hilariously cheesy fight atop a cable car) and some killer cardboard crocodiles for those who like that kind of thing (and I count myself among those few). This is one of those films that gets better and better as they go along, with the finale consisting of a full-on onslaught of the living dead, complete with a fiery inferno and a memorable showdown between the two leads. The end result is a weird and wonderful - and I use those two words to their fullest meanings - concoction of gross-out horror, crazed action, and bubbling gore. Fantastic!

HumanoidOfFlesh Two doctors Ti Lung and Lam Wai-tiu take wives Tanny Tien Ni and Lily Li on vacation and there they met the horrors of black magic.Lo Lieh plays an evil sorcerer,who whips female pubic hairs and breast milk into powerful zombie potions,controls his creations via giant metal spikes pounded into their heads.Not only does he turn Li into an walking dead after luring her from the group,he casts a love spell on both Ti's wife and his colleague.This surprisingly eerie Shaw Brothers productions offers some nifty special effects and gross-out moments.I enjoyed "Black Magic" and "Black Magic Terror" and this sequel to Meng Hua Ho's horror hit is also worth looking for.7 out of 10.

velladraco Hooo, Boy!!! I had to wait a bit for this one but it was, indeed, worth the wait. Being a fan of B and sub-B Movies does contribute to one's insanity...So please take that into consideration when I say that I loved this film.! Revenge of the Zombies could serve as a model for all that is good and right about the Hong-Kong film Machine. Plenty of campy acting, bad translation,bad dubbing, mediocre to awful special affects,and at least one wholey original twist on the Zombie bit. The next two lines may or may not qualify as a "spoiler"--depending on how picky you are. 70+ year old Black Mage has remained 'young looking'(he claims 30 - I say 45-50) by drinking human milk every day of his life - we later get an example of how he arranges this. The cool twist is that he controls the vitality of his zombies with a big metal spike in their heads!! I, personally do not consider this a spoiler as it is mentioned in the title (literal translation is "Bewitch Tame Head"). Go ahaed! Rent it! You know you want to! Better yet, make it a double feature with the sub-B Warehouse flick from Japan "EMERGENCY!!!-Living Dead in Tokyo Bay!!".This one's harder to find but worth the search if you like the cheapo warehouse -type movies. EnJoy!!500 Club Diva - Your Diva from the Dive-a

sinistre1111 Lo Lieh is perfect as the wickedly sleazy black magician, with his undead slaves, activated by a single long nail to the skull. This film (also known as BLACK MAGIC 2) has great wooden acting (excluding the aforementioned), elaborate gross-outs (see other comment), and plenty of genuine chills. It's also got a great soundtrack; a song in an early nightclub scene was sampled by the Beastie Boys for "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" on PAUL'S BOUTIQUE! Don't know if all the other Shaw brothers 70s productions are this good, but now I have to see them all!