What a malicious, malignant movie this was! My word, someone is on the rag. To think Chow Yun-Fat needs to kill a shitload of animals to cure Maggie's berserker spell. And to think some Worm Tribe priest must kill a bunch of children (and succeeds) to create a stupid-looking monster called Little Ghost. I don't think happy people are going to like this, but eh, screw them.

This is one of Nam Nai Choi's best films ever. I loved it to death. Every corner you turn on this film, there is always something bizarre to see. For example, a Thai girl with the nicest ass in the world cuts a piece of her boob meat to feed it to Yuen Chen's character to hinder the 7th curse effect. Now that's epic. Urgh, not only is it sultry, it's funnier than hell. Plus the monster called Old Ancestor towards the end of the film was great. He looked like the H.R. Giger "Aliens" monster, only with wings and a stupid looking face. Oh I'm getting flustered.

The action is really great and at the same time hilarious. Man oh man, some of the greatest action scenes were watching the Yuen Chen character getting into a no-holds-barred fight with a skeleton which evidently was a puppet on a string. Another was the epic battle with Old Ancestor and Little Ghost. Come on, peoples, you know that was great. Among other things there are plentiful martial arts fights and some gun fights which were surprisingly well choreographed and intense. Even some of the stunts that were pulled off in this film were a bit frightening.

Other things to consider: the film was fast-paced, the story was unbelievably absurd, and the special effects were sometimes cheesy and sometimes good. The only flaw I found with "The Seventh Curse" (aside from everything else, depending on your point of view) is the Worm Tribe priest's voice. Yes, he sounds like a bitch.

Oh god, I loved "The Seventh Curse". Oh baby, I've seen this sucker legitimately 50 times and I can go for another 2,000,200 more times. Though I gave this film a 5-star rating, logically it's a 3 ½ star rating. Its absurdity levels the likes of "Mighty Peking Man" or "Ninja: The Final Duel", but eh, whatever. BEST FILM EVER!!!!!!

To briefly sum up the story, Dr. Yuen travels to the Thailand/Yunnan border to research AIDS remedies when he comes in contact with a local tribal girl (Chi Sau Lai) named Betsey (Betsey? What?) after being told not to enter this region by his professor (Ken Boyle). He tracks her to the village where she is about to be sacrificed to the old ancestor, and he tries to save her but is captured and given the 7th curse for his troubles. A year later he is approached in Hong Kong by Black Dragon (Dick Wei), as he learns he must return to find the cure before all of his veins explode.

The "7th Curse" is another crazy 80's Hong Kong film that blesses its viewers with typically insightful subject matter such as fighting, shootings, rocket launchers, explosions, Rambo-style jungle adventure, human sacrifice, splurting blood, T&A, monsters, alchohol, spinal cord removal, and of course the undescribable Little Ghost all packed into an insane 81 minutes.

If that is not enough reason to watch, you also have a pre-stardom Chow Yun-Fat in a supporting role, and a fairly early role for Maggie Cheung, who plays a spoiled and annoying reporter that follows Dr. Yuen around. Another notable appearence is Elvis Tsui who plays the evil witchdoctor named Aquala, as it is apparent that being involved in a strange movie like this was just another day at the office for him.

There was also some decent martial arts action, highlighted by the battle on a giant Buddha statue. It is also obvious that several scenes were inspired by "Indiana Jones" and "Aliens", but given their own twist of Hong Kong wackiness.

This film is a bizarre ride that starts from the opening credits, finally reaching absurdity factor five at its gruesome climax, and even manages to pitch in a few words of wisdom when it's all said and done

Recommended!

To sum it, Seventh Curse is mega fun. A perfect film to watch with your friends when everybody is bored. This film has everything: blistering 80's style martial arts action (helmed by Chin Siu-Tung, who directed the international hit fantasy "A Chinese Ghost Story" the following year), monsters (a giant stone buddha, kung fu fighting skeletor "Old Ancestor" and that creepy little "head" thing that eats people), nudity, horror, comedy (not your your usual splapstick shit), special effects, splatter (it's surprisingly bloody for a HK fantasy action flick), and Chow Yun-Fat blowing monsters up with a rocketlaucher.

I can't remeber much of the plot, but it had something to do with Dr. Yuen (Chin Siu-Ho) getting a curse on him and a good tribe living in some jungle or something. Dr. Yuen teams up with female reportist Maggie Cheung and a warrior from the tribe (Ti "Dick" Wei) to battle the evil sorcerer who has been terrorising the friendly tribe... Yuen must also get the antidote to his curse before it's too late. Actually the whole adventure is told in flashback, by Dr. Yuen and Wisely (Chow Yun-Fat) at some party.

[Special note: The UK videocasette, though presented in widescreed and with subtitles, is cut. The scene where a girl from the tribe cuts his tits with a blade to save Dr. Yuen is missing (BBFC does not allow englishmen see bloody tits).]