Reviewed by: Gaijin84 Date: 04/24/2009 Summary: Well done horror film, if not totally original.. The Chan family was a wealthy clan once, but hard times have fallen on them. Yeung Chun Yu (Wong Yung) has married the remaining daughter (Tanny Tien), but is determined to make her life miserable. She is already wasting away due to tuberculosis and he does nothing to aid her, instead drinking and whoring about town. Soon, a young maid (Chan Si-Gaai) arrives and vows to help Chan Sau Ying (Tanny) get through her illness. Together they conspire to kill Yeung and move on with their lives. During a rainy night they put their plan into action, but all does not turn out the way they expect. Shame on me for not having seen Diabolique, the movie that I assume this movie borrows its plot from, but I went in to seeing this with no prior knowledge about what was going to happen. The entire film is shot in a very small area, so you get a feel of claustrophobia and tightness that adds to the tension. There is also a fair amount of cheesy gore and some downright shocking scenes (see Hon Gwok-Choi). The first plot twist caught me by surprise and the subsequent story definitely kept me interested. Wong Yung is sufficiently evil and you really root for him to get what he deserves and Chan Si-Gaai (from my experience usually regulated to supporting roles) does a great job of pulling the viewer in and then twisting it around. Except for the previously mentioned prolonged erotic/possessed dance scene, which is 6 minutes and 23 seconds of a incredible-bodied woman dancing and rolling in ashes and blood, the movie really has no slow parts. Worth a viewing! 7/10 Reviewer Score: 7

Reviewed by: cal42 Date: 04/29/2006 Summary: Disappointing Kind of a Chinese take on the French film Diabolique, with its theme of spousal abuse and murder. Kind of interesting and atmospheric for a while, but all of the characters are nasty and you just can't whip up any empathy at all. It features high production values for the time (when the Shaw Brothers studio was in effect winding down), but there's not really much to recommend it. Sadly, the plot of this film just doesn't stand up to scrutiny, thanks entirely to a completely bone-headed slapstick comedy routine placed in the middle. Maybe director Kuei Chih-Hung was away for the day and left the duty with an assistant who wanted to completely sabotage the project - it really does feel that much out of place. So that just leaves the prolonged and rather graphic naked dance scene, which I understand will be enough recommendation for some. I was hoping for more. Reviewer Score: 4