The Seventh Curse

The Seventh Curse

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Directed by Lam Ngai Kai
Produced by Wong Jing
Chua Lam
Screenplay by Wong Jing
Yuen Gai-chi
Based on Dr. Yuen Series 
by Ni Kuang
Starring Chow Yun-fat
Chin Siu-ho
Dick Wei
Maggie Cheung
Sibelle Hu
Narrated by Ni Kuang
Music by Stephen Shing
Cinematography Lam Wa-chui
Edited by Yu Ma-chiu
Siu Fung
Ma Chung-yiu
Cheung Man-keung
Production
company
Paragon Films
Distributed by Golden Harvest
Release dates
  • 17 October 1986 (1986-10-17)
Running time
81 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$10,219,984

The Seventh Curse is a 1986 Hong Kong dark fantasy adventure film directed by Lam Ngai Kai based on Ni Kuang's novel series Dr. Yuen Series and stars Chin Siu-ho as Dr. Yuen. The film also stars Chow Yun-fat as Wisely, the protagonist in Ni's Wisely Series who appears as a supporting character in the Dr Yuen Series, while Ni himself serves as the film's narrator and also making a brief appearance as himself.

Synopsis

In this movie, Dr. Yuen (Chin Siu-ho) in the jungle of Thailand attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. As a result, Yuen is damned with seven "Blood Curses" which burst through his leg periodically. When the seventh bursts, he will die, but Betsy, the beauty he saved, stops the curse with an antidote that lasts only one year, so on the advice of Wisely (Chow Yun-fat) he heads back to Thailand to find a permanent cure. Action ensues as Yuen and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby-like creature, and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transforms into a monster that is a cross between Rodan and Alien.

Alternate versions

This film has at least three different endings for each of its official releases:

Cast

Crew

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