The Seventh Curse (原振侠与卫斯理) is gory and insane and makes not one lick of sense. It’s a kind of Hong Kong Indiana Jones fantasy with practical effects. It has a murderous monster baby and a crypt keeper that transforms into a Ridley Scott alien. It also stars a young Chow Yun Fat (that's him with the pipe) and a young Maggie Cheung (all the way to the left). Honestly everyone should see this.
I should also mention that Lam Ngai Kai's movie about a blood curse... in 1986. It’s very obviously about coping with the terror of HIV/AIDS.
My unseen movie club watched this gem in a dubbed version – we couldn't get ahold of a Cantonese version – but it was still worth the watch.
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