A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 27, 1983
Original Title:
車魂
Alternate Titles:
Blood of the Black Dog
Car Spirit
Che hun
Che wan
引魂人
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Woo's Film Production (H.K.) Co.
Production Countries:
Hong Kong
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
In anger, a toy factory owner throws a sub-standard toy car out the window of his sweatshop. The toy nearly hits schoolgirl Siu Ching, but she is saved by the fast response of Fatty Cheng. Siu Ching's eighth birthday soon arrives, but her ill and overworked mother has a sudden attack, and Siu Ching must go out in the rain to buy more medicine. By coincidence, the managers of the same toy factory are in the car who knock her over on the road and then run away, without reporting the accident. The little girl is killed, and her mother dies in grief. Fatty Cheng accuses the factory people, who are his bosses. Then, one by one, Siu Ching's ghost wreaks horrible revenge on them.
Art Direction:
Jonathan Ting Yuen-Tai
Director:
Lu Pao Lun
Director of Photography:
Luk Ching
Editor:
Jackie Tang
Kam Ma
Screenplay:
Lu Pao Lun
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