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Abracadabra (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 28, 1986

Original Title:
天靈靈．地靈靈

Alternate Titles:
Heaven Wife, Hell Wife
Loves of the Living Dead
Tian ling ling, di ling ling

Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Production Companies:
Long Shong Pictures

Production Countries:
Taiwan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 89

Overview from TheMovieDB

In 1980, a crack team of Taoists (garbed like ninjas!) successfully vanquish a mob of ghosts -- except for female demon Pinkish Red, who manages to escape. Six years later, Cici Shin (Charine Chan Kar-ling) and her cousin, Lily Li (Ann Bridgewater), open a boutique and need a mirror for their fitting room. The mall security guard finds one for them in the basement but, naturally, Pinkish Red resides inside it and, when Cici cleans the mirror’s surface, the ghost is able to enter back into the real world.

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Production

Director:
Peter Mak Tai-Kit

Director of Photography:
Chris Chen Ching-Chu

Editor:
Huang Chiu-Kuei

Original Music Composer:
Chang Hung-Yi

Presenter:
Dean Shek Tin
Karl Maka

Producer:
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

Production Manager:
Wai-Lau Kwong
Tai Sheng Ma

Screenplay:
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

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