Hong Kong Synopsis
原振俠與衛斯理
Action ensues as the cop 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Seventh Curse. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Paragon Films Ltd.
Fantasy + Horror in Hong Kong
19 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Seventh Curse itself).
The 1985–1987 Hong Kong Window
The Seventh Curse holds position #21 of 38 Hong Kong films in the 1985–1987 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Seventh Curse premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 1986.
The 226th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
40 audience reviews — more than 64% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (42th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Seventh Curse, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- witchcraft · 4
- statue · 4
- skeleton · 2
- blood · 2
- sports car · 1
- grenade · 1
- tribe · 1
- machine gun · 1
- booby trap · 1
- mayhem · 1
- evil spell · 1
- blood curse · 1
- jungle · 19
- curse · 17
- explosion · 13
- blood splatter · 11
- monk · 10
- adventurer · 9
- cave · 8
- kung fu · 121
- monster · 91
- thailand · 56
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #290 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Fantasy productions specifically: #23 of 75 (top 31%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Paragon Films Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 18m |
| Release Date | October 17, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt0092273 |