Movie

Red Spell Spells Red

1983 · 93 min

A slow-building jungle curse film that mixes documentary-style realism with lurid black-magic shocks and a queasy sense of dread.

Tagline: Strange and Thrilling! Poon Lai-Yin is Proud of Her Naked Body!
Overview: An evil dwarf sorcerer is buried alive in the jungles of Borneo for practicing black magic: Many years later, a documentary film crew from Hong Kong opens the coffin, and discover that one of them is afflicted with a horrible curse that begins killing off everyone around them.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, campy and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, death, isolation, survival
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
death
isolation
survival
fate
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild