The Buddhist Spell

Shen is assaulted by the local magistrate and attacks him with a knife in revenge but is stopped and beaten to death. Her revenge-seeking spirit fills a log that a scholar was planning to carve into a Buddha idol.

• Sharla Cheung as Shen
• Wu Ma as Mong Fa Da
• Mark Cheng as Feng Yun-Tin
• Lau Shun as Head of Da Hung Religion
• Paulinge Wong Yuk-Wan as Madam Ba
• Fong Lung as Mr. Register
• Chang Pao-Shan as Teacher
• Tang Heng-Wu as Chiao Kwai
• Wank Chun-Kang
• Wang Yao as Lau Tang

The review website sogoodreviews.com wrote, "A perfectly adequate time cut out of the A Chinese Ghost Story-mold (Wu Ma co-stars as well!) with an unusually good sense when it comes to mixing the moods. Unusual because The Buddhist Spell doesn't bring in comedy a whole lot. The freaky sights of the Blood Kid slowly being born throughout the movie plus skilled wirework- and animated effects (complemented by fine editing) are driving forces for a standard time with 90s Hong Kong cinema. The core romance isn't particularly noteworthy though but no one makes an ass out of him or herself here."[1]

Reviewer Andrew Pragasam of thespinningimage.co.uk gave the film a score of 5 out of 10 stars, writing, "Many Hong Kong fantasies do a remarkable job interweaving seemingly disparate tones (sometimes even genres). Here however the doggedly downbeat plot and undeniably delirious horror imagery sit uneasily besides tedious time-wasting comedy and a romance that proves more depressing than enchanting."[2]

• The Buddhist Spell at IMDb
• The Buddhist Spell at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Buddhist Spell at Hong Kong Cinemagic