''Centipede Horror'' ( zh, t=蜈蚣咒), also known as ''Centipede Curse'', is a 1981 Hong Kong

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directed by Keith Li. It stars

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as Pak.

Plot summary

Two friends, Pak and Chee, visit Singapore to investigate the death of Pak's sister Kay. They soon learn that Kay fell victim to the powerful "centipede spell", and find themselves threatened by a magician who seeks revenge for a crime committed by their grandfather years prior.

Cast

as Pak * Tien-Lang Li as Chee * Lai Fun Chan as Kay * Hussein Abu Hassan as Evil Sorcerer

Home media

In April 2020, a restoration of the film by the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) sourced from a 35 mm film print was made available to rent on

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(VOD). In 2022, a 2K restoration of the film was released on

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by Error_4444, a label that distributes Asian films. Prior to these releases, ''Centipede Horror'' had not received an official home media release in the United States, though bootlegged copies did exist.

References

External links

*
''Centipede Horror''
at the

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