Review of The Dead and the Deadly (1982) by Movie K — 09 Feb 2014

Quite a different type of horror/action. Sammo Hung bump into a pair of adulteress couple. The dead husband kills them all to prevent the truth. Turns out to be nightmare. Lam Ching Ying is his uncle and a priest.

Cherie Chung sew a handkerchief for him with love birds but he don't like. It's an arrange marriage. Chung Fat is a priest transporting the corpse of Wu Ma. Leung Mei Hui is Wu wife and pregnant.

Sammo flashback to the time he and Wu go to brothel and know he is impotent. Sammo want to investigate and he pretend to be paper maid for offering in the funeral. Wu is not dead and is in cahoot with Chung, the real husband of Leung.

After everyone left, Sammo strip Wu to check how he died but can't find anything. A villager climb in want to steal money. He can't find anything and want to pluck out Wu gold teeth. Sammo frighten him off but accidentally hook the string and pull out the gold teeth.

Wu act as ghost to tell Sammo give up but he refuse. Sammo nearly cut him open to check. Chung do the needle poison test for him. Leung say she was rape and Wu is willing to marry her. Sammo believe the story and left.

Wu plan to sell the burying antiques after the funeral. Leung get to know the antiques are cheapo and Wu late father had left $10,000 for his wife if she give birth. Leung plan to get that money for their own and kill Wu for real.

Chung and 2 helpers fight him without knowledge his kungfu is good but they still manage to kill him. Wu become ghost but can't get near Chung. Wu find Sammo and told the truth. He is angry and don't want to help so Wu keep disturb him.

Lam use power to see Wu and believe he is murdered. Wu want to borrow Sammo body for revenge. He kill Chung. Leung remove her panties and put on the body, forcing Wu out. Wu and Sammo carry Lam to the place before dawn.

Leung bury the bodies and she's bleeding then she also died. Daylight came and Sammo disappear. Lam tell Cherie if she is his wife, he might be able to revive him. The wedding proceed. On the 14th day the spirit will return with the hell guards.

They prepare wine for the guards and they got drunk. The spirit will be in insect form and must be guarded with female napkin. When they awaken, they force Cherie to give up his soul. She put up a fight and trap them in the chimney.

Sammo swallow the insect and is alive.