Lushly shot, and with two of Hong Kong's top stars in the leads, If Mario Bava had ever made Alien in Old China , it might have looked a bit like The Demon's Baby. Kent Leung's gorily funny movie holds back on the grisly effects until halfway through but, once the devil possession starts, the film becomes non-stop stomach-ripping, gaping jaws and lashing tentacles, with one memorably funny scene including football with a flying uterus.
The time is early Republican China, soon after the fall of the Qing dynasty. Greedy warlord General Hsu (Elvis Tsui, the large-membered client in Sex & Zen III) robs a tomb containing the five bottled spirits of evil babies that feed on blood and brains and attack the wombs of pregnant women. Back at his mansion, he
finds his four wives all suddenly get pregnant, as well as cute servant girl Little Fish (Annie Wu, from Ballistic Kiss) who's in love with young cook Day Six (Emotion Cheung). It's time to send for the help of itinerant Buddhist exorcist Ching Hoi (Anthony Wong, having greapossessed women by sticking beancurd in their mouths...
Derek Elley