The Terrible Night (1978)

Original title

血夜花

Directed by

Yao Feng-pan

Genre

horror film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 25m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A horror film from 1978 inspired by a real murder case in Taipei. The story was altered to avoid legal issues and moved to the Japanese occupation era. It is often confused with another film starring the same actress, leading to swapped plot descriptions online.

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What happens

《血夜花》（英語：The Terrible Night）是一部1978年的臺灣恐怖片，由姚鳳磐導演，王釧如、李湘以及岳陽領銜主演，其故事靈感源自1967年發生於臺北市萬華區的「七彩藝苑命案」。為了怕惹上官司，姚鳳磐對劇情作了大幅改動，時空背景也挪移至日治時期。 該片經常和同由王釧如主演的《殘月陰風吹古樓》混淆，幾乎所有網路上的資料在介紹《血》片的故事內容時，給出的卻是《殘》片的劇情；而在介紹《殘》片時，給出的又是《血》片的劇情，例如豆瓣就是如此。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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