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Daughter of Darkness (1993)

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Original title
滅門慘案之孽殺
Directed by
Kai-Ming Lai
Genre
horror film, rape and revenge film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
III
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl is suspected of killing her own family after suffering years of terrible abuse at their hands. The film follows the aftermath as her story comes to light.

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What happens

Daughter of Darkness (Chinese: 滅門慘案之孽殺; pinyin: miè mén cǎn àn zhī niè shā; Jyutping: mi6 mun4 caam2 on3 zi1 jit6 saat3) is a 1993 Hong Kong Category III horror-crime film directed by Kai-Ming Lai. The film was released on 28 October 1993 in Hong Kong and was considered to be a sleeper hit. It stars Lily Chung as a young teenager who is suspected of murdering her family after years of enduring horrific abuse by them. The film was followed with two sequels, the 1994 films Daughter of Darkness 2 (Mie men can an II jie zhong) and Brother of Darkness (Ti tian xing dao: Sha xiong). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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