Legend of the Mountain1979
Directed by King Hu
🏆 5 wins & 4 nominations
The premise
A traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.
Horror Vault's take
Deep in remote mountain landscapes, a scholarly traveler undertakes the sacred task of translating a powerful Buddhist sutra — one rumored to hold dominion over the dead. As he immerses himself in the work, strange figures and unearthly forces begin to close in around him, blurring the boundary between the world of the living and the realm beyond. King Hu's languid, painterly direction transforms every mist-shrouded valley into a stage for ghostly intrigue and occult menace. What begins as a quiet spiritual mission slowly reveals itself as a desperate struggle for the scholar's very soul.
Content: Supernatural Threat, Mild Violence
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