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= Return of the Demon = Return of the Demon (Chinese: 魔高一丈) is a 1987 Hong Kong horror comedy film directed by Ying Wong, starring Charlie Cho, Robert Mak, Fui-On Shing, Sau-Lai Tsui, Siu-Ming To, Natalis Chan, Emily Chu, and Dick Wei.

Plot
Treasure hunters Fierce (Fui-On Shing), Panther (Sau-Lai Tsui), Lockmaster (Siu-Ming To), and Gwai (Nin-Sang Hon) find a treasure map leading them to the ruins of a Buddha statue. The discovery wakens a demon (Dick Wei) who kills Gwai and attacks the remaining trio. It is then driven off by a Taoist priest, Kin (Charlie Cho) and his disciple, Mak (Robert Mak), who reveals to Fierce, Panther, and Lockmaster that the so-called treasure map was nothing more than a trap set by the demon to lure unsuspecting humans to the ruins so that they may unwittingly free it. Mak also reveals that Kin and the demon were once Taoist disciples but the latter resorted to harvesting human souls to prolong its life. The demon must absorb the souls of 49 humans born at the hour of the pig to attain true immortality, and had all but three humans left to harvest when it was incapacitated and imprisoned. The artefact that imprisoned it, a silver dagger, is now held by Kin and is the only weapon that can truly kill it. Fierce, Panther, and Lockmaster, all born in the hour of the pig, become its final targets and must accompany Kin, who is unable to take the life of any living creature.

In order to track down the demon, Kin takes the trio to a veterinarian Kao (Wu Ma), who supplies Kin with a German shepherd. Kin merges their consciousnesses by placing a lock of its fur on his face and picks up on the demon’s scent. The demon later kills and reanimates a food vendor to attack the group, resulting in them being erroneously named the murderers by a bumbling but sadistic lawman Wai (Natalis Chan). When Wai captures and interrogates the group, Kin transforms into a werewolf due to the demon’s supernatural interference and goes on a rampage; he reverts to human form when Lockmaster finally peels the dog fur off his face. The group seeks shelter in a dilapidated mansion haunted by Tayona (Emily Chu), the ghost of a woman searching for a man pure of heart whose death will help her reincarnate. She ultimately settles on Kin and traps him in a room lined with raw eggs, causing him to break several and rapidly age. When she touches the silver dagger, it is ejected into a pillar. Lockmaster and Mak try to retrieve it but they are attacked by the demon who takes Lockmaster’s soul. Panther manages to recover the dagger but she is abducted by the demon. Tayona decides to help lead the remaining members to the demon’s location in an underground lair. Although Mak finds the dagger nearby, Kin reveals that in taking Lockmaster’s soul, the demon has grown too powerful and can no longer be slain by the dagger unless it destroys the source of its power, which they have no knowledge of and so can only flee after rescuing Panther. Venturing inside, the group manages to find Panther as well as the zombified corpses of the demon’s previous victims, including Lockmaster. Kin states they will have two hours until the demon’s powers fully regenerates, so Fierce creates a diversion to draw the zombies away while Mak goes to free Panther. As they try to escape however, the demon ambushes and kills Panther, impaling her on a rock. Fierce inadvertently reveals and damages its source of power, a pulsating, maggot-ridden heart imbedded within a stone altar. The trio barely hold off the weakened but enraged demon, and Fierce ultimately succeeds in killing it by stabbing the heart with the silver dagger.

Cast

 * Charlie Cho – Kin
 * Robert Mak – Mak
 * Fui-On Shing – Fierce
 * Sau-Lau Tsui – Panther
 * Siu-Ming To – Lockmaster
 * Natalis Chan – Wai
 * Dick Wei – the demon
 * Emily Chu – Tayona
 * Wu Ma – veterinarian
 * Nin-Sang Hon – Gwai
 * Ging-Man Fung – Wai's henchmen #1
 * Choh-Lam Tsang – Wai's henchmen #2
 * Ming-Wai Chan – Extra
 * Wai-Fai Wong – Extra