Daughter of Darkness

Daughter of Darkness 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). Synopsis In a small village in China, a beautiful young seamstress, Mak Wei-Fong (Lily Chung), arrives at a police station to report the mass murder of her family. The police detective, Leoi Gei (Anthony Wong), investigates the murder and learns that both of Mak's parents have been shot to death. He finds that the bullets used are the type that only a police officer would carry. He immediately suspects Mak's boyfriend, Gin, who is a young police officer. When confronted by Detective Leoi, Gin confesses to the crime without hesitation and is placed under arrest. However, because of Gin's quick admission and confession as well as failing to provide details of the crime, Detective Leoi suspects that Gin may be sacrificing himself in order to protect the true culprit who used his weapon. Mak soon arrives at the police station, confessing that she in fact is the murderer. During the interrogation, Mak reveals that her home life was abusive. She states that both of her parents (played by Ka-Kui Ho and Daisy) were promiscuous and each had many affairs outside of their marriage. In addition, Mak may not be her father's biological child, but a product of one of her mother's adulterous affairs. Further, her siblings were unsympathetic and provided no family support. Mak tells Detective Leoi that Gin's comfort and love had given her the strength that her family could not provide.