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* LudicrousGibs: Victims hit by qi energy blasts from the magical lyre suffers this fate. Taken UpToEleven up to eleven when [[spoiler: Snow finally unleashes the full power of the lyre in the presence of Master Ghost’s army, where over a hundred faceless mooks charges forward towards Snow… only to gets hit repeatedly by wave after wave after wave of qi explosions the size of nukes, turning the entire courtyard into a field of dismembered limbs and body parts]].
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* SkunkStripe: A single white strand of hair that runs down on the side of Ching-Fa "The Witch". [[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=7787&image_id=8371&display_set=eng It can be seen on every close-up scenes on her]].
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* ZergRush: [[spoiler: In the final confrontation, Master Ghost’s entire army of 100-odd faceless mooks attempts to overwhelm Snow, who is armed with the powerful magical lyre, in an attempt to overwhelm her. They are no match for the lyre’s powers, who in under a minute turns them into an entire pile of dismembered body parts]].
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* ZergRush: [[spoiler: In the final confrontation, Master Ghost’s entire army of 100-odd faceless mooks attempts to overwhelm Snow, attack Snow all at once, who is armed with the powerful magical lyre, in an attempt to overwhelm her. They are no match for the lyre’s powers, who in under a minute turns them into an entire pile of dismembered body parts]].
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* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Despite finally reuniting after decades, at the end of the movie siblings Snow and Lui still have to say goodbye to each other, due to Snow being the guardian of the lyre and must never allow anyone close to her to be put in harm's way by enemies who wants the lyre for themselves]].
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* PurpleIsPowerful: Snow spends the first half of the movie in purple robes, and kills plenty [[spoiler: (including Master Tung Fong-pak)]] while in this attire. She does switch to a WhiteShirtOfDeath for the climax however.
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''Deadful Melody'' is a 1994 {{Wuxia}} film starring Creator/BrigitteLin and Creator/YuenBiao, based on the Ni Kuang novel of the same name. Released in the peak of the 90s wuxia craze, after the ''Film/{{Swordsman}}'' movies, ''Film/ButterflyAndSword'' and ''Film/TheBrideWithWhiteHair'', it is Brigitte Lin's very last wuxia film, ever since her first [[note]] 1982's ''Film/ZuWarriorsFromTheMagicMountain''[[/note]] a decade prior.
Snow (Brigitte) is a wandering warrior carrying a magical lyre, a dangerous, forbidden weapon which is a family heirloom, whose powers can destroy entire armies and every sect in the martial arts world wants to get their hands on it. After losing her family as a child, during an ambush for the lyre, Snow is in hiding to prevent the instrument from falling into the wrong hands. But when a run-in with an over-ambitious Inspector, Lui (Yuen) of the Tianhu Escort Agency reveals the enemies of her past are seeking the magical lyre, Snow and Lui had to team up in an epic final battle while learning a surprising revelation regarding both their pasts.
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!! This film contains the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Snow, fittingly enough being played by 90s wuxia-queen Brigitte Lin.
* ActorAllusion: Brigitte Lin’s Snow is yet another the androgynous, vengeful figures seeking to avenge her past, much like [[Film/{{Swordsman}} Asia the Invincible]].
* AlmostDeadGuy: In the opening flashback, Snow’s father, a senior of the martial arts sect and guardian of the magical lyre, receives news of the villains on their way to steal the lyre from his sworn younger brother, who arrives while sustaining multiple injuries and impaled by blades from Master Ghost and the Witch. He managed to blurt out the message before he succumbs, a few seconds before Master Ghost and his minions catches up.
* AmazonBrigade: Besides Ching-fa "The Witch", Master Ghost’s army includes half a dozen female acolytes who are his personal guards. Against [[spoiler: Snow and her lyre, though, they last for roughly 4 seconds]].
* AttackBackfire: Master Ghost eventually got his hands on the powerful magic lyre Snow is holding, and decides to use it against Snow. But without the proper knowledge of how to use it, he ends up causing a massive explosion that propels him backwards several feet and killing four of his minions nearby.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Happens to several characters killed by Snow, due to the energy blasts from the magical lyre causing their bodies to overflow with qi and crushing their insides. [[spoiler: Ching-fa "The Witch" throws up a rather huge spray]] of blood from her mouth when Snow takes her down in the finale.
* DarkActionGirl: Ching-fa, who earns herself the nickname "the Witch". She’s notably one of the few main antagonists which is female, and Snow’s sworn nemesis because she killed Snow’s mother decades ago.
* GratuitousNinja: Master Ghost’s legion of personal guardians resembles ninjas, what with their face-obscuring masks, all-black clothing, ability to leap great distances InASingleBound and appearing only at night for stealth reasons.
* InstrumentOfMurder: The magical lyre of death, which can cause massive qi explosions, overload its victims with insane amounts of qi energy and remove heads, arms and limbs. The sheer existance of the instrument can destroy the world of martial arts, and Snow’s parents – its guardians – considers it a forbidden weapon that must be kept sealed, and never be used. It’s final and most powerful attack, the "Heavenly Dragon Eight Notes", [[spoiler: can utterly wipe out an army in under a minute, as Snow demonstrates in the climax by unleashing the lyre’s full power]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Lui, the younger brother of Snow, resembling the archetypical Wuxia hero.
* LongLostRelative: While Snow assumes her brother Lui has died with her parents during her family’s massacre, Lui is too young to remember he even had a family. Hence Lui is surprised to find out the dreaded wielder of the magic lyre turns out to be his long-lost elder sister.
* LudicrousGibs: Victims hit by qi energy blasts from the magical lyre suffers this fate. Taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler: Snow finally unleashes the full power of the lyre in the presence of Master Ghost’s army, where over a hundred faceless mooks charges forward towards Snow… only to gets hit repeatedly by wave after wave after wave of qi explosions the size of nukes, turning the entire courtyard into a field of dismembered limbs and body parts]].
* AMinorKidroduction: In the opening scene depicting the theft of the magical lyre from Snow and Lui’s parents, where both Snow and Lui are still kids and witnessed their parents being murdered. Snow escapes with the lyre, and after a TimeSkip she’s now an adult played by Brigitte Lin with a deadly magical instrument.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Master Tung Fong-pak’s fate]], after Snow pulls the strings of the magic lyre back and releases it from a distance away. Being made of RazorFloss, it catches him in the throat, and Snow later removes his head from his prone body effortlessly.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Played with, Snow’s real name is Huang Xue-mei, but everyone else – including her long-lost brother Lui – calls her Snow. Justified in the latter case, Lui barely remembers her since they were separated while he’s still a toddler.
*SeparatedAtBirth: Snow and Lui, the latter whom Snow assumes have died when her parents. They are in equal parts shocked and surprised when they reunite as adults.
* SkunkStripe: A single white strand of hair that runs down on the side of Ching-Fa "The Witch". [[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=7787&image_id=8371&display_set=eng It can be seen on every close-up scenes on her]].
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: The film opens with Snow playing her lyre while alone in a secluded lake in the middle of nowhere, befitting her status as a [[WalkingTheEarth wandering hero]], then flashes back to when she was a child living with her brother. It quickly flashes forward to her as an adult after her parents’ deaths.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As seen in her flashback, Snow used to be a bubbly, cuddly, innocent child until witnessing her parents’ demise and assuming her entire family, including her brother, has died. As an adult she is a ruthless killing machine who doesn’t bat an eye after killing hundreds.
* {{Wuxia}}
* WireFu
* YouAreAlreadyDead: In the climax, [[spoiler: Snow defeats Ching-fa "The Witch" by stunning her with an overload of qi from the magical lyre. The Witch simply gloats that it will take more than that to kill her, did an EvilLaugh and lunges at Snow…]] before suddenly exploding into a hundred giblets.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Snow killed one of Master Ghost’s two acolytes, the other returns back to report of their failure to retrieve the magical lyre from Snow. Master Ghost promptly crushes his insides in a rage.
* YouKilledMyFather: Snow’s vengeance towards the villains, to avenge her family’s massacre, particularly because Master Ghost killed her father while The Witch killed her mother, and causing her to be separated with her younger brother in the process. Her younger brother didn’t die though, even if it takes her until adulthood to find out.
* ZergRush: [[spoiler: In the final confrontation, Master Ghost’s entire army of 100-odd faceless mooks attempts to overwhelm Snow, who is armed with the powerful magical lyre, in an attempt to overwhelm her. They are no match for the lyre’s powers, who in under a minute turns them into an entire pile of dismembered body parts]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: InstrumentOfDeath: The Movie]]
''Deadful Melody'' is a 1994 {{Wuxia}} film starring Creator/BrigitteLin and Creator/YuenBiao, based on the Ni Kuang novel of the same name. Released in the peak of the 90s wuxia craze, after the ''Film/{{Swordsman}}'' movies, ''Film/ButterflyAndSword'' and ''Film/TheBrideWithWhiteHair'', it is Brigitte Lin's very last wuxia film, ever since her first [[note]] 1982's ''Film/ZuWarriorsFromTheMagicMountain''[[/note]] a decade prior.
Snow (Brigitte) is a wandering warrior carrying a magical lyre, a dangerous, forbidden weapon which is a family heirloom, whose powers can destroy entire armies and every sect in the martial arts world wants to get their hands on it. After losing her family as a child, during an ambush for the lyre, Snow is in hiding to prevent the instrument from falling into the wrong hands. But when a run-in with an over-ambitious Inspector, Lui (Yuen) of the Tianhu Escort Agency reveals the enemies of her past are seeking the magical lyre, Snow and Lui had to team up in an epic final battle while learning a surprising revelation regarding both their pasts.
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!! This film contains the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Snow, fittingly enough being played by 90s wuxia-queen Brigitte Lin.
* ActorAllusion: Brigitte Lin’s Snow is yet another the androgynous, vengeful figures seeking to avenge her past, much like [[Film/{{Swordsman}} Asia the Invincible]].
* AlmostDeadGuy: In the opening flashback, Snow’s father, a senior of the martial arts sect and guardian of the magical lyre, receives news of the villains on their way to steal the lyre from his sworn younger brother, who arrives while sustaining multiple injuries and impaled by blades from Master Ghost and the Witch. He managed to blurt out the message before he succumbs, a few seconds before Master Ghost and his minions catches up.
* AmazonBrigade: Besides Ching-fa "The Witch", Master Ghost’s army includes half a dozen female acolytes who are his personal guards. Against [[spoiler: Snow and her lyre, though, they last for roughly 4 seconds]].
* AttackBackfire: Master Ghost eventually got his hands on the powerful magic lyre Snow is holding, and decides to use it against Snow. But without the proper knowledge of how to use it, he ends up causing a massive explosion that propels him backwards several feet and killing four of his minions nearby.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Happens to several characters killed by Snow, due to the energy blasts from the magical lyre causing their bodies to overflow with qi and crushing their insides. [[spoiler: Ching-fa "The Witch" throws up a rather huge spray]] of blood from her mouth when Snow takes her down in the finale.
* DarkActionGirl: Ching-fa, who earns herself the nickname "the Witch". She’s notably one of the few main antagonists which is female, and Snow’s sworn nemesis because she killed Snow’s mother decades ago.
* GratuitousNinja: Master Ghost’s legion of personal guardians resembles ninjas, what with their face-obscuring masks, all-black clothing, ability to leap great distances InASingleBound and appearing only at night for stealth reasons.
* InstrumentOfMurder: The magical lyre of death, which can cause massive qi explosions, overload its victims with insane amounts of qi energy and remove heads, arms and limbs. The sheer existance of the instrument can destroy the world of martial arts, and Snow’s parents – its guardians – considers it a forbidden weapon that must be kept sealed, and never be used. It’s final and most powerful attack, the "Heavenly Dragon Eight Notes", [[spoiler: can utterly wipe out an army in under a minute, as Snow demonstrates in the climax by unleashing the lyre’s full power]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Lui, the younger brother of Snow, resembling the archetypical Wuxia hero.
* LongLostRelative: While Snow assumes her brother Lui has died with her parents during her family’s massacre, Lui is too young to remember he even had a family. Hence Lui is surprised to find out the dreaded wielder of the magic lyre turns out to be his long-lost elder sister.
* LudicrousGibs: Victims hit by qi energy blasts from the magical lyre suffers this fate. Taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler: Snow finally unleashes the full power of the lyre in the presence of Master Ghost’s army, where over a hundred faceless mooks charges forward towards Snow… only to gets hit repeatedly by wave after wave after wave of qi explosions the size of nukes, turning the entire courtyard into a field of dismembered limbs and body parts]].
* AMinorKidroduction: In the opening scene depicting the theft of the magical lyre from Snow and Lui’s parents, where both Snow and Lui are still kids and witnessed their parents being murdered. Snow escapes with the lyre, and after a TimeSkip she’s now an adult played by Brigitte Lin with a deadly magical instrument.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Master Tung Fong-pak’s fate]], after Snow pulls the strings of the magic lyre back and releases it from a distance away. Being made of RazorFloss, it catches him in the throat, and Snow later removes his head from his prone body effortlessly.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Played with, Snow’s real name is Huang Xue-mei, but everyone else – including her long-lost brother Lui – calls her Snow. Justified in the latter case, Lui barely remembers her since they were separated while he’s still a toddler.
*SeparatedAtBirth: Snow and Lui, the latter whom Snow assumes have died when her parents. They are in equal parts shocked and surprised when they reunite as adults.
* SkunkStripe: A single white strand of hair that runs down on the side of Ching-Fa "The Witch". [[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=7787&image_id=8371&display_set=eng It can be seen on every close-up scenes on her]].
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: The film opens with Snow playing her lyre while alone in a secluded lake in the middle of nowhere, befitting her status as a [[WalkingTheEarth wandering hero]], then flashes back to when she was a child living with her brother. It quickly flashes forward to her as an adult after her parents’ deaths.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As seen in her flashback, Snow used to be a bubbly, cuddly, innocent child until witnessing her parents’ demise and assuming her entire family, including her brother, has died. As an adult she is a ruthless killing machine who doesn’t bat an eye after killing hundreds.
* {{Wuxia}}
* WireFu
* YouAreAlreadyDead: In the climax, [[spoiler: Snow defeats Ching-fa "The Witch" by stunning her with an overload of qi from the magical lyre. The Witch simply gloats that it will take more than that to kill her, did an EvilLaugh and lunges at Snow…]] before suddenly exploding into a hundred giblets.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Snow killed one of Master Ghost’s two acolytes, the other returns back to report of their failure to retrieve the magical lyre from Snow. Master Ghost promptly crushes his insides in a rage.
* YouKilledMyFather: Snow’s vengeance towards the villains, to avenge her family’s massacre, particularly because Master Ghost killed her father while The Witch killed her mother, and causing her to be separated with her younger brother in the process. Her younger brother didn’t die though, even if it takes her until adulthood to find out.
* ZergRush: [[spoiler: In the final confrontation, Master Ghost’s entire army of 100-odd faceless mooks attempts to overwhelm Snow, who is armed with the powerful magical lyre, in an attempt to overwhelm her. They are no match for the lyre’s powers, who in under a minute turns them into an entire pile of dismembered body parts]].
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