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THE HAUNTED COP SHOP is your typical fun knockabout Hong Kong comedy horror packed with action and intrigue. The storyline involves a police station with a haunted past and the return of one or two ghosts intent on wreaking mayhem in the vicinity. Only a couple of upstanding young cops and their pretty superior have the power to prevent catastrophe.

You know what you're getting with a film like this and THE HAUNTED COP SHOP doesn't disappoint. It features the great pairing of Jacky Cheung (BULLET IN THE HEAD) and Ricky Hui (MR. VAMPIRE) as the two cops who are variously scared out of their wits as the storyline progresses. As is usual for a Hong Kong film like this, the first half is a little slow and more rooted in reality, while the second kicks off with near-constant action and hijinks.

This time around the villain duties come from a random Japanese Dracula guy and his army of the undead. It's not quite as effects-fuelled as some of the other Hong Kong horrors I've watched from the same era (such as the two POSSESSED movies) but it has plentiful action, comedy, and horror, so it makes for a very easy watch.