“The Haunting Lover” sees popular Taiwanese boy band F4 member Vanness Wu taking his first stab at horror, again teaming with Ken Yip, who recently directed him in “Kung Fu Fighter” and “Kung Fu Chefs”. As suggested by the title, the film is a romantically themed supernatural affair about tragic loss, with Wu in a love triangle of sorts with Jacqueline Li (also in “Blood Brothers”) and former Japanese girl group Morning Musume member Kago Ai (who previously starred with him in “Kung Fu Chefs”). Adding a touch of genre respectability is the one and only Law Lan, instantly recognisable to Hong Kong horror fans for her countless appearances in creepy granny roles, as well as playing the immortal Mrs. Bud in pretty much all of the later instalments in the never ending “Troublesome Night” series. Set in Guangzhou back in the 1940s, the film sees Wu as Leung Kwong,...
- 9/16/2010
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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