Hong Kong has been haunted on the screen for a very long time, but starting with Sammo Hung “Encounters of a Spooky Kind” (1980) the city also found plenty of humor in it. The Hk ghost genre has developed its completely unique style: smart, quirky, bonkers and scary at the same time. Supernatural served this way is not exactly what horror genre is supposed to be about – chilling, mocking the improbable elements of scare, the things your logic tells you are ridiculous, but your instincts don’t. Ultimately, this works pretty well when it involves a harmonious balance between humor, dread, and melodrama.
Let it Ghost is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Wong Hoi might be a first time director, but he cooks his dish according to the traditional recipe. In his omnibus “Let It Ghost” there are three different type of ghosts the audience encounters, none of them...
Let it Ghost is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Wong Hoi might be a first time director, but he cooks his dish according to the traditional recipe. In his omnibus “Let It Ghost” there are three different type of ghosts the audience encounters, none of them...
- 1/27/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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