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Rating: 8 stars

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All movies seen on 10/02/2025

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A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

Directed by Ching Siu-Tung

Fantasy | Horror | Action

Overview

A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

Rated NR | Length 96 minutes

Actors

Leslie Cheung | Joey Wong | Wu Ma | Lau Siu-Ming | Lam Wai | Sit Chi-Lun | David Wu | Wong Jing | Huang Ha | Sze Mei-Yee | Chiang Kam | Yeung Yau-Cheung

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Much overdue revisit (previous notes stand and boy I went on a journey with those) esp. given my previous viewing.

4K looks amazing, best I’ve ever seen this. Realized that I was probably introduced to Joey Wong from watching this movie on VHS back in the day.

I love how it walks up to the line of naughty tentacles hentai horror but never crosses it. I love all the practical FX and nods to Evil Dead. Ofc Joey and Leslie are wonderful (really needed a fourth category to add “romance” for this one). Looking forward to owning the 4K UHD whenever Arrow releases the set.

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