Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 09/07/2004
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/Cantonese
Sound: DTS/DD5.1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Ricky Lau directs this fantastically successful
horror yarn that successfully fused high-flying
slapstick with creepy genre atmospherics. The film opens with Taoist priest
Kau (
Lam Ching-ying) along with his two hapless assistants,
Chou (
Chin Siu-ho) and
Man Choi (
Ricky Hui Koon-ying), set out to fix the
Yam family's recent streak of bad fortune. The priest soon concludes that a vengeful
feng shui master had tricked the family into burying its elder in a manner that was bound to reap bad luck. Yet before the problem could be corrected, grandpa comes bursting out of the ground and kills his son. When the son returns from the great beyond to reek havoc on the living,
Kau eventually manages to put him to rest for good, though gramps continues to terrorize. Meanwhile,
Chou has been seduced and bitten by a beautiful spirit and will turn into a vampire unless
Kau comes to the rescue. This film not only launched four sequels, but the whole
horror-
comedy subgenre that exemplified Hong Kong cinema during the late '80s and early '90s.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
;)
