A Chinese Ghost Story

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Audience Member A true classic and masterpiece of asian cinema. This is the best version of the class liao zai story Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. This was weird. Cheese and at the same time martial arts and horror. I don't know where to start. I think the demon lady's tongue says enough to have it be chasing people around the house oozing juices all over their faces. Fantastic visuals, but a poorly told lame story. It was on Amazon. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review William L A unique blending of comedy, horror, action, and romance that feels like an offbeat parody of Mizoguchi's Ugetsu, A Chinese Ghost Story is a film bizarrely structured enough to get away with just about anything as its runtime progresses, alternating between unlikely love story, folklore-ish horror flick, and situational screwball film; you'll randomly get established Hong Kong regular Wu Ma giving a lively song-and-dance number in an abandoned temple, or a glimpse into a laughably corrupt local magistrate's court, but the film is designed to allow that sort of fluidity. No moment is sacred or free from ridicule, but at the same time it's not purely a comedy. A cult film and a surprisingly influential piece of Hong Kong cinema, this is a necessity for lovers of the comedy-horror and meta-horror genres even if it doesn't narrowly fit into either box neatly. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/21 Full Review cees t If this too-slow Evil Dead 2.5 is "Exciting outrageous Hong Kong cinema at its best!", at least i don't have to see the rest. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member What genre is this!?! Wonderfully unpredictable. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review bill t If I remember correctly,I wasn't wild about this when I first saw this when it came out, and, viewing it 30 years later, it's still not all that great. The love story is interesting, with the ghost and the human falling in love, but the action sequences are sometimes nonsensical, mixed in with references to Chinese symbolism or whatever. It still gets a bit of a meh from me. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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