Let It Ghost Movie Review: Hong Kong Flavour, Deadpan Brilliance And A Horny Ghost Take Centre Stage In Fun Supernatural Comedy Anthology
- Join a series of low-budget horror films from Hong Kong and watch murders, exorcisms and possession by a sex-crazed monster.
- A trendy cast including YouTuber So Chi-ho and Hui Ying, combined with the film's wry humor and Hong Kong dignity, could become a cult classic.
3/5 stars
The mini-revival of low-budget horror films in Hong Kong cinema continues with Let It Ghost , directed by first-time director Wong Hoi. The film is based on a screenplay written by award-winning writer-director Norris Wong Yee Lam for the 2019 relationship drama My Prince Edward .
Less a horror comedy and more a silly show featuring (at least) one ghostly character in each of the three stories told in a funny way, Let It Ghost offers no real scares to whet the appetite of traditional horror fans.
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Still, a hip cast, including several ViuTV stars and a mainstay on YouTube's Trial & Error channel, and a penchant for wonderfully executed vapid nonsense could make this a cult favorite.
The collection begins with The Incarcerated Detective, a showbiz satire centered around Lark (Ling Man-Lung), star of the fictional hit series The Incarcerated Detective.
Although his small screen persona embodies justice, albeit in an inexplicable prison, Lark is actually an amoral villain.
© Photo of Let It Ghost by Ling Man-Fusfu, courtesy of South China Morning Post .A very drunk torgu runs over a young woman (Chung Suet-ying) on his way to a night shoot, only to have her body bounce down a hill and continue on his way. Things take a hilariously scandalous turn when his ghost appears on set as his co-star.
The second part of the collection, The Scary Industrial Building, starring Soo Chi-ho and Hui-yin as a trial-and-error duo, is a shaming caught between homophobia and a harsh accusation of toxic masculinity and "generalized heterosexuality." fantasy
Kwan (Soo) is a bored taxi driver who often insults and humiliates his girlfriend Yoon (Ashina Kwok Ik-sam) customers.
© South China Morning Post Photo by Hui Yi (left) and Let It Ghost courtesy of So Chi-ho.When he is haunted by a violent hallucination during a meeting in the party room, he discovers that Kwan Yu's newfound sexual obsession isn't entirely true, but is it?
Rounding out the trio of short stories is the surprisingly heartwarming Horror Mall, in which Fong (Lam Chin-Ting) and friends are the last four tenants of a seedy mall that was once a center for wedding supplies.
Fong befriends the spirit of a little girl who has been haunting the place for a long time, and he sets out to help her find a new family to reincarnate into.
© South China Morning Post Cabinet from Let It Ghost by Lam Chin-ting (left) and Lam.After all, this sentimental story is more interesting for moving songs than comic exorcism scenes.
It may not be a genre film, but Let It Ghost works perfectly as a traveling dark comedy with a strong local flavor and feel.
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