A CHINESE GHOST STORY Triple Feature

ABOUT THE EVENT:

3:00pm | A CHINESE GHOST STORY

4:45pm | A CHINESE GHOST STORY II

6:30pm | A CHINESE GHOST STORY III

Start times are approximate. There will be brief (approximately 5-10 minute) intermissions between films. Ticket includes entry to all films in triple feature.

ABOUT THE FILMS:

A CHINESE GHOST STORY, 1987, Dir. Ching Siu-tung, 98 Mins, Shout! Studios, Hong Kong

In Cantonese with English subtitles.

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence (or ‘yang element’)…

FORMAT: DCP

A CHINESE GHOST STORY II, 1990, Dir. Ching Siu-tung, 104 Mins, Shout! Studios, Hong Kong

In Cantonese with English subtitles.

In this installment of a phenomenal saga of the supernatural, four young people are caught in a tug-o-war of evil between an Imperial Wizard and a corrupt General. Outrageous special effects galore!

FORMAT: DCP

A CHINESE GHOST STORY, 1991, Dir. Ching Siu-tung and Tsui Hark, 104 Mins, Shout! Studios, Hong Kong

In Cantonese with English subtitles.

The evil Tree Spirit is back with yet another ghost played by Joey Wong. The Swordsman Yen and Leslie Cheung characters are replaced by a Buddhist Abbot and disciple (Tony Leung). Jacky Cheung also pops up again, this time as a money-grabbing swordsman with a neat bag of tricks.

FORMAT: DCP