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Chinese Ghost Story [1987] | ![Chinese Ghost Story [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NGPXAQB9L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Siu-tung Ching
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu, Dawei Hu, Jin Jiang
Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
Category: DVD
Buy New: £89.95
New (2) Used (3) from £15.00
Rating:  9 reviews
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5032438507481
ASIN: B0000CAPUI
Theatrical Release Date: December 28, 1988
Release Date: October 27, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: New and sealed. Deleted Hong Kong Legends release.
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 one of the best films on celluloid November 12, 2003
56 out of 59 found this review helpful
This film is a delight and full of wonderful quotes, characters, scenes, effects and atmosphere. Everything about it reeks of quality. Many who have seen a lot of Hong Kong action cinema will know what to expect from Chinese Ghost Story, but to those who are new and happen to like ghost stories, romance, horror, kung fu and action (or any of the above) will find a tremendous movie that is at once touching, uplifting, enthralling and scare-inducing. I simpy cannot praise this film enough.
The direction is superb and knife-edge sharp, carrying with it the incredible blink-and-you-miss-it speed that is the trademark of its producer (Tsui Hark): within the opening credits of the film the luckless character of the tax collector Ning Tsai Shen (played by Leslie Cheung) is established, along with several bandits being dramatically dispatched by a wandering swordsman. From this point the speed never lets up. Every scene has a beautiful rendering of light, the colours rich and deep (but often black, given how much of the film is at night!). The characters are all distinct and extremely memorable: not least the mercenary-natured undertaker, rapping taoist priest swordsman `Yen' (played by Wu Ma) and certainly unforgettable the androgynous thousand year old tree spirit with a hundred-foot long tongue! and of course the tragic and beautiful ghost of the title, Nieh Tsou Tsing (Joey Wang).
Elements of many western movies have been borrowed, most notably the roving demon-camera from the evil dead films: in many cases all these elements are used to better effect in Chinese Ghost Story.
The action is superb, even for Hong Kong's amazing standard: it is firmly in the wu xia style, but no where near as gentle and floaty as `Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon': a personal favourite is Swordsman Yen's unusual way of `climbing' a tree mid movie. The action is incredibly tight and fast, featuring not only battles between human fighters but conflicts with monsters too: the end sequences are stunning.
A marvellous film that is considerably more than `just' a fantasy movie, horror movie or romance- a little of all three, and something else besides. Don't miss a chance to see this film, it is absolutely magnificent.
 This is not the film you think it is August 13, 2003
mr-benn (England)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Not so much a review as a warning. Various editions claim that this film is Supercop, and/or Police Story 4. THIS IS NOT TRUE. Supercop is the sub-title of Police Story 3, starring Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh, and it ranks as possiblt the best all-out action movie either actor has been in. This is Project S, which features Michelle Yeoh's character from Supercop in the lead, with Jackie popping up in one scene - in drag. Which sadly is nowhere near as funny as it sounds. The riotous, fun tone of Police Story 3 is as good as absent here. Michelle has achieved so much more elsewhere. One to miss.
Great DVD except for the audio mix October 6, 2005
C. Studer (Bern, Switzerland)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Great film and DVD, except for the 5.1 audio mix (both Cantonese and English), if you watch the DVD with headphones music comes from the right, and dialogue from the left, which is very irritating.
 Jackie Chan but no Jackie Chan? June 6, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this one because it's a "Jackie Chan" movie! The only problem is that Jackie himself appears only for a brief moment in the film in an inrelevant scene! Except that, it's a nice movie. Martial art fans should like it.
A Breathtaking Imagery rich treat October 9, 2002
Padderz (Wimbledon, London United Kingdom)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
About 7 years before Gary Oldman camped it up and creeped out as Bram Stokers Dracula, A Chinese Ghost Story brought a fresh and visually stunning light show to a waiting Chinese audience.Brought up on a diet of the staple kung fu films and historical dramas, the average ghost story, though plentiful, tended to be light(ish) comedies. After the commercial success of films such as Rouge, which brought a dramatic weight the genre, A Chinese Ghost Story took the next unfaltering steps. From the opening scene, the imagery is incredible. Many Hollywood horror films have subsequently aped the lighting and use of textures to create a vivid palate on the screen, but this piece of work remains the brightest and the best. Intriguingly, the film does not deal with horror per se but of love through the barricade albeit sometimes tugging to heavily on the comedy strings. However, scene after scene urges the story on whilst never once letting go of the mood. The story line itself is a bit silly, based mainly on Buddhist beliefs and the special effects can be crude at times, but the top notch cast, scenery, lighting and music all set this film well above the rest. Francis Ford Coppola could only imitate. Now that's class.
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