GHOST LEGEND is a lesser comedy horror flick from Hong Kong, although not without merit. It's a noticeably lower budgeted film about a demon from the woods with a taste for the life force of virgins who accidentally gets resurrected in a small town, leaving a Taoist priest and his aides as the only ones with the power to stop it before it achieves immortality. The story is pretty fast moving and the director certainly makes every penny of his budget work, so there's the usual action scenes, high flying and cheap but cool special effects work. The cast isn't bad, the reliable Kent Cheng being the stand out, but otherwise it's a pretty typical effort of its type with nothing that stands out.
2 Reviews
A less amusing horror flick with occasional creepy moments.
OllieSuave-00714 September 2017
This Hong Kong horror flick was billed as the sequel to the hilarious and entertaining Spooky Family, which starred Kent Cheng, Pauline Wong, Nina Li Chi and Lung Chan. Cheng and Chan both appear in this film as well, however, playing different characters. Aside from the title, this movie has no relation whatsoever to the previous film and is, in my opinion, less entertaining and less funny.
The main ghost in the movie, the evil Earth Devil King (Lung Chan), is definitely a force to be reckon with, horrific looking, punching people around and out to suck the blood of young women - quite scary elements to the plot. And, the ghost of a young women out to warn her benefactor and his sister and friends about the demon's wrath is a nice addition to the plot. However, the movie suffers from less amusing characters, less entertaining plot and mild comedy.
Kent Cheng as the head priest is rather funny at times and really carried the film, along with his character brother Shi Wu (Kenny Ho). But, the doctor character that got seduced by the female ghost, Brother Bian (Cheung Kwok-Keung), was rather mediocre and his sister, Fu Rong (Joan Tong), was an annoying snob who loved to slap poor Shi Wu around. There's really no connection between the two characters, who were supposed to play boyfriend and girlfriend.
Overall, it's a very average film with the occasional riveting horror moments, but mild comedy, lesser excitement and lesser entertainment brought down the film quite a bit.
Grade C-
The main ghost in the movie, the evil Earth Devil King (Lung Chan), is definitely a force to be reckon with, horrific looking, punching people around and out to suck the blood of young women - quite scary elements to the plot. And, the ghost of a young women out to warn her benefactor and his sister and friends about the demon's wrath is a nice addition to the plot. However, the movie suffers from less amusing characters, less entertaining plot and mild comedy.
Kent Cheng as the head priest is rather funny at times and really carried the film, along with his character brother Shi Wu (Kenny Ho). But, the doctor character that got seduced by the female ghost, Brother Bian (Cheung Kwok-Keung), was rather mediocre and his sister, Fu Rong (Joan Tong), was an annoying snob who loved to slap poor Shi Wu around. There's really no connection between the two characters, who were supposed to play boyfriend and girlfriend.
Overall, it's a very average film with the occasional riveting horror moments, but mild comedy, lesser excitement and lesser entertainment brought down the film quite a bit.
Grade C-
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