The Haunted School (2007)
"Hau mo chu" (original title)

The Narranmoda Boarding School is strict for girls and has rigid rules of behavior, but the headmaster accepts four male students to improve the income of the school. However, the boys are ... See full summary »

Director:

Man Kei Chin

Writer:

Koon-nam Lui

Stars:

Macy Chan, Steven Cheung, Tien You Chui

Cast

Credited cast:
Macy Chan	...	Ah Fung
Steven Cheung	...	Dick
Tien You Chui	...	Goh Keung
Kelly Fu	...	Cat (as Ka-lei Fu)
Theresa Fu	...	Yat Man
Amanda Lee	...	Miss Fong
Toby Leung	...	Ah Sze (as Ching-kei Leung)
Yat-long Li	...	Charlie
Dennis Mak	...	Ben (as Tsz-ho Mak)
Suet-sum Tse	...	Miss Fong's aunt

Storyline

The Narranmoda Boarding School is strict for girls and has rigid rules of behavior, but the headmaster accepts four male students to improve the income of the school. However, the boys are segregated from the girls and the inspector Miss Fong keeps them under the surveillance of the dedicated monitor student Ho Yat-Man. The urban legend tells that the school is haunted and when students break the school rules, they are called to the director office and vanishes or are found dead. When the new students fall in love for a group of friends of Yat-Man, the couples disappear or are killed; Miss Fong discloses the mystery telling that twenty years ago her aunt was the music teacher married with the headmaster of Narranmoda. When her aunt discovered that the inspector Yuen Si-Yum was having an affair with her husband, she burned Si-Yum locking her in the office on fire, entering in a deep coma later, and her husband committed suicide. Now the angry fiend is trapped in her office and killing ...

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

15 March 2007 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

The Haunted School

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Basic Pictures, STAR TV Filmed Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

A vehicle for a re-built Boy'z

I'd like to say that this was a great movie, but it was only adequate. It wasn't particularly scary or funny, even from an Asian point of view.

I figure that the only way that the producers got money was the inclusion of Steven Cheung and Dennis Mak, both part of the Boy'z music group. It was a good way for the group to recover after Kenny Kwan left for a solo career.

Steven Cheung is fairly funny in unscripted material but that same humour doesn't work, even in the funny bits. The problem seems to be that none of the actors have chemistry together, not even Steven and Dennis. If there was some real feeling of friendship, you might feel sympathy as they're killed, yet it seems more likely that you're just hoping that the whole school will collapse and finish off everyone at the same time.

That said, it has its moments, but they could have used a better screenwriter and a cast who worked as one.