The story of Nie Xiaoqian from Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio has been made into movies and TV series many times over. It’s a classic tale about a young scholar, Ning Caichen who falls in love with Nie Xiaoqiqn, a beautiful female ghost. She’s under the control of a Laolao, a tree demon who uses her and other female ghosts to seduce young men and drain their energy so he can live forever. There’s also a Taoist demon hunter who will stop at nothing to hunt down ghosts and demons of any form.

“The Enchanting Phantom, A Chinese Ghost Story: Human Love” is the latest version but it’s only showing online. This is actually an advantage since more people are exposed to it. Singaporean television series actress, Eleanor Lee Kaixin takes on the lead role of Nie this time. In general, she...