Lai Miu-Suet who became the director of the independent film "Glass Tears" (2001), is considered to be an example of an independent filmmaker who has joined the ranks of genre films. Although her directing career is not a blockbuster and a rising star, she still continues to work hard to make genre films with her own style. After "Glass Tears", she made "The Floating Landscape" (2003) for Filmko, starring Karena Lam Kar-Yan, Liu Ye and Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin. The box office result was average, but the film emerged in various film festivals.
The film "The Floating Landscape" is still shot in the form of an art film, but three famous star actors are used to perform, but this time Lai Miu-Suet directed "Naraka 19" (2007), it was a horror film, and invited Gillian Chung Yan-Tung, Vincy Chan Ka-Yan, Bonnie Xian Se-Li, Lee Man-Kwan, Shaun Tam Chun-Yin, Patrick Tam Yiu-Man to star, four young female singers and actresses played college students and played "Hell Games" on mobile phones in the academy. Eva played by Lee Man-Kwan, Violet played by Vincy Chan and Mandy played by Bonnie Xian died by suicide. When the police detective played by Shaun Tam was investigating three cases, he found that the game was related to two suicides ten years ago.
The film is a bit like the popular Hollywood horror film format, but Lai Miu-Suet adapted Cai Jun's novel of the same title, and used the paintings of the 19th century Italian painter Giuseppe Mazzolini (1806-1876) to show off the scene of hell. Although the production scale is not as good as "Re-cycle" (2006) by the Pang Brothers, its ghostly atmosphere is better than "Re-cycle", especially Lai Miu-Suet uses the screen function of the mobile phone to create a scene where reality and hell are intertwined.
However, the film lacks the effect of scaring scenes. This may be because she failed to master the scaring skills of horror films, or the film has lowered the level of shock in order to match the Mainland China market. The hell scenes in the film are all produced by the protagonist in a drowsiness. This kind of "suspicious ghost" is the most commonly used method to avoid anti-superstition in Mainland China.
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)
The film "The Floating Landscape" is still shot in the form of an art film, but three famous star actors are used to perform, but this time Lai Miu-Suet directed "Naraka 19" (2007), it was a horror film, and invited Gillian Chung Yan-Tung, Vincy Chan Ka-Yan, Bonnie Xian Se-Li, Lee Man-Kwan, Shaun Tam Chun-Yin, Patrick Tam Yiu-Man to star, four young female singers and actresses played college students and played "Hell Games" on mobile phones in the academy. Eva played by Lee Man-Kwan, Violet played by Vincy Chan and Mandy played by Bonnie Xian died by suicide. When the police detective played by Shaun Tam was investigating three cases, he found that the game was related to two suicides ten years ago.
The film is a bit like the popular Hollywood horror film format, but Lai Miu-Suet adapted Cai Jun's novel of the same title, and used the paintings of the 19th century Italian painter Giuseppe Mazzolini (1806-1876) to show off the scene of hell. Although the production scale is not as good as "Re-cycle" (2006) by the Pang Brothers, its ghostly atmosphere is better than "Re-cycle", especially Lai Miu-Suet uses the screen function of the mobile phone to create a scene where reality and hell are intertwined.
However, the film lacks the effect of scaring scenes. This may be because she failed to master the scaring skills of horror films, or the film has lowered the level of shock in order to match the Mainland China market. The hell scenes in the film are all produced by the protagonist in a drowsiness. This kind of "suspicious ghost" is the most commonly used method to avoid anti-superstition in Mainland China.
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)