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Tales from the Dark 1

Original title: Mai lei yeh
  • 20132013
  • 1h 54m
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5.5/10
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Simon Yam in Mai lei yeh (2013)
  • Horror
This film tells three different horror stories. The first consist of a men who steals urns for money, the second about a fortune teller running from ghosts and the third presents the relatio... Read allThis film tells three different horror stories. The first consist of a men who steals urns for money, the second about a fortune teller running from ghosts and the third presents the relationship between two unusual woman.This film tells three different horror stories. The first consist of a men who steals urns for money, the second about a fortune teller running from ghosts and the third presents the relationship between two unusual woman.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
602
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  • Directors
    • Fruit Chan(segment Jing Zhe)
    • Chi-Ngai Lee(segment A Word in the Palm)
    • Simon Yam(segment Stolen Goods)
  • Writers
    • Fruit Chan(segment Jing Zhe)
    • Chi-Ngai Lee(segment A Word in the Palm)
    • Pik-Wah Lee(novel)
  • Stars
    • Simon Yam
    • Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Kelly Chen
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  • Directors
    • Fruit Chan(segment Jing Zhe)
    • Chi-Ngai Lee(segment A Word in the Palm)
    • Simon Yam(segment Stolen Goods)
  • Writers
    • Fruit Chan(segment Jing Zhe)
    • Chi-Ngai Lee(segment A Word in the Palm)
    • Pik-Wah Lee(novel)
  • Stars
    • Simon Yam
    • Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Kelly Chen
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    • 4User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Tony Ka Fai Leung in Mai lei yeh (2013)
    Kelly Chen in Mai lei yeh (2013)
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    Simon Yam
    Simon Yam
    • Kwan Fu-Keung (segment "Stolen Goods")as Kwan Fu-Keung (segment "Stolen Goods")
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Ho Ho (segment "A Word in the Palm")as Ho Ho (segment "A Word in the Palm")
    Kelly Chen
    Kelly Chen
    • Lan (segment "A Word in the Palm")as Lan (segment "A Word in the Palm")
    Susan Yam-Yam Shaw
    Susan Yam-Yam Shaw
    • Chu (segment "Jing Zhe")as Chu (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Adam Chung-Tai Chan
    Adam Chung-Tai Chan
    • Mahjong Neighbor (segment "Jing Zhe")as Mahjong Neighbor (segment "Jing Zhe")
    • (as Chung-Tai Chan)
    Ariel Hiu-Man Chan
    • Little Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")as Little Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")
    Audrey Hiu-Yau Chan
    • Little Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")as Little Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")
    Dada Chan
    Dada Chan
    • Ghost (segment "Jing Zhe")as Ghost (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Jeannie Chan
    • Mrs. Cheung (segment "A Word in the Palm")as Mrs. Cheung (segment "A Word in the Palm")
    Ka-Sing Chan
    • An (segment "Jing Zhe")as An (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Lai-wun Chan
    • Old Villains Hitter (segment "Jing Zhe")as Old Villains Hitter (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Phat Chan
    • Chan (segment "Jing Zhe")as Chan (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Wing-Chiu Chan
    • Policeman (segment "Jing Zhe")as Policeman (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Apple Chow
    • Masseuse (segment "Jing Zhe")as Masseuse (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Woon-Ling Hau
    Woon-Ling Hau
    • Rubbish Woman (segment "Jing Zhe")as Rubbish Woman (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Sai Man Ho
    • Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")as Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")
    Siu-Ying Ho
    • Mahjong Neighbor (segment "Jing Zhe")as Mahjong Neighbor (segment "Jing Zhe")
    Tony Ho
    Tony Ho
    • Policeman (segment "Jing Zhe")as Policeman (segment "Jing Zhe")
    • Directors
      • Fruit Chan(segment Jing Zhe)
      • Chi-Ngai Lee(segment A Word in the Palm)
      • Simon Yam(segment Stolen Goods)
    • Writers
      • Fruit Chan(segment Jing Zhe)
      • Chi-Ngai Lee(segment A Word in the Palm)
      • Pik-Wah Lee(novel)
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      Followed by Tales from the Dark Part 2 (2013)

    User reviews4

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    A long haul movie, falling short on a few vital ingredients
    In this review I'm including part 2 as well. As a gore hound to this so called Asian horror fest, I was let down for quite a while as there's much more humor, instead of slashings, decapitations, what have you, to these six small tales of the bizarre, that constitute a movie of over three hours running time. I didn't find it that much scary as I thought. As with Evil Dead, to a smaller extent, again my expectations were held too high as I thought it would be full bore. There are a couple of moments where you'll jump thanks to the dark and deafening nasty music score, that preludes that moment of surprise or shock. The nasty score at the start gave the impression this was to be a really scary sick flick, but it really disappointed me on that number as did the gore. The most sickening gore scene is the one in the last shorter tale involving a prostitute who gets her just desserts. Although Tales in The Dark is very smart and invented story wise, no denying that, what we've got in between is a lot of drone time, flatness, the story telling cuts too deep, weighing the film down, until the next shock, although the humor, compensates for quite a bit of it. But for the reasons stated earlier, I was just expecting a more scary vehicle. One asset was story 2, which starred Tony Leung, one of the best Asian actors of this generation, if not the best. And what would a multiple horror tale film be, without one including revenge. Not without interest, just some of you, you expectations will fall short.
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    • Release date
      • July 11, 2013 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Câu Chuyện Từ Bóng Tối 1
    • Production companies
      • Edko Films
      • Movie Addict Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $262,048
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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