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Leslie Cheung and Joey Wang in A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

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A Chinese Ghost Story

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Edited into

    • A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)

      Recap and flashbacks to this previous movie.

Featured in

    • A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)

      Movie begins with a summary of the showdown from the first part.

    • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (Video 2010)

      Steven Fierberg mentions it. Also, footage of this movie is shown ("A Chinese Ghost Story").

    • Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)

      Clips.

    • "The Venomonth Of Horrors" A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) (TV Episode 2019)

      Topic of review.

    • "Cinematic Venom Presents: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) (TV Episode 2019)

      Topic of review.

Followed by

    • A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)

    • A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)

Referenced in

    • The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

    • Golden Swallow (1987)

    • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

      Cited as an influence during the Never Sleep Again documentary.

    • All's Well, Ends Well (1992)

      The theme song of "Sieu lui yau wan" is played at the beginning of the film with Leslie Cheung as the lead actor in both films.

    • A Confucian Confusion (1994)

References

    • Repulsion (1965)

      The many arms protruding from the tree, like the arms protruding from walls in this movie.

    • The Evil Dead (1981)

      ground level POV, tree branches attacking people

Remade as

    • A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)

    • A Chinese Ghost Story (2011)

      Remake of this movie, but the story and character settings are changed.

    • The Enchanting Phantom (2020)

      The Enchanting Phantom (2020) is a remake of the 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story (1987).

Remake of

    • The Enchanting Shadow (1960)

      Based on the same story "Nie Xiaoqian".

Spoofed in

    • Stooges in Hong Kong (1992)

      James Wong and two other characters sing a song in one scene. The song is originally written for "Sien nui yau wan" but now they sing it with amended lyrics. This is an insider joke as James Wong wrote and performed the original song.

    • A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)

      The flying sex scene is a spoof of the flying swordaction in the original chinese ghost story.

    • "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" A Chinatown Ghost Story (TV Episode 2014)

      Title parody of the English language title. Both are a combination of Eastern martial arts and the supernatural.

Version of

    • The Enchanting Shadow (1960)

      based on the same story

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