Demi Haunted (Chinese) 2002

October 20, 2008 · Posted in Chinese Movies, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

aka: Wan Bok Lut Chaai
Year: 2002
Directed: Patrick Leung
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Runtime: 01:50
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Cast: Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Nicholas Tse
Imdb: Wan Bok Lut Chaai

Synopsis / Plot
Eason Chan continues his streak of good, but sometimes questionable performances with Demi-Haunted, one of the year’s more creative and yet strangely constructed films. Chan is Buster, a tumbler in a Cantonese Opera troupe, who’s at odds with the lead actor (a blustery Anthony Wong) and occasionally the troupe’s director (Christine Ng). Things get hairy when Buster is haunted by the ghost of Giselle (Joey Yung), a former opera diva who specialized in male roles.
At first Buster is simply freaked, but eventually he comes to understand Giselle’s plight. It appears that she was killed by some signage when she performed for the first time as a female. It was windy and a bamboo sign fell and smashed her head. Her untimely demise also split her from her beloved, a gambler named Chang (Nicholas Tse). She wishes to see Chang again (shades of Rouge), and wants to stage a special performance to get him to show. - - LoveHkFilm