Spooky Encounters : A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror

Spooky Encounters : A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror

Editorial Reviews
Bey Logan, author, HK cinema expert, film producer and writer
Very informative and well-researched... a breakthrough work on this underrated genre

Book Description

Hopping vampires, seductive spirits and giant predatory tongues! Tsui Hark's A Chinese Ghost Story in 1987 gave many Western viewers their first taste of supernatural thrills, Oriental style. Yet the film was a comparatively late entry in a well-established genre. From Sammo Hung's Spooky Encounters to King Hu's valedictory Painted Skin, the 1980s Hong Kong ghost film cycle produced a stylish and distinctive body of work that compares with the best of Universal and Hammer.

Spooky Encounters : A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror

Spooky Encounters : A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror,Daniel O'Brien,Critical Vision,1900486318,Cinema/Film: Book,Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology,Film & Video - General,Film & Video - Guides & Reviews,Horror - General,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Performing Arts / Film / General

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