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5 Hong Kong horror film gems from Sammo Hung, Peter Chan, Fruit Chan and others

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5 Hong Kong horror film gems from Sammo Hung, Peter Chan, Fruit Chan and others

Below, Hendrix picks his favourite five Hong Kong horrors and rates them on his personal scary meter. Reader be warned! I’ve screened this a few times to audiences, and people have just walked out, absolutely silent and white-faced.Grady Hendrix on his second-scariest pick 1. The Boxer’s Omen (1983, directed by Kuei Chih-hung) Scariness rating: 11 … Read more

Changing culture in Hong Kong around 1997 handover captured in Fruit Chan’s films The Longest Summer and Little Cheung

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Changing culture in Hong Kong around 1997 handover captured in Fruit Chan’s films The Longest Summer and Little Cheung

Instead, Chan depicted how the return to China was changing Hong Kong’s culture and identity. He showed this by filming the small daily occurrences he saw around him. “None of it relates to my political stance. I just try to project what is happening every day on to the big screen,” he told the Post … Read more