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Mortuary Blues

1990 · 92 min

A goofy, chaotic mix of slapstick comedy and supernatural horror that keeps you amused with its absurd island antics.

Directed by: Jeffrey Lau
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Corey Yuen, Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Sheila Chan Suk-lan

Overview: On a remote island off Hong Kong, its rich and happy inhabitants are celebrating an annual ritual by staging an operatic show. The island is not productive but its people are rich. No wonder police chief Yuan Kuei becomes suspicious. He thinks he is sitting on top of a narcotics ring. His two men are ordered to watch closely movement of the opera people. Little does the chief know that actually the islanders are living off the loot their ancestors made by raiding a government gold galleon some centuries ago. They buried much of the treasure and a dormant vampire under a pagoda......

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Directed by: Jeffrey Lau
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Corey Yuen, Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Sheila Chan Suk-lan

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
mystery
deception
survival
Places: small town
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	5
Humour	7
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, fantasy, horror
Directed by: Jeffrey Lau
Written by: Jeffrey Lau
Starring: Corey Yuen, Sandra Ng Kwan-yu, Sheila Chan Suk-lan, Lowell Lo Koon-ting, David Lo Dai-Wai, Alex To, Amy Yip Chi-Mei, Jaclyn Chu Wai-San
Music: Lowell Lo Koon-ting
Cinematography: Jimmy Leung Chi-Ming, Chan Yuen-Kai
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese

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