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The Trail

1983 · 87 min

A scrappy, jokey ride that mixes corpse-hopping folklore with crooks on the road, more silly than scary.

Directed by: Ronny Yu
Genres: Horror, Adventure
Starring: Ricky Hui Koon-Ying, Kent Cheng Jak-si, Tanny Tien Ni

Overview: A gang of opium smugglers, disguised as Taoist Priests transporting hopping corpses, are hired to transport a real dead body to it's final resting place.

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Directed by: Ronny Yu
Genres: Horror, Adventure
Starring: Ricky Hui Koon-Ying, Kent Cheng Jak-si, Tanny Tien Ni

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Tone: campystrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: crime
deception
greed
survival
death
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	6
Humour	6
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: horror, adventure
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Written by: Ronny Yu, Michael Hui Koon-man
Starring: Ricky Hui Koon-Ying, Kent Cheng Jak-si, Tanny Tien Ni, Tsui Siu-Ling, Miao Tian, Paul Chung Fat, Anthony Chan Yau, Mars
Music: Chan Dik-Hong
Cinematography: James Chan Hau-Ming
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

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