Hyn huet ching nin
Director: Pou-Soi Cheang
Writer: Kam-Yuen Szeto, Pou-Soi Cheang
Cast: Bernard Chow, Niki Chow, Chi Kui Chow, Winnie Leung
Part of: Viennale, Soi Cheang Tribute

Plot:
Lok (Bernard Chow) is a young policeman who stumbles over a couple who tried to commit suicide together. He gets both of them to the hospital and then even donates blood, together with Eric (Chi Kui Chow) and Joy (Niki Chow), to save them. But only the young man survives, in a coma. The girl – Yau (Winnie Leung) – dies. But since their plan to spend eternity together fell apart, Yau’s ghost decides to take revenge on the people who saved her boyfriend.

Yeah, this movie did not work for me. I mean, the first half hour or so was actually awesome but then it fell completely, absolutely and irrevocably apart.

I can accept that a vengeful spirit might not be the most logical thinker, but seriously, people, this ghost has problems. a) instead of the doctors and nurses who saved her boyfriend, she goes after the blood donors. b) she tells one person what she actually wants – and then immediately kills that person, making achieving her goals as good as impossible. c) despite that, the blood donors find out what she wants but before they can fulfill her wishes, she starts killing them off?

And the script was full with these things which apparently nobody ever thought about or questioned at all. I’m sorry, that just makes me want to headdesk so hard. And I’m not even talking about the ending.

Up until Yau actually become the ghost, things were going pretty well. Cheang mounts the tension nicely and the first scares really had me at the edge of my seat. And the film music was really awesome and slightly Clint Mansell-y in the beginning.

But around minute 30 or so, it’s as if an entirely different film-making team has taken over. The film music becomes discordant, the sound-editing obnoxious and I just wanted them to get it over with.

Summarising: If you’re a fan of horror films, the first half hour is worth seeing. The rest completely forgettable.