Ngai Kai Lam Archives

The Ghost Snatchers (1986)

Rating: ★★

Jun 18, 2026Hong Kong Supernatural/Haunted Tower Block

Hong Kong supernatural film about a new tower block that is haunted because its feng shui is out. This goes well beyond the initial fantasy it starts out as being into moments of out-and-out dementia

Director: Ngai Kai Lam

Actors: Jing Wong, Joey Wong

Category: Fantasy, Horror

18 June 202618 June 2026 by Roog

Hong Kong-made Wu Xia based on a Japanese manga about warrior monks fighting to stop the opening of portals to Hell. This seems uninspired when it comes to the flights of fantasy the genre specialises in, although picks up when it comes to the vigour of its cheap makeup effects scenes

Director: Ngai Kai Lam

Actors: Yuen Biao, Narumi Yasuda, Gloria Yip, Siu-fung Wong, …

Category: Fantasy

29 December 201629 April 2021 by Roog

Erotic Ghost Story (1990)

Rating: ★★½

May 5, 2003Hong Kong Erotica/Mischievous Fairies

Hong Kong film that blends gauzy erotica and supernatural (although no ghosts despite the title). Not as a good as the first sequel (one of several that followed) due to crude direction

Director: Ngai Kai Lam

Actors: Amy Yip, Leslie Cheung, Chung Lam, Manfred Wong

Category: Fantasy

5 May 200322 August 2024 by Roog

Saga of the Phoenix (1990)

Rating: ★

Aug 12, 2021Wu Xia Film/Hell Maiden Visits Earth

Sequel to the madcap Hong Kong fantasy Peacock King with Gloria Yip as a hell demon trying to adjust to living on Earth, which then turns into a comedy variant on Gremlins

Director: Lau Sze-Yue, Ngai Kai Lam

Actors: Gloria Yip, Yuen Biao

Category: Fantasy

12 August 202112 August 2021 by Roog