Haunted Karaoke, 1997 - ★★½
REVIEWED
Two police officers follow a suspect into a karoake bar. Only its far from a typical bar. Turns out the venue burnt down years earlier and the teenage party goers are really spirits, who want the cops help in tracking down the arsonists responsible.
Downright silly supernatural comedy from CATIII master 'Billy Tang Hin-Sing' and Golden Harvest studio. Sadly this ones aimed squarly at the romantic comedy market more than horror one. To its credit It at least had enough idiosyncratic HK oddness to hold my attention for its 90 minutes. Like hopping spirits, haunted tamagotchi's and samurai masked guardian spirits.
[PRFR]
A mild comic- sex scene one of our heroes beds a cute ghost named Red Shoes (the hot Jane Chung Chun), only it cuts away and we see him by himself like hes doing a goofy rodeo.
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REVIEWED
"How can I fight the ghosts, if I have only my dick!"
Big Eye Kuen (Frankie Ng Chi Hung)
Downright silly supernatural comedy from CATIII master 'Billy Tang Hin-Sing' and Golden Harvest studio. Sadly this ones aimed squarly at the romantic comedy market more than horror one. To its credit It at least had enough idiosyncratic HK oddness to hold my attention for its 90 minutes. Like hopping spirits, haunted tamagotchi's and samurai masked guardian spirits.
[PRFR]
A mild comic- sex scene one of our heroes beds a cute ghost named Red Shoes (the hot Jane Chung Chun), only it cuts away and we see him by himself like hes doing a goofy rodeo.
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