Source: Encore Films
From the producers of the smash hit Cold War and adapted from the horror Novel Series by Best-Selling Author Lilian Lee李碧华. comes 6 Twisted Stories, 6 Acclaimed Directors, 6 Ways to Crush Your Sanity! Check out what's in stall for you in Tales From The Dark Part 1!
3 Twisted Stories!
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- 1. Stolen Goods (directed by Simon Yam)
The rich will only become richer; the poor will only become poorer ... even in the afterlife.
Humble and obstinate Kwan (Simon Yam) recently loses his job but is reluctant to apply for social welfare. He believes he can earn a living if he works hard. But in an unfair society where prices go up and salary doesn’t, he can barely make ends meet. Realizing the rent of his “coffin”-sized room is overdue, he resolves to stealing urns of the deceased, hoping their heirs would pay to reclaim it. Things don’t go as smooth as he planned ... until one night when an unusual heir calls to arrange the exchange.
- 2. A Word in the Palm (directed by Lee Chi Ngai) Do the spirit appear only in nighttime?
On his last day of business, fortune teller Ho (Tony Leung Ka Fai), who is famous for his third eye, is visited by a married couple. The pregnant wife has been feeling unease lately and suspects she’s being haunted. Reluctant to accept the job, Ho directs the case to his neighbor, crystal gazer Lan (Kelly Chen). Meanwhile, an innocent teenage girl stops by Ho’s shop, claiming to be waiting for someone. When the couple leaves Lan’s shop, the girl follows suit, leaving a trail of water as she goes. Ho senses something dubious and teams up with Lan to investigate further, who found out the girl drowned herself a few days ago ...
- 3. Jing Zhe (directed by Fruit Chan)
Villain hitting, the Chinese answer to demon exorcism, remains a popular ceremony in the Chinese culture. It is often performed during the Jingzhe period (the 3rd of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendar, early March in the Gregorian calendar) when it is believed the whole of creation is awakened by thunder. Villain hitters, often old ladies, are paid to curse one’s enemies in gloomy places such as open area under an overpass.
One chilly Jingzhe night, veteran villain hitter Chu (Siu Yam-yam) meets an uncommon client, a pretty 20-ish girl (Dada Chan) who pays her to curse 4 villains without knowing their names. Mysteriously, with each cursing ceremony performed delivers a gruesome death of a victim. When it comes to the last victim, or villain, it also unfolds a chilling, intolerable secret.
