Spooky, Spooky
6.6/10
Rating
95 min
Runtime
1988
Release Year
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Director
Cast
Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting, Anthony Chan Yau, Wu Ma, Joyce Godenzi, Tina Lau Tin-Lan
Quick Synopsis
In a rural village in Hong Kong, a village head once punished a man for adultery by drowning him in the ocean, while the man's mistress died trying to escape, falling into quicksand. Years later, swimmers in the ocean begin disappearing mysteriously, with their bodies washing ashore days afterward. A local policeman named Lu Hsien, who practices Taoist magic, suspects that a water ghost—likely the adulterous man’s spirit—is behind these deaths. He teams up with his colleague Wang Hsiao-Ming to stop the ghost before it can harm anyone else. Unbeknownst to Hsiao-Ming, the ghost of the mistress has also risen from her muddy grave and fallen in love with him, determined to prevent anyone else from winning his affection.
Detailed Synopsis of Spooky, Spooky
Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by drowning him in the ocean. His mistress, in attempts to flee the village, dies when she plummets into a pool of quicksand. Years later, people swimming in the ocean mysteriously vanishes, and their bodies wash ashore days later. A local policeman named Lu Hsien who practices Taoist magic believes a water ghost (presumably the ghost of the adulterer) is responsible for their deaths. Therefore, he joins forces with his colleague, Wang Hsiao-Ming, to rid the countryside of this demon before he can strike again. However, Hsiao-Ming is unaware that the ghost of the mistress, having risen out of her muddy grave, fell in love with him and will see to it that no other person falls for him.
