26. A Chinese Ghost Story dir. by Siu-Tung Ching (1987)
If you like wire kung-fu, demon-horror, romance, comedy films starring Leslie Cheung, then you’ll probably like A Chinese Ghost Story (I did).
Leslie Cheung plays a tax collector that stays the night in a haunted temple, meets a talented swordsman, and falls in love with a ghost. Unfortunately, an evil tree spirit comes between our two lovers with it’s gigantic tongue that bleeds what I assume is white, milky tree sap… I mean, I hope that’s what it is.
A pretty unique film (that spawned two sequels). Slow at times, but ultimately entertaining.
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