Review | Film review: Daughter – Yanny Chan possessed by a demon in Hong Kong chiller

Hong Kong horror ends a dry spell with Daughter, a decent exorcism drama that, ironically, looks certain to become a box-office flop. More tense and unnerving than any local ghost movie in recent memory, this respectable genre outing by first-time director Chan Pang-chun – who co-scripted the story with producer Shirley Yung Sau-lan (Angel Whispers) – probably deserves to find its audience.

Sharon (Kara Wai Ying-hung) is a noted psychiatrist whose material ambition has turned her into a neglectful mother. But once her daughter Jenny (Yanny Chan Wing-yan) develops seriously nutty behaviour – and ghostly sightings begin to plague their spacious mansion – Sharon loses her grips on reality, eventually turning to a Catholic priest/exorcist (Kenny Wong Tak-bun) for help.