Review | Let It Ghost movie review: Hong Kong flavour, deadpan brilliance and a horny ghost take centre stage in fun supernatural comedy anthology

Joining a recent string of low-budget Hong Kong horror productions, this silly, three-part anthology features murder, exorcism and a sex-crazed demon

The trendy cast, including YouTubers So Chi-ho and Hui Yin, combined with the film’s deadpan humour and Hong Kong flavour, could see it emerge a cult classic

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Sham Ka-ki (left) and Ling Man-lung (second right) in a still from Let It Ghost, co-starring So Chi-ho and Lam Chin-ting and directed by Wong Hoi. Rated IIB (Cantonese).

Published: 7:52pm, 25 Oct 2022Updated: 10:27am, 26 Oct 2022

3/5 stars

The mini renaissance of lower-budget horror movies in Hong Kong cinema continues in earnest with Let It Ghost, directed by first-time filmmaker Wong Hoi. The movie has been adapted from a screenplay he co-wrote with Norris Wong Yee-lam, the acclaimed writer-director of the 2019 relationship drama My Prince Edward.

Less a horror comedy and more a silly sketch show featuring (at least) one ghost character in each of its three playfully narrated stories, Let It Ghost doesn’t offer any real scares to sate the appetite of traditional horror fans.

Then again, the trendy cast – including several ViuTV celebrities, and mainstays of the Trial & Error YouTube channel – and penchant for admirably executed deadpan nonsense may lead this film to emerge as a cult favourite, regardless.

The anthology kicks off with “Scary Prison”, a showbiz satire revolving around Lark (Ling Man-lung), the star of fictitious smash-hit TV show The Incarcerated Detective.

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