A young drifter decides to stay in an temple
outside of town when a series of rainstorms ruin the travel
worthiness of the weather. Bad idea since the temple is haunted. He
meets a lovely young woman who is apparently being stalked by a
Taoist swordsman. They begin a romance and he helps her to evade the
swordsman with murderous intentions, but things become complicated
when he learns that the woman is also a ghost.
The film starts off bad, with some
hackneyed attempts at humor and an unconvincing romance. It soon
picks up major speed by the last third when it becomes imaginative
and fun. Impressive special effects from such a low-budget Hong Kong
film, and likeable characters help add to the zany mayhem.
Recommended, but enjoyable only if you stick with it until the end.
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