When talking about ghost films, you might think of "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Ghost Bride", "Old Corpse of the Mountain Village", "Yin Yang Road" and so on. So how much do you know about directors who are good at shooting ghost films in Hong Kong? You may not know the name of
1, Gui Zhihong
. He was once a director of Shaw Brothers Film Company. Although he is not as famous as the four directors of Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan, Zhang Che and Chuyuan, he is also a school of his own and is known as the originator of the new wave of Hong Kong movies. The ancestors of the characters and animal directors, later McDonald, Qiu Litao, etc. are his descendants.
Since it talks about ghost movies, Gui Zhihong’s most classics are naturally the "Evil" series, "Devil", "Gu" and "Ghost Eyes". Although there are no real ghosts in "Evil", the human heart is more terrifying than real ghosts.
"Gu" is like a documentary, all kinds of Nanyang head-down techniques are popularized, the moon is dark and the wind is high at night, turn off the lights to watch ghost movies. The lover with a heart, the coffin corpse is oily; the fly descends to raise the ghosts, the lemon worm descends; the neck is split and the head is dead, temporarily holding the Buddha's legs. Pillow plus ghost head. In addition to ghost films,
has also made achievements in crime, supernatural, martial arts, and eroticism. For example, "Cheng Ji Tea House" and "Big Brother Cheng" opened a realistic line, and he was the pioneer in this field. Throughout Gui Zhihong's works, all of them are realistic in style, deviant, and slanted. On the contrary, many filmmakers now tend to stick to traditional genres, and they should really learn from this predecessor. It is worth mentioning that at that time, another director of Shaw Brothers who was as famous as him was Mou Dunfu. The two have many similarities. Just look at his works "Snake" and "Black Sun 731"!
2, Yu Yunkang
Yu Yunkang graduated from the Film Department of the University of California, Los Angeles, and returned to Hong Kong in the 1970s to work as Hu Jinquan’s assistant at the beginning and later joined TVB. It really started to attract attention from the director of "Mountain Dog" in 1980. At that time, it was hailed as the first cult film in Hong Kong. It was extremely realistic and belonged to the same style of film as Mou Dunfu's "Snake".
In the second year, Yu Yunkang's "The Furious List" was once known as the first ghost film in Hong Kong, starring Qin Xianglin, Yu Qixia, Yue Hua, and Zheng Zeshi. The previous ghost films were either in the wilderness, and this time he arranged it directly in the building. Here, a lot of terror has been added invisibly. After
, he directed "The Fierce Cat" and "Hospital of the Fierce Ghost". They all have one characteristic. The monsters and monsters were not subdued in the end, leaving us with a suspenseful ending. It is a pity that such an excellent director stopped making films in 1990 and switched to the financial industry. It is said that he was forced to pay his debts a few years ago.
3, Liu Guanwei
ghost films and zombie films are always inseparable. Nine Uncle zombie films always have some beautiful female ghosts, such as Wang Xiaofeng, Wang Yuhuan, Xiao Hongmei, Luo Huijuan, Wu Jiali and so on. Now everyone remembers only Lin Zhengying, a generation of zombie leader, but forgot the behind-the-scenes director Liu Guanwei.
Liu Guanwei was born in photography, and was later promoted by Sammo Hung as a director. His previous performances of "Tooth-throwing Tiger" and "Success with No Strike" were bleak, and it was not until the birth of "Mr. Zombie" that it became famous.
later filmed films such as "Zombie Family", "Uncle Zombie", "Bad Ghost Prying the Wall", "Mr. New Zombie" and "Ghost Bite". The reason why Liu Guanwei's zombie film is so successful is that his uncle himself is Master Maoshan. , The other is the professional nine-uncle Lin Zhengying and other supporting actors. It is worth mentioning that Liu Guanwei and the hit girl Li Saifeng had a relationship.
It was 20 years after the death of Lin Zhengying, the nine uncle, Liu Guanwei and Qian Xiaohao jointly created "The Return of the Heavenly Master" in an attempt to restore the glory of the year, but it was a farce in the end.
4, Qiu Litao
Qiu Litao and his predecessors Gui Zhihong and Mou Dunfu are all representatives of cult films. He is known as the master of cult in Hong Kong. "The Eight Immortals Restaurant's Pork Char Siew" not only put Huang Qiusheng on the throne of the Golden Award winner, but also Started the genre of perverted murderers in Hong Kong movies. After that, Li Xiuxian's "True Record of Serious Cases: Dead Body in Water Tank" and "Human Skin Beast in Tuen Mun" are everywhere.
Speaking of ghost films, Qiu Litao’s "Yin Yang Road" series is the most ghost film series in Hong Kong, so that there was a joke back then. It is said that the students of a class did not say how many episodes of "Yin Yang Road" were filmed overnight. clear. Some time ago, commemorating the "Yin Yang Road" series "Always be at your side""Insomnia" and Huang Qiusheng's "Insomnia" can still see Qiu Litao's skill.
Qiu Litao is a prolific director, he can control whether it is a gangster, third-level, horror or comedy. His films are both popular and vulgar. He always maintains his own personality and is bound to carry Cult to the end. There is a bit of fun between Liu Zhenwei and Liu Zhenwei
5, Liu Zhenwei
Liu Zhenwei and Liu Guanwei. When Liu Zhenwei first became the director, he wrote on the paper the names of the more well-known directors at that time. He said that action films include Liu Jialiang, Hong Sammo, Jackie Chan, etc., and comedy films have Xu Guanwen. , Huang Baiming and others, they can't shoot them by themselves. There is only one ghost film named Liu Guanwei, so I will shoot ghost films. We'll know what happened afterwards, Liu Zhenwei was a big success with "Meng Ghost Post".
Then there are classic ghost films such as "Menggui Xuetang", "Menggui Mansion", "The Heavy Land of the Dead", and "Returning the Soul Night". Liu Zhenwei said that he was lazy, and there were more people in other fields. There was only one person in the ghost film. , Easy to fight. I didn't expect Liu Zhenwei to be famous in this fight.
Liu Zhenwei's ghost films are all set in buildings and police stations. There is a reason for this, because he and Yu Yunkang have jointly established a film company, and they are more or less affected by Yu Yunkang.
Later, Liu Zhenwei became more and more excited when he played. He experimented with comedies and literary films, especially when he collaborated with Xing Ye in "Sacred Gambling" and "Journey to the West", as well as "East and West", which helped Wang Jiawei to rescue and shoot. It is a classic in our hearts. It's a pity that Liu Zhenwei has been eating his laurels over the years, and the films he directed have been dubbed as bad films. He really should learn from his good buddy Wang Jiawei.
Of course, in addition to the top five, Xu Anhua, Tsui Hark, Lan Naicai, McDonald, Deng Yancheng and others have all made ghost films and have achieved good results. In fact, whether it is ghost movies or other types of movies, we should break the tradition and dare to innovate. Only in this way can we truly go out!
