24-Hour Ghost Story
Director: Wellson Chin
Year: 1997
Rating: 6.0
What, now ghosts
have a hunger for a king size slushy and a chili dog? In this one four friends
– Francis Ng, Gigi Lai, Simon Lui and Chin Kar-Lok – open a 24-hour convenience
store, but soon Francis starts hearing a Peking Opera song playing – even
on a disconnected phone. The problem is no one else hears it. Is he going
crazy or is the store haunted. Soon Dayo Wong – a cop – is spooked as well
and the two of them try to exorcise the ghost. It turns out that seven years
before four friends had also worked there and had killed each other in a
night of insanity. Will history be repeated?
The first hour of this low budget film
is as mild as a tuna fish sandwich, but then things start getting a little
nasty as the ghost begins possessing them and causing problems – leading
perhaps to murder? A fairly so-so entry into the horror genre with a few
good moments.
