A supernatural shit-storm is unleashed upon a public housing tenement in Hong Kong shortly after a burnt out actor moves in and attempts suicide. Before death can claim him (and some nefarious entity that has been waiting for a prone vessel) a vampire hunter past him prime in boxers and a robe smashes his door down and slices the noose. Yau successfully saves the life of Chin Siu-Ho and exorcises the entity. Now that Chin Siu-Ho has come close to whatever Hell awaits and pierced the veil but lived, he is now privy to the spooky shit residing in the massive apartment complex. And holy fuck is there a bunch of malicious insanity going down. Spectral tenants, hungry vampires and unrestful dead all call the place home and many of them are not content with sticking to the shadows. The death of an elderly man leads to his desperate wife asking for paranormal help from a magic man who lives in the building, a resurrection ritual is performed but rules are not followed thanks to impatience and a whole big can of worms is opened. Yau takes Chin under his wing to help fight the situation spiraling out of control. Unexpected death, expected death, impressive action sequences, fantastic set pieces (those damn twins) and a whole batch of awesome nightmares make the extended runtime fly on by. Cop out ending aside, it’s a wonderful show of love for the classic hopping vampire cinema that turned many a people into fans of HK horror and starring more than a couple folks from the essential Mr. Vampire series, there’s just a whole lot to love when it comes to this bad boy.
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