Deep in debt and out of options, cute young Jackie goes to stay with a friend of hers in Thailand and tries to make some cash in the escort line of business. Her first job with some creepy crime boss is unsavory enough to get her looking at other options. She’s taken by her friend to worship at the shrine of the God of Gold with the hope that her luck can be changed through prayer. The unsavory crime boss creep hangs around and doesn’t mind resorting to violence to get his way. After he murders a couple nice young men looking to take Jackie out, she and her friend go and visit a holy man for help. She discovers she was pretty rotten in her past life and is paying for it now but there is hope. Hope lies in the practice of ghost nursing. She’s given a goofy little mummified-fetus-looking thing to worship and if done correctly her luck should shift for the better. And wouldn’t ya know it, she meets herself a man and the creepy guys she runs into meet with nasty fates. Looks like the tides are a-changing. But this is a Hong Kong horror flick, so ya know the good vibes ain’t lasting. Jackie neglects her duties and quickly learns the little bugger she’s been taking care of is easily upset. Her boyfriend witnesses the ritual and is soon tormented by supernatural shenanigans. He and his friend attempt an exorcism but only fuck things up more... dumbass gets himself possessed and gets up to no good, eventually transforming into an ugly zombie-like creep. There’s a mouthful of worms, a couple zombies, death by giant fork, a chubby little ghost brat and your standard climatic exorcism. Nowhere near the best HK horror has to offer, it’s still a pretty enjoyable time that kicks into gear in its second half. Subtitles on my copy are once again done by someone with a passing knowledge of Cantonese midway through a heroin binge so if my synopsis is off, I apologize.
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