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Stealing the Beauty's Corpse at Night

1955HorrorHistoryDrama

It is a simple story with a deep meaning. When the beautiful chanteuse Hung (Law Yim-hing) is forced to marry Commander Lau (Lau Hark-suen), her brother (Cheng Wai-sum) interferes but is brutally beaten to death. Hung also falls to her death when she tries to escape. The siblings are only hastily buried in a coffin home, which is haunted soon afterwards. Hung's lover Wong (Wong Chiu-mo) later sneaks into the haunted house hoping to see her for one last time; Lau, meanwhile, insists on inspecting the coffin home and the corpses to prove that ghosts do not exist…The film creates an eerie and uncanny atmosphere with its well-designed camera angles, sound and editing. The haunting looks of the two ghost characters are a nod to Hong Kong's typically told horror stories.

Original title夜盜美人屍
Release1955-09-14
Runtime88 min
StatusReleased
CountriesHong Kong
Original languageCN
SpokenCantonese
DirectorHsieh Hung
WritersChang Yang
ProductionChangxing Film Company
Popularity1
TMDB ID1009192

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