english title | The Dead and the Deadly |
original title | 人嚇人 |
french title | La Fureur du Revenant |
year | 1983 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | comedy fantasy kung-fu |
duration | 1h39 |
distributor | Golden Harvest |
Honest Gee, a young man, works for his uncle who is town's high priest. One day, they are at the ancestral shrine of the Mas working wonders. The last of rich Mas is coming home dead. Accompanying the body is a pregnant woman claiming to be his wife. Gee knows his boyhood friend Ma could not be a husband because he is impotent. Actually, Ma just pretends to be dead in order to steal the family's funeral treasure. When nothing is found, except a promise that his son would inherit a fortune, he is killed by his consort. Ma spirit use Gee to kill the cohort and Gee spirit is separated from his body. His fiancee and uncle arrange a weird wedding to reunite Gee body with his soul.
(source: DVD Mega Star)