Hidden Gems #3: Night Caller 平安夜 (1985)

The third part of the Hidden Gems column continues with another Hong Kong slasher from the ’80s era (you can check out our review from the second part right here) — a little-seen 1985 feature from actor-writer-director Philip Chan (Yan-Kin) in Night Caller <平安夜>.

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Hidden Gems #2: He Lives by Night 夜驚魂 (1982)

In our second part of the Hidden Gems column, we focus on Leung Po-Chi’s 1982 slasher comedy-thriller He Lives by Night <夜驚魂>. You can check out the first part — Derek Chiu’s Mr. Sardine <沙甸魚殺人事件> — of our last year’s review right here.

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Hidden Gems #1: Mr. Sardine 沙甸魚殺人事件 (1994)

In our newly-added Hidden Gems column, we will focus on introducing obscure or underrated Hong Kong movies that went under the radar, beginning with Derek Chiu (Sung-Kei)’s 1994 little-seen Mr. Sardine <沙甸魚殺人事件>.

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