The Ghost Snatchers: Quick Takes

Merely weeks before the wonderful The Seventh Curse premiered, Nam Nai-Choi unleashed more b-movie excess in the form of The Ghost Snatchers. Playing out like a zanier version of Dennis Yu's The Imp, it's clear while watching that Nam reserved most of the creative energy for his latter 1986 effort. The Ghost Snatchers does provide a steady stream of horror hijinxs though, with the low effects budget obviously not being a hindrance for the filmmakers to pour their all onto the screen. Having watched Nam's work throughout the years, you do sense that he's striving for horrific atmosphere. At the same time he's realizing the limited effects potential and provides a needed sense of fun about it. Few could do it as well...he should perhaps even be considered a master of the genre (should be noted that I thoroughly love this stuff also so perhaps I'm a bit biased). Stanley Fung (in lucky stars mode), Wong Jing, Joey Wong, Joyze Godenzi and Michael Chan stars. Charlie Cho and Wong Yat-Fei can also be spotted.