Yu, part of the new wave of directors of the late 70s and early 80s, doesn't hide the trademark pessimism of the era in this story with a supernatural angle to it but it's not a stronger thematic. Just an observation you do make after familiarizing yourself with some of that directing talent back then. Yu had talent to jolt you and while he doesn't necessarily register creepy moments, a shrill, freaky factor amps the atmosphere well, especially during the finale (both in pictures and sound). The cinematography that mainly captures cramped apartments, run down urban settings and a desolated office building, is effective in balancing a sense of reality with the unreal as well. For a stronger characterbased story, turn elsewhere though but as a pure visual assault on the senses, The Imp still lives on. Charlie Chin, Kent Cheng and Yuah Hua stars.