Ryan takes a look back…
What elements do you should probably create a genuinely entertaining film?
An unnerving air of unpredictability?
The 1980 Hong Kong movie,Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, has all those elements and more.
Its energy, humour and charisma really is infectious.
So begins a 90-minute onslaught of supernatural chills, kung fu and horror.
Hung makes imaginative use of Chinese mythology and Taoist principles, too.
Hopping corpses may seem incongruous to western eyes, but Hung manages to invest them with humour and menace.
Some things aboutEncountershavent aged too well.
(Encounters Of The Spooky Kindisnt alone in this latter point.
There are far more aspects ofEncounters Of The Spooky Kind, however, that are utterly timeless.
