★★★★½ (5/5 for Part I, 3.5/5 for II and III)
It is the late Ming Dynasty. Two monks, the elder Bak (Lau Shun) and his disciple Fong (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), take shelter in the Orchid Temple (the same temple from the first film), which has once again become a haunting ground for the vengeful Tree Demon. Fong encounters Lotus (Joey Wong), a ghost who bears a striking resemblance to Lit Siu-sin. Unlike the first film, the romance here is complicated by Fong's commitment to his monastic vows. They are aided by a rival swordsman and a female pickpocket (Jacky Cheung) in a final attempt to destroy the Tree Demon once and for all. A chinese ghost story I II III -1987-1990-1991-...
There, he meets Nie Xiaoqian—a ghost tasked with seducing and draining the life force of mortal men. However, Choi-san’s sincerity, poetry, and awkward purity disarm her. Instead of killing him, she falls in love. When the Tree Demon arrives to claim them, the duo is rescued by the drunken but invincible Taoist swordsman, Yin Chek-ha. ★★★★½ (5/5 for Part I, 3
The first film is, without a doubt, a masterpiece. It introduces us to Ning Tsai-shen (Leslie Cheung), a bumbling but kind-hearted debt collector who takes shelter in a haunted temple. There, he falls in love with Lit Siu-sin (Joey Wong), a beautiful ghost enslaved to a Tree Demon. Unlike the first film, the romance here is