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The Occupant (1984) (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version)

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When Sally Yeh moves into a haunted Hong Kong high-rise, who's she gonna call? Chow Yun Fat! Five years before their now-classic romantic pairing in The Killer , Yeh and Chow starred in this 1984 horror-comedy hybrid from director Ronny Yu ( The Bride with White Hair ). The Occupant's evenhanded mix of creepy and crazy foreshadows Yu's later work on American horror flicks like Bride of Chucky , and although Chow is operating largely in comedic mode, his role as a fearless police detective looks forward to his later heroic bloodshed collaborations with John Woo. But this is Sally Yeh's show, and her wonderful split-personality performance as a naive student of the supernatural possessed by the ghost of a sultry singing chanteuse is what ultimately makes the film a success. Wide-eyed Canadian college student Angie (Sally Yeh) comes to Hong Kong to do some field research for her study of Chinese superstitions. She gets a bit more than she bargained for when she rents an apartment haunted by the spirit of a spurned singer. As if fending off ghosts wasn't bad enough, Angie also has to deal with the unwanted affections of a sleazy con-man (Raymond Wong, All's Well Ends Well ), as well as the sweet-talking detective (Chow Yun Fat) who vows to solve her supernatural case. Chow requires a little otherworldly help of his own after Angie's body is taken over by the ghost, who's hell-bent on reenacting the murder-suicide that ended her life!

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