Top 6 Most Thrilling and Captivating Hong Kong Horror Films

Officer Feng, a seasoned detective, lives a peaceful life on the island of Tung Ping Chau. One day, an elderly woman requests him to travel to Hong Kong Island to retrieve the body of her daughter, a stewardess who was killed by the police after being suspected of drug trafficking. Upon investigation, Feng discovers that the stewardess had been killed before she even returned to Hong Kong.

It turns out she was turned into a "zombie" and controlled by a Japanese sorcerer to smuggle drugs. Using his supernatural abilities and detective skills, Feng finally uncovers the hidden location of the sorcerer's secret altar.

• IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
• Release Date: February 11, 1990
• Genre: Horror
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Country: Hong Kong
• Director: Stephen Tung
• Main Cast: Lam Ching Ying, Miu Kiu-Wai, Wu Ma, Chu Tze-Li

This film is set on the haunted streets of Hong Kong, featuring four loosely connected stories. A group of friends goes camping in the countryside, where Ken encounters a mysterious woman near a grave. After the encounter, his life changes as he becomes the target of supernatural forces. When his friends return to Hong Kong without him, another story begins.

Mrs. To plans a wedding anniversary celebration with her husband, but he fails to show up. This leads to a third tale about Ken's friend Jojo, who falls in love with a ghost. The fourth story revolves around Peter Butt, who visits a haunted theater with some of Ken's friends.

• IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
• Release Date: May 10, 1997
• Genre: Horror
• Duration: 100 minutes
• Country: Hong Kong
• Director: Gordon Chan
• Main Cast: Louis Koo, Ng Man-Tat, Lee Siu-Kin, Derek Yee

This is a spiritual story deeply rooted in traditional Eastern beliefs and superstitions. A young woman who has been blind since birth undergoes an eye transplant, but ironically, the donor eyes come from a deceased person.

After the transplant, she gains the terrifying ability to see ghosts. Terrified, she sets out to find the person who donated the eyes and uncovers a horrifying truth.

• IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
• Release Date: May 9, 2002
• Genre: Horror, Thriller
• Duration: 100 minutes
• Country: Hong Kong
• Directors: Pang Shu-chuan, Pang Ho-cheung
• Main Cast: Jojo Hui, Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou

We begin with this intriguing vampire story. After an overload of teenage vampire romance films, the genre gets a supernatural revival in this intense Chinese vampire thriller. This isn't a heart-throbbing romantic vampire tale; it's a true horror movie, as the genre was originally meant to be. The lead role is played by actor Chin Siu Ho. The film marks the directorial debut of Mak Jun Long for Shaw Brothers Studio.

The plot revolves around a former star of Asian vampire films, now past his prime, who is forced to move into a low-income apartment complex. This quickly becomes his worst nightmare when he discovers that the building is haunted! Chin Siu Ho plays an actor down on his luck who moves into a dilapidated apartment in hopes of ending his hopeless life. However, his repeated suicide attempts are thwarted by strange people and the restless spirits inhabiting the building... Stay tuned for the film!

• IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
• Release Date: October 24, 2013
• Genre: Horror, Martial Arts
• Duration: 105 minutes
• Country: Hong Kong
• Director: Juno Mak
• Main Cast: Chin Siu Ho, Fat Chung, Kara Hui

Mr Vampire 1 (1985): Master Kau is a Taoist priest who lives with his two apprentices, Ho and Dan. Ho is a handsome, mischievous young man, while Dan is a kind-hearted but naive and fearful person.

One day, Master Kau agrees to perform the funeral rites for the late father of a wealthy businessman, Mr. Yam. During the ceremony, Kau, Ho, and Dan discover the corpse is remarkably intact and suspiciously lifelike, which leads to a horrifying discovery of a 'jiangshi' (hopping vampire) in their midst.

• IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
• Release Date: November 7, 1985
• Genre: Horror, Action, Mythology
• Duration: 96 minutes
• Country: Hong Kong
• Director: Ricky Lau
• Main Cast: Lam Ching Ying, Chin Siu Ho, Hsu Gwan Yau, Loo Sze-yu

The film My Grandfather is a Jiangshi (Sifu vs Vampire) tells the story of two gangsters who accidentally awaken a corpse years after a gambling bet. This leads to the revival of multiple jiangshi (hopping vampires), causing chaos in the streets of Hong Kong. The situation grows more complicated and humorous when the jiangshi invade a film set that is shooting a movie about a jiangshi invasion.

Ronald Cheng (Vulgaria) and Philip Ng (Once Upon a Time in Shanghai) play Nicky and Boo, two low-level thugs who are forced to deal with the undead after their boss (Tony Ho, Sara) gets involved with the ruthless television mogul Ah Keung (Kelvin Kwan, Tales from the Dark 2). To secure 30 more years of wealth, Ah Keung pressures Taoist priest Charlie Chiang (Yuen Biao) to exhume and move his grandfather's body, a morally questionable task the priest refuses. However, after the villainous Leopard Man (Ricky Yi) agrees to the job, the body turns into a powerful vampire, and Nicky and Boo must team up with Charlie and his disciple Lingxin (Jiang Luxia, Ip Man: The Final Fight) to save the day.

• IMDb Rating: 4.5/10
• Film Title: My Grandfather is a Jiangshi (Sifu vs Vampire)
• Genre: Hong Kong Horror, Chinese Comedy
• Director: Daniel Chan
• Writer: Wong Jing
• Producer: Wong Jing
• Main Cast: Yuen Biao, Ronald Cheng, Michelle Hu Ran, Philip Ng, Kelvin Kwan Cho Yiu, Jiang Luxia, Tony Ho WahChiu, Winnie Leung, Ricky Yi Faan Wai, Patrick Keung Hiu Man
• Distributor: GSC MOVIES
• Release Year: 2014
• Duration: 95 minutes
• Country: China