Mortuary Blues

6.3

MovieComedy, Fantasy19901h 32m

On a remote island off Hong Kong, its rich and happy inhabitants are celebrating an annual ritual by staging an operatic show. The island is not productive but its people are rich. No wonder police chief Yuan Kuei becomes suspicious. He thinks he is sitting on top of a narcotics ring. His two men are ordered to watch closely movement of the opera people. Little does the chief know that actually the islanders are living off the loot their ancestors made by raiding a government gold galleon some centuries ago. They buried much of the treasure and a dormant vampire under a pagoda......

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On a remote island off Hong Kong, its rich and happy inhabitants are celebrating an annual ritual by staging an operatic show. The island is not productive but its people are rich. No wonder police chief Yuan Kuei becomes suspicious. He thinks he is sitting on top of a narcotics ring. His two men are ordered to watch closely movement of the opera people. Little does the chief know that actually the islanders are living off the loot their ancestors made by raiding a government gold galleon some centuries ago. They buried much of the treasure and a dormant vampire under a pagoda......

Directed by: Jeffrey Lau
Written by: Jeffrey Lau
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released: August 11, 1990
Runtime: 1h 32m
Status: Released
Original title: 屍家重地
Language: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong
Studios: Paragon Films, Bo Ho Films, Orange Sky Golden Harvest

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