Out of the Dark
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Traditional Chinese回魂夜
Simplified Chinese回魂夜
Hanyu PinyinHuí Hún Yè
JyutpingWui4 Wan4 Je6
Directed byJeffrey Lau
Written byJeffrey Lau
Produced byMona Fong
StarringStephen Chow
Karen Mok
Bryan Leung
Wong Yat-fei
Lee Lik-chi
Carol Tam
Ben Wong
CinematographyWong Chi-wai (H.K.S.C)
Edited byKai Kit-wai
Music byWu Wai-lap
Distributed byCosmopolitan Film Productions
Release dates
  • 30 June 1995 (1995-06-30) (Taiwan)
  • 6 July 1995 (1995-07-06) (Hong Kong)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$16,281,325

Out of the Dark (回魂夜; literal translation: "Night of Returning Soul") is a 1995 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Stephen Chow and Karen Mok.

Synopsis

Out of the Dark has earned a reputation as Stephen Chow's darkest film yet, adding brutal violence, gore, blood, and a wealth of black humour, including Chow's signature nonsense jokes.

The film is directed by Hong Kong director Jeffrey Lau. Chow plays Leo, a mental patient/ghostbuster who is a parody of the character Léon from the 1994 French film, The Professional, who talks to his plant for assistance, and co-starring Karen Mok as Kwan, a curious young girl who gets caught up with all the spooky situations. The pair are then joined by a brigade of quirky security guards in an attempt to get rid of the evil lurking in a supposedly haunted apartment building situated in Hong Kong.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Out of the Dark" asiahorrormovies.com
  2. ^ "Out of the Dark". hkmdb. Retrieved 14 June 2016
  3. ^ "Out of the Dark". IMDb. Retrieved 14 June 2016

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Films directed by Jeffrey Lau
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