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Release Year1981
Runtime1h 28m
LanguageCantonese
CertificationNR
GenresHorror
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DirectorPeter Yung Wai-Chuen
WritersPeter Yung Wai-Chuen, Benny Tam Wai-Shing
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast7 credited
Also Known AsLife After Life
About Life After Life
When a man is hired to enhance a fashion show, he decides to go to a puppeteer and use Chinese puppets as accents to the models and the clothes. His interest in the show becomes a personal one when he meets one of the models and romance blossoms. An old woman loans him her antique puppets on the condition that he not keep them in the house with him, or grave misfortunes will result. As one might expect, he ignores the warning and then starts to experience a few accidents and unusual occurrences - including being knocked out by what he thought was a puppet, and seeing flashes of a murder while he was unconscious.
Directed by Peter Yung Wai-Chuen, Life After Life leans on a strong ensemble — George Lam Tsz-Cheung, Flora Cheong-Leen, Patrick Tse Yin — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about horror titles of 1981.
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