Chinese horror film

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Films of the horror genre from Chinese-speaking areas

Chinese horror include films from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan that are part of the stream of Asian horror films. Like Korean and Japanese horror as well as other Asian horror films, many focus on ghosts (yurei is also very common), supernatural environments, and suffering. Perhaps one of the best films for C-horror is The Eye directed by the Pang brothers which was later remade.

There is also some comedy elements such as Bio Zombie, Troublesome Night film series, The Vampire Who Admires Me, and My Left Eye Sees Ghosts.

## Jiangshi

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Main article: Jiangshi fiction

Jiangshi fiction, revolving around the hopping vampire or zombie, is a subgenre of Chinese horror. A staple genre of Hong Kong cinema, jiangshi films blend horror with elements of comedy.

## Notable films

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* Song at Midnight (1937)
* Black Sun: 731
* Men Behind the Sun (1988)
* Unit 731: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
* Narrow Escape (1994)
* Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995)
* Double Vision (2002)
* The Eye or Seeing Ghosts (Gin gwai)by the Pang brothers
* The Eye 1 (2002)
* The Eye 2 (2004)
* The Eye 3 (2005)
* The Child's Eye (2010)
* Inner Senses (2002)
* Three (2002)
* Ab-normal Beauty/Leave Me Aloneby by the Pang brothers
* Ab-normal Beauty or"Photos of Death" (also Sei mong se jun) (2004)
* Leave Me Alone or"Ah, double in trouble" (also Ah ma yau nan) (2004)
* Bunshinsaba based on Bunshinsaba (2004)
* Bunshinsaba I (2012)
* Bunshinsaba 2 (2013)
* Bunshinsaba 3 (2014)
* Re-cycle or(Gwai wik) (2006)by the Pang brothers
* Forest of Death (2007)by the Pang brothers
* The Matrimony (2007)
* Dead Air (2008)
* Curse of the Deserted (2010)
* Midnight Beating (2010)
* Mysterious Island
* Mysterious Island 1 (2011)
* Mysterious Island 2 (2013)
* Nightmare (2011)
* Blood Stained Shoes (2012)
* Fairy Tale Killer (2012)by the Pang brothers
* Haunting Love (2012)
* Nightclub School Hospital or(Any Other Side) (2012)
* Terror Hotel (2012)
* The Chrysalis (2013)
* Lift to Hell (2013)
* Midnight Microblog (2013)
* The Supernatural Events on Campus (2013)
* Bugs (2014)
* Jing Cheng 81 Hao based on Chaonei No. 81
* The House That Never Dies (2014)
* The House That Never Dies II (2017)
* The Boy (2016)
* Over Your Dead Body (2014)
* Admission by Guts (2015)
* Massagist (2015)
* The Mirror (2015)by the Pang brothers
* Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)based on the novel Ghost Blows Out the Light
* The Strange House (2015)by the Pang brothers
* Murder at Honeymoon Hotel (2016)
* Phantom of the Theatre (2016)
* The Precipice Game (2016)
* Guardians of the Tomb (2018)

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