macky kim (jackie cheung) and chui man (ricky hui) are a pair of bumbling cops. things start going wrong when sneaky ming (billy lau), a thief that they have just arrested, is bitten by a vampiric ghost. macky and chui are interrogating ming, when he is hit by the rays of the morning sun and turns to dust. Their chief (wu fung), doesn't believe their story and demands that they get proof, along with their new superior, fanny (kitty chan). the trio set out to find the ghost, but soon discover that he is after them...

now, i find it hard to believe that anyone finds those events 'pretty plausible'...

'haunted cop shop' is a prime example of silly hong kong horror fun. it is, indeed, very silly, but it did have me chuckling more than expected. it also has a couple of creepy moments and some pretty nice make-up effects, but mainly silliness. still, that's what i like, and expect, from from such films.

i'm not really sure if it's jeff lau finding his feet, in his directorial debut, or whether wong kar wai (i do love the fact he used to write daft scripts) decided that, after an initial set-up, the films narrative should just move from one encounter with the ghost to the next, with very little filler. either way, it certainly keeps the film running at a swift pace and, with this material, it works well. it also helps that cheung, hui and chan work well together...

just a quick note to say that these are the worst subs, i;ve seen, from the current crop of 'joy sales' re-issues; they move very quickly, are a little clunky on the whole and have quite a few spelling errors thrown in for good measure. bah!

good daft fun...