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Excellent Anthology / Portmanteau film series


I watched both of these films on Amazon Prime, only hearing of their existence by searching through the Amazon app on my Roku player. While I don't think they're the greatest anthology horror films ever, they're definitely better and more entertaining than the vast majority of low budget horror films that I've seen in quite some time.

What I love the most is the use of localized (Hong Kong / China) traditions and supernatural beliefs. While I like all 3 stories, my favorite by far is Jing Zhe, involving the hyper-local ancient cursing ceremony known as "Villain Hitting". It prompted me to start learning about the tradition online. It's very fascinating. Part 2 of this film series has a story involving Ghost Festival, another localized ancient tradition that most of those in the western world are likely unfamiliar with.

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