6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Jackie is a young woman determines to reverse her bad luck. She consults the God of Gold, who advises her to "nurse a ghost". She is given a small figure to worship, and the worship includes dripping three drops of her own blood every three days. At first, all goes well and she falls in love. But this new happiness causes Jackie to forget to worship the figure, and the spirit doesn't like it. With good intentions, her new boyfriend, Raymond, discovers Jackie's strange predicament and attempts an exorcism which goes horribly wrong. The spirit takes over Raymond, who starts doing nasty things...
Starring: Norman Chu, Shirley Yim, Melvin Wong, Yuet-Sang Chin, Sze-Wing ChanForeign | 100% |
Horror | 97% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Cantonese: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Mandarin: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
1982’s “Ghost Nursing” sends an anti-“Ghostbusters” message, with the characters actually calling the ghosts when there’s something strange in the neighborhood. It’s a Hong Kong production from director Wilson Tong, who offers a heroic commitment to the wild and weird with the picture, showing little restraint when it comes to bizarre happenings involving supernatural and spiritual matters. The story follows a woman who’s down on her luck, introduced to the ways of ghost child adoption to solve her problems, keeping up with blood offerings to stabilize her seemingly ruinous life. The tale is out there, but Tong supports such extremity with a lively viewing experience, filling the run time with macabre events and bewildering battles between good and evil. “Ghost Mother” is a real ride, shedding concern for logic as it hits highlights of genre filmmaking.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation is listed as "newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative." Colors are exact throughout the viewing experience, with inviting primaries on style choices and club lighting. Red blood is distinct, along with green laser imagery. Skin tones are natural. Detail is strong, offering textures on skin surfaces and supernatural tours. Costuming is fibrous. Interiors deliver a full sense of decorative additions, and exteriors retain depth. Delineation is satisfactory. Grain is film-like. Source is in good condition.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA mix is a straightforward listening event, with intelligible dialogue exchanges. Scenes of panic and ghostly battle don't slip into distortive extremes. Scoring supports with volume but not precision, reflecting its aged origin. Sound effects are blunt but effective.
"Ghost Nursing" begins with Jackie's hope for some form of stability in her life, and it ends with a knock-down-drag-out battle between forces of light and dark, with some Christian authority entering the war, and the shaman returns, armed with green laser-like powers and deadly sandals. Tong goes bananas with his climax (which leads to a welcomingly abrupt ending), bringing the world of "Ghost Nursing" to a boil, giving the picture the presence of an "Evil Dead" sequel at times. The production isn't always attentive to detail, with some technical mishaps along the way, but it's an entertaining ride with ghosts and curious boyfriends, with Tong refusing to dial down his nutso approach, delivering a brisk, unexpected understanding of hellraising and demon caretaking.
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