Adelaide Film Festival 2005 | A Biennial Film Festival held in Adelaide, Australia | Films New Blood

Cheang Pou-soi, Hong Kong 2002 Rated MA  

The Asian horror movie has carried all before it recently, reinventing the genre in the most unsettling ways and providing a model for imitation by those dullards in Hollywood. Hong Konger Cheang Pou-soi represents new blood indeed with this follow-up to his 2001 sleeper hit Horror Hotline Big Head Monster. A pair of lovers attempt a suicide pact and when the man is saved by a transfusion, the enraged female ghost wreaks vengeance on the blood donors who brought him back. The coldness of the living meets the cold of the dead as the silence screams in the sterile neon. Cheang pushes horror beyond narrative to a point where sound and imagery float free and horror pushes towards the avant-garde. Lots of films nowadays know what scares you, but this is a voyage of discovery on the question of how to scare you.

Supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

Screenings commence at 11.00pm, Saturday 19 February at the Mercury Cinema. No entry after midnight. Sleepover tickets: $15 for 3 films. Beer, wine, warm drinks and comfort food available throughout the night. BYO Sleeping bag.

Reviews

“Director Cheang's skills with the camera and a skilful editor are more than enough to give the film much needed visual flairs.”

Nix, Nixflix.com

Screens With

• High Tension (Haute tension)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon)

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When

11:00 PM Saturday, 19 February
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Mercury Cinema
Beer, wine, warm drinks and comfort food available throughout the night. BYO sleeping bag. No entry after midnight.

Ticket Price

$15  - Beer, wine, warm drinks and comfort food available throughout the night. BYO sleeping bag. No entry after midnight.

As Part Of

Hong Kong
Horror Sleepover

About New Blood

90 minutes
35mm
In Cantonese with English subtitles

Print Source

Chinatown Cinema

Phyllis Chan
phyllisc@chinatowncinema.com.au

Awards

Youth Jury Award, Neuchâtel Fantasy 03

Festivals

Far East 03

About the Director

Cheang Pou-soi

Born in Hong Kong in 1972, Cheang Pou-soi has established himself as one of Hong Kong's prime horror directors. Previously Cheang had worked for Ringo Lam, Lo Kim-wah, Andrew Lau and Wilson Yip as assistant director before making his own international directorial debut in 2000 with Diamond Hill.

Filmography

Love Battlefield (2004)
The Death Curse (2003)
New Blood (2002)
Horror Hotline Big Head Monster (2001)
Diamond Hill (2000)