The Dead and the Deadly

Year: 1982

Runtime: 99 mins

Language: Cantonese

ActionComedyHorrorFantasy

Wah Li, nicknamed Fat Boy, lives with his great‑uncle, a village priest, and helps run the local funeral business with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo. When a new wife brings the corpse of Ma Lun Chio back to the village with her “brother,” Wah Li becomes suspicious. He sets out to uncover how his friend died, only to find that nothing is as straightforward as it seems.

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