Ghost Fever (1989)

Director
Lau Sze-Yu; Wong Jing

Main cast
Pat Ha; Rosamund Kwan; Wong Jing; Natalis Chan Pak-Cheung; Max Mok Siu-Chung

Genres
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Description
Ling Sie-Cheong, a businessman whose boss permits him to occupy a luxurious but long vacant house, rent-free, Ling not being aware that the palatial residence was where an entire family was murdered but has remained upon the premises as ghosts and, shortly after Ling and his parturient wife (Pat Ha) move into the home, she suffers serious pregnancy complications through ghostly interference and is subsequently hospitalized.


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