The Tale of Old House (1979) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 10, 1979

Original Title:
古厝夜語

Alternate Titles:
Can Deng You Ling San Geng Tian
Old House in the Night
残灯幽灵三更天

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Fong Kwang Film Co., Ltd.

Production Countries:
Taiwan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 89

Under the twilight at dusk in the vast plain with dog barking a young man Yo-ching and his wife Chiu-yun as well as their daughter are walking toward a giant deserted house. A queer old lady lives upstairs there and arranges them to sleep. Chilly wind blows in the mid-night shaking the old windows. The first night passes under terrible fear. Yo-ching goes out to arrange the matters for his father's bones the next morning. The old lady is out as well. As it turns dark, Chiu-yun and her little daughter feel scared. In the old house, she is terribly scared by one after another and she leaves the old house and by mistake enters another old house and is scared again. Yo-ching finds her and takes her back to the old house. A young lady comes downstairs in the old house to Yo-ching. Who is the mysterious young lady? Is she a human or a ghost? By whom she was murdered?.........

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Director:
Yao Feng-Pan

Editor:
Kwok Ting-Hung
Chiang Huang-Hsiung

Production Supervisor:
Liu Kuan-chun

Screenplay:
Sung Hsiang-yu

Sound Recordist:
Lin Kun Chi

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