Review by paul_haakonsen

I must admit that I had more high hopes and expectations for this 1987 Hong Kong horror comedy titled "The Haunted Cop Shop" (aka "(Mang gwai chai goon"). But writer and director Jeffrey Lau just didn't really manage to deliver something that was outstanding or memorable.

For a horror comedy, then this 1987 movie was bland, frightfully so actually. Sure, the movie was watchable, but it wasn't an overly entertaining movie. It felt like there was very little coherency to the storyline; it just felt like a random collection of scenes put together by the director.

The acting in the movie was adequate, but it was a shame that they virtually had very little to work with in terms of a proper script and storyline.

The horror in the movie was bland, a bit too comical actually, and not in a good way.

And the title of the movie makes just very little sense. What is a a "Cop Shop"?

My rating from this 1987 Cantonese horror comedy lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. Hardly a bright, shining moment in the Hong Kong cinema. While the movie is watchable, it is hardly a movie that you'll watch a second time around.