农历七月为中国的盂兰鬼节,传说在这个月份,阴间中门大开,游魂野鬼会到阳间“游玩”,为了令“它们”无暇四出寻找替身,戏班会在农历的七月十五至十七,於空地上搭起竹棚戏台上演神功戏,娱乐四方鬼神。
彩排室内,二帮花旦阿敏和武生贵哥正为快将开锣的神功戏彩排,老班主啸天 (林威 饰) 聚精会神地看着大戏,忽然在二胡声中,彩排室的大门被推开,走进来的是啸天出走多年的儿子宗华 (张家辉 饰)。啸天重见儿子喜不自胜,但宗华离家拼搏多年,最後落得生意失败的下场无奈回家,非常失意,加上同母异父的妹妹晶晶不断奚落,令宗华更加难受。
开戏前夕,啸天突然心脏病发入院,危急间只能将剧团交给宗华带领,剧团的花旦小燕 (刘心悠 饰)感激班主多年来知遇之恩,故落力协助宗华这个外行人接管剧团,演出神功戏,双方更互有好感。自宗华加入剧团,除了要面对各团员的冷淡对待及单打外,更感到剧团的气氛诡异,怪事连连。医院内,宗华遇上负责运送屍体的女工,对方警告宗华要在这个农历七月份外小心……其後宗华渐渐在家里、戏棚甚至走在街上,都不断看到不可思议的景像,有几次更差点令宗华吓破胆及有生命危险。愈是接近开锣日期,晶晶、小燕及其他团员都不时做出怪异及无法解释的行为,宗华不明所以,为保众人安全唯有提出取消演出。然而锣鼓声中,无论宗华愿不愿意,一场恐怖的戏码其实已一早在暗中上演……
.Plot
Zong Hua returns home after his business failed in China. When his father falls ill, Zong Hua volunteers to take over the family‘s Cantonese opera troupe. With the support of troupe member Xiao Yan, Zong Hua slowly learns the superstitions and traditions of the opera world. However, Zong Hua begins to encounter spooky happenings around him, implying that a powerful, supernatural force is trying to derail the troupe.
TAGLINE...................: Hungry Ghost Ritual
GENRE.....................: Horror
IMDb RATING...............: 5.8/10 from 31 users
.Release.Info
ENCODER...................: Jubowo @ WiKi
RELEASE DATE..............: 2014-09-11
RELEASE SIZE..............: 3.60 GiB
SOURCE....................: 1080p Blu-ray AVC TrueHD 7.1-TTG
.Media.Info
RUNTIME...................: 1h:21m:12s
VIDEO CODEC...............: x264 @ 5062 Kbps
RESOLUTION................: 1280x574
DISPLAY ASPECT RATIO......: 2.10:1
FRAME RATE................: 24 fps
AUDiO CODEC...............: Cantonese DD 5.1 @ 640 kbps
AUDiO CODEC...............: Mandarin DD 5.1 @ 640 kbps
SUBTiTLES.................: CHS_CHT
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