Those Merry Souls Explained

Those Merry Souls
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none T: 時來運轉 S: 时来运转 P: Shí Lái Yùn Zhuǎn J: Si4 Loi4 Wan6 Zyun2
Director:	Lau Kar-wing
Producer:	Sammo Hung
Starring:	Yuen Biao Eric Tsang Lam Ching-ying Stanley Fung
Music:	The Melody Bank
Cinematography:	James Chan Cheung Yiu-cho
Editing:	Peter Cheung Keung Chuen-tak
Studio:	Bo Ho Films
Distributor:	Golden Harvest Productions
Runtime:	112 minutes
Country:	Hong Kong
Language:	Cantonese
Gross:	HK$8,066,272

Those Merry Souls is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-wing and starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang. The film is also known as From the Great Beyond.^[1]

Cast

• Yuen Biao as Chiu Chi-lung
• Eric Tsang as Ng Kuai-tak
• Lam Ching-ying as Tak's father
• Stanley Fung as Uncle Chiu
• Elaine Jin as Waterloo Tai
• Ng Ha-ping as Lily Ting
• Lily Li as Auntie Pearl
• Richard Ng as Fernando Ng
• Lau Kar-wing as Person practicing Kung Fu
• Chung Fat as Death Messenger
• Yam Ho as Janitor
• Wu Ma as Ma
• Billy Lau as Doctor
• Moon Lee as Fung
• Lam Wai as Movie Patron
• Fung King-man as Alley Gang Member
• Billy Ching as Billy
• Lam Leung-wai as Lok Man
• Yue Ming as George
• Sammo Hung as Movie Director
• Fruit Chan as Assistant Director
• Pan Yun-sheng as Man at Beach
• Chin Ka-lok as Beach Thug
• Chu Tau as Beach Thug
• Mak Wai-cheung as Beach Thug
• Lee Chi-kit
• Pang Yun-cheung as Thug in Public
• Chun Kwai-bo as Thug in Public

Production

It is one of the ghost films directed by Lau Kar-Wing.^[2]

Reception

A retrospective review finds that "Those Merry Souls is another typically quirky 80’s Hong Kong movie that falls firmly into the category of “strange but immensely fun”.'^[3] A similar assessment is made by other reviewers.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Those Merry Souls Film Review . 2023-09-07 . www.brns.com.
2. Book: O'Brien, Daniel . Spooky Encounters: A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror . 2003 . Headpress . 978-1-900486-31-6 . en.
3. Web site: Films . Follow mePhil MillsSupreme dark overlord of Far East . Those Merry Souls (1985) - Review . 2023-09-07 . Far East Films . en-US.
4. Web site: Cherycok . 2015-06-01 . [FIlm] Those Merry Souls, de Lau Kar-Wing (1985) ]. 2023-09-07 . Dark Side Reviews . fr-FR.
5. Web site: SensCritique . Avis sur le film Those Merry Souls (1985) par Ryo_Saeba . 2023-09-07 . SensCritique . fr.