Working off a threadbare story of a substitute teacher Miss Yip (Jennifer Tse) whose class of unruly students may or may not be ghosts, Jing seems to be genuinely uninspired to deliver a compelling story or any solid thrills. The same however cannot be said of Wong Jing's own 'Classroom'. Still, Kong is forgiven for creating a well-paced and unexpectedly entertaining piece of cinema. As for the horror, well there is admittedly little that is scary, and what passes for it is merely a nice sense of intrigue. Here, the story told from Bobo's point of view reveals much more, and wraps up the mystery nicely. Keeping with genre conventions, Kong injects a twist at the end, which plays deftly with his favourite practice of having multiple perspectives. Next to them however, Kong regulars Chrissie and Him pale in comparison, partly also because the nature of their roles afford less room for mirth. They also share great chemistry with one another, especially when bouncing lines off each other. Their outright flirtings with a handsome cop Jack (Timmy Hung) on the same tour, as well as their quick and spirited delivery of Kong's dialogue, are hilarious.

Kong is also well-served by an energetic quartet in Charmaine Fong, Jacqeuline Chong, Harriet Yeung and Rose Chan, all of whom play Bobo's travel buddies. Understandably, these jokes will be lost on those unfamiliar with the local entertainment scene in Hong Kong, but they are witty and entertaining for the initiated. Kong's scriptwriting here is sharp and satirical, taking frequent jabs at recent Hong Kong celebrity gossip (mostly around TVB actor Raymond Lam) as well as the perennial rivalry between local television stations ATV and TVB. The latter is used recurrently to cut between their fawning over Karl at Bobo's funeral and their nature of their acquaintance with Bobo during a trip to Thailand. The storytelling is notably Kong's, and those familiar with his frequent musings on love in 'L for Love, L for Lies', 'Marriage with a Liar' and 'Love is the Only Answer' will certainly recognise his oft-used techniques of perspective and flashbacks. The better half is surprisingly Patrick Kong's 'Travel', the story of four friends and their encounter with their recently deceased travel companion Bobo's (Chrissie Chau) lover Karl (Him Law) at her funeral. Nonetheless, this dual effort from directors Wong Jing and Patrick Kong to revitalise the genre is only a half-hearted one- and we mean that literally, as this anthology of two horror stories 'Travel' and 'Classroom' from Kong and Wong respectively is only half-good. It's true- as the movie's poster states, there hasn't been a horror movie from Hong Kong in a while.

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