A Chinese Ghost Story III
1991 1h 44m movie Film Hong Kong

A Chinese Ghost Story III

倩女幽魂III:道道道

“The final battle between god and evil.”

Synopsis

倩女幽魂III:道道道

“The final battle between god and evil.”

Having slept for a century, the monstrous Tree Devil is now awaken and starts finding lost souls again. One stormy night, a wise High Priest and his student Fong pass by the Orchid Temple and realize that it is haunted. Fong encounters two evil spirits, the seductive Lotus and her hated sister Butterfly in the temple. Although Fong knows his master wants to capture them, he finds himself being attracted by them so he sets them free. The monks stay at the temple has to be prolonged since Fong carelessly loses the valuable Gold Buddha. Later on, they come to a corrupt local town, while the High Priest meets Yin by chance and a series of misunderstandings evolve. Meanwhile, Fong encounters Lotus again and finds himself falling in love with her.

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Action + Comedy in Hong Kong

150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Chinese Ghost Story III itself).

The 1990–1992 Hong Kong Window

A Chinese Ghost Story III holds position #36 of 73 Hong Kong films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Best of the Martial Arts Films
    #1

    The Best of the Martial Arts Films

    ★ 8.8 · 1990
  2. The Greed of Man
    #2

    The Greed of Man

    ★ 7.9 · 1992
  3. Hard Boiled
    #3

    Hard Boiled

    ★ 7.6 · 1992
  4. Bullet in the Head
    #4

    Bullet in the Head

    ★ 7.6 · 1990
  5. Song of the Exile
    #5

    Song of the Exile

    ★ 7.6 · 1990
  6. Days of Being Wild
    #6

    Days of Being Wild

    ★ 7.3 · 1990
  7. Center Stage
    #7

    Center Stage

    ★ 7.3 · 1991
  8. Once Upon a Time in China
    #8

    Once Upon a Time in China

    ★ 7.2 · 1991

The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Chinese Ghost Story III premiered alongside 22 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 22 other Hong Kong films in 1991.

The 324th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

74
Reviews
76th
Review-volume percentile
72nd
Popularity percentile

74 audience reviews — more than 76% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on A Chinese Ghost Story III, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • fate · 5
  • storm · 5
  • hiking · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • spirit · 20
  • debt · 10
  • temple · 9

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
74
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #416 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #274 of 516 (top 53%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesFilm Workshop
Runtime1h 44m
Release DateJuly 18, 1991
IMDbtt0102932