Hong Kong Synopsis
死亡写真
“Drop dead beautiful.”
Jiney is an popular art and photography student, but despite winning an award, she remains unhappy with her work. After photographing the aftermath of a fatal car accident, she finds herself obsessed with death. Suffering from morbid throughts, flashbacks of an incident from her youth when she was sexually abused by some young boys start to appear.
The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window
50 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Ab-normal Beauty sits at position #38.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ab-normal Beauty premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #693 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #55 of 81 (top 68%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Magic Head Film Production |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | April 11, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0434762 |