Hong Kong Synopsis
種鬼
A Hong Kong taxi driver suffers after being cursed by a sorcerer he accidentally hit with his cab. After the driver's wife is raped and killed by teenage hooligans, he pleads with the sorcerer to lift the hex and restore his wife to the land of the living. Otherworldly zombie chaos ensues.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Seeding of a Ghost. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shaw Brothers
Horror + Thriller in Hong Kong
16 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Seeding of a Ghost itself).
The 1982–1984 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1982-1984 Hong Kong release window, Seeding of a Ghost sits at #29 of 42. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Seeding of a Ghost premiered alongside 13 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 13 other Hong Kong films in 1983.
The 192nd 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
27 audience reviews — more than 53% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 57th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Seeding of a Ghost, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pregnant wife · 4
- necrophilia · 2
- demonic possession · 2
- revenge · 210
- murder · 155
- monster · 91
- supernatural · 89
- rape · 64
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #474 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #28 of 81 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | December 29, 1983 |
| IMDb | tt0086640 |