Reviewed by: Brian Thibodeau Date: 11/23/2009 Summary: Singapore rips off - and one-ups - a late night Hong Kong cable mainstay If nothing else, Singapore’s answer to Hong Kong’s popular late-night reality TV series KUAI DAN inarguably proves that the people most qualified to investigate leg-tugging ghost children in haunted lakes and sobbing spectres in derelict housing estates are three beautiful women in short-shorts, tank tops and swimsuits! After introducing hostess/models Eileen Chin, Ann Lau and Hui Wai-san in office Q&A sessions and then letting them introduce themselves wearing swimsuits by a stream, producer/host/flim-flam man Tin Tam takes them for an investigative swim in a resort lake supposedly haunted by the ghosts of drowned children, where a headless plastic doll conveniently placed in the water freaks them out in broad daylight. Next up, they attempt to peel apples in front of a mirror in order to see the faces of their future husbands, but in each case they appear to be stuck with Tim Tam when he moves into the shot to tell them they’ve broken the peels. Finally, a visit to a condemned high-rise apartment building in Kuala Lumpur for a session of “plate spirit” (essentially a Quija game involving an overturned cup on a sheet of Chinese characters) allows Tam to play the ace up his sleeve: subtle video "glitches" present throughout the videogramme suddenly pay off when a sobbing spirit—coincidentally located in the room adjacent to the one where they decide to play the game—pounds on the connecting door and, wouldn’t you know, blacks out the camera! In the right frame of mind, these are the cheapest of thrills, and one indeed wonders how Tam keeps a straight face in view of the flagrant con-artistry he and his crew are perpetrating, much of it unwittingly validated by a “master” of mysticism whom Tam interviews at the end of the film. Reality-program production techniques are hindered by excessive waving of off-camera flashlights at the actresses for effect. Reviewer Score: 3

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