Legend About Hunting Ghost 2 (2002)

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嚇鬼死之夜驚魂 (2002)

Legend About Hunting Ghost 2

Reviewed by: Brian Thibodeau
Date: 03/16/2007
Summary: If you must see one Malaysian documentary before you die...

After the obligatory preface in which new hostesses Yu Lam-lam, Cheng Yan-yi and Lee Hak-lei postulate the existence of ghosts while modelling swimwear by the pool, this latest entry in the earnest Malaysian “reality” series proceeds to offer scant evidence of the supernatural and plentiful implications of wishful thinking and off-camera crew tampering, as producer/host Tin Tam—who actually seems to believe in the antediluvian myths he’s shoveling—drags his gullible cuties to remote and/or derelict locations (like a haunted lake, where they get to wear swimsuits again) in the wee dark hours of the morning when they’re beyond tired, yells something like “What was that?!?” at a bubble in the lake or a squeak in an old house, and presents the resulting stampede from the scene as evidence of the paranormal. Priceless! Hostess Lee’s conviction that her cellphone was stolen by the graveyard ghost—all too readily encouraged by Tin Tam, who seems to know right where they’ll find it—and hostess Cheng’s “possession” by the estate ghost illustrate how easily reason can be ditched in favour of delirious group-think that favours urban legends for which there is clearly no evidence.

Reviewer Score: 3