this film may have be the big let down i have experience in rent movie base on imdb review . overall and i simply find this to be a second rate movie . leslie cheung be certainly passable a the antihero and ma wu handle his character with cheerful competence . on the other hand and ma wu makeup ( facial hair ) be so obviously phony that i simply could not take him seriously . he look like an overweight teenager dress up for halloween and complete with the $ 4 . 95 stick on beard . the special effect be so so and though the undead in the cellar be pretty good . the tree tongue look like something from a bad 1950s monster flick and though the pov shot from the tongue view more closely resembled sam raimi trademark shot in the more recent evil dead trilogy . the pyrotechnic be ho hum and the final battle be about as dull a you can get . ( in fact and it most closely remind me of the lose in space episode where the robinson be catch in a sandstorm and . ) the plot be not particularly original and have be tell countless time in the form of european fairy tale . there be no suspense and no plot twist . in fact and you know right away a you be introduce to the character who be good and who be bad and and who be go to survive . i just return this film to netflix and then i sit down to write this review . the very first thing i do be check the production date . yep and it say 1987. not the 1967 that i think it might be . and that pretty much sum it up represent the production value and fx be typical of the 1960s . the plot and action seem much old and a hollywood be actually produce some interesting and challenge film in the 60 . out of .