chongkwai ( ray macdonald ) purchase a curse book which depict various method of see and encounter ghost from the spiritual world . he invite a group of friend from hong kong to his home in thailand and they decide to see if the book can actually perform the task it represent . in do so and one of the group and kofei ( yu gu ) come up miss during their forest hide n seek game use a cat thanks in part to a ghost who mask him from them . haunt by his disappearance and upon return to hong kong and may ( kate yeung ) and teddy ( bo lin chen ) begin experience ghostly apparition pop up throughout the city with a grief stricken april ( isabelle leong ) make a drastic decision in order to find kofei and for whom she believe be dead . may and teddy will accept a dangerous mission and enter the spirit world a if dead ( . another method in the book be sleep while dress in burial clothes ) to find kofei . and april who have become miss as well . the pang bros take the franchise into a completely different direction and sacrifice some genuine scare and adopt an almost entirely light hearted approach to those scary spirit who walk amongst the living . even the title open credit be play out in a colorfully jokey manner . but and when the gang play around with the spiritual world and the tone shift somewhat and but the pang brother always implement some tongue in cheek gag that remove the sheer horror of the situation . an example be when teddy be temporarily take over by a spirit who have him break dance in a contest with a couple of clown . it hard to really be scar of an umbrella floating in the air and although may certainly be terrify . who would have ever think a basketball could be use a a scare device . and and most of the book method of contact the spirit world be rather silly such a tap on bowl at midnight with chopstick await hungry spirit and or look between your leg for a spirit . i do love this one develop sub plot regard a dead girl who have no idea she be decease and discover this only after find her corpse video record at a crime scene thanks to teddy morbid voyeurism while she even try to stop the camcorder with her hand go through the object . the special effect be impressive . i think the spirit be creepy enough when they expose themselves . i find the twist at the end regarding may and teddy fate rather amuse and it fit in with the overall mood of this film . if you be look for an asian terror tale and look elsewhere and because the bros pang just weren not in the mood this time around . i think the comedic tone will repel some viewer because the cover of the dvd i rent promised something terrify . but and to be honest and the first two film be full of such despair and angst and it be refresh to see the third film a bit more cheerful and playful .