Bud Gay (Tong Ka Fai) is sent to prison for drug possession. Of course,
it was all a frame-up, but that doesn't help him any once he's convicted
and behind bars. But if he thought jail was bad enough, he gets positively
freaked out when he finds out there is a female ghost, Mei Ho (Teresa Mak),
haunting the place. She actually doesn't want him any harm and is only
looking for her lover, Mao Tomorrow (Sam Lee), who's also supposed to be a
convict. Thing is, the longer it takes Mei Ho to find Mao Tomorrow, the
creepier she gets. After a bit of investigating, Bud Gay finds out that
Mao Tomorrow has actually hanged himself in prison, and he's haunting the
place as well, but another wing. Now this is a case for famed exorcist Mrs
Bud (Law Lan), who just happens to be Bud Gay's mom. Once in prison, it
doesn't take her long to get Mei Ho and Mao Tomorrow back together.
Questioning them, she finds out that Mao Tomorrow was set up, just like
Bud Gay was, and the culprit is most possibly the same in both cases. Mrs
Bud manages to persuade Mao Tomorrow to not have revenge but leave it to
her to bring justice to the baddie, and the two ghosts disappear, while
she asks her good friends (and Troublesome Night regulars)
Pat (Kwai Chung) and Kou (Kau Man-Lung) to find the real culprit in Bud
Gay's and Mao Tomorrow's case - and before long they present him to her
and the police on a silver platter - and before you know it, Bud Gay is a
free man again. One of the better films of the Troublesome
Night-series, this is not exactly a good film (not even close) but
at least it follows through with telling its story and is rather low on
old jokes (at least in comparison to other entries into the series). That
all said, the plot of the movie isn't too special though, and its horror
aspects are not all that horrific (as in effective), and there is really
no reason to watch this film. But if you are forced at gunpoint to watch
one of the Troublesome Night-movies, you might want to
choose this one.
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