Fruit Chan Archives

Dumplings (2004)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 24, 2005Rejuvenation, Dumplings and Cannibalism

Excellent horror from Hong Kong director Fruit Chan about a middle-aged actress seeking a backstreet age rejuvenation treatment. Great performances and directed with a queasy dicomfort

Director: Fruit Chan

Actors: Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Category: Horror

24 July 20054 October 2025 by Roog

Three … Extremes (2004)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 5, 2005Asian Horror Anthology

Standout horror anthology designed to highlight episodes from three Asian directors – Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, South Korea’s Park Chan-wook and Japan’s Takashi Miike - all of whom are on top form

Director: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook, Takashi Miike

Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Ka-fai

Category: Horror

5 August 20054 October 2025 by Roog

Don’t Look Up (2009)

Rating: ★

Jan 13, 2012Asian Horror Remake/Haunted Film Set

Fruit Chan conducts another clunker English-language remake of an Asian horror film. A confused and hokey effort only centred around the provision of schlock effects

Director: Fruit Chan

Actors: Reshad Strik, Henry Thomas, Carmen Chaplin, Kevin Corrigan, …

Category: Horror

13 January 201217 April 2022 by Roog

The Midnight After (2014)

Rating: ★★

Oct 8, 2014Last People on Earth

Reminiscent of The Quiet Earth, this concerns a bus of people who end up in a deserted Hong Kong, The film seems unsure whether it is comedy or drama, while it creates an intriguing mystery about what is happening only to leave it unanswered in a frustratingly abrupt ending

Director: Fruit Chan

Actors: Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Kara Hui, Ronny Yuen

Category: Science Fiction

8 October 201411 February 2025 by Roog

Coffin Homes (2021)

Rating: ★★

Apr 3, 2025Haunted Apartments

From director Fruit Chan, director of the great Dumplings, a film that takes a satiric jab at Hong Kong’s rental shortage crisis and concerns haunted apartments

Director: Fruit Chan

Actors: Wong You-nam, Tai Bo, Paul Carr, Li Hoi Lam Marek, …

Category: Horror

3 April 20255 January 2026 by Roog