The Original Trilogy:
"A Chinese Ghost Story" refers primarily to a Hong Kong film series inspired by Pu Songling’s short story collection Liaozhai Zhiyi. The trilogy combines romance, supernatural horror, wuxia action, and dark comedy, notable for its atmospheric cinematography, special effects for the era, and fusion of traditional Chinese folklore with modern filmmaking.
Leslie Cheung returns as Ning, who gets caught in a plot involving rebellious sisters and a monstrous demon monk. The Third Installment (1991): Set 100 years after the first, it stars Tony Leung
In the end, the Orchid Temple still stands. The wind still howls through its broken rafters. And somewhere, a scholar and a ghost are still running toward each other through the mist.