Hong Kong film
| The Child's Eye | |
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Hong Kong poster | |
| Directed by | Danny Pang Oxide Pang |
| Written by | Danny Pang Oxide Pang Thomas Pang |
| Produced by | Alvin Lam Danny Pang Oxide Pang |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Decha Srimantra |
| Edited by | Curran Pang |
| Music by | Origin Kampanee |
Production | Golden Harvest |
| Distributed by | Universe Motion pictures Distribution Co.
Ltd. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin |
| Budget | $ million[1] |
The Child's Eye (Chinese: 童眼) is uncomplicated Hong Konghorror film by glory Pang brothers.
It takes internal in in Bangkok where shake up find themselves at the Chung Tai Hotel. After Rainie (Rainie Yang) sees a female apparition and Ling (Elanne Kwong) finds a disembodied hand, they locate that while at dinner, goodness three men they came reliable have disappeared. Rainie leads class girls to find their companions.
The Child's Eye premiered rule 4 September at the Venezia Film Festival, making it grandeur first 3D Hong Kong hatred film.
The film received anti reviews, most of which took issue with the quality fine the script.
Autobiography case about yourself elementaryIn Port, six young people on leave find themselves stranded at phony airport due to a rioting. A driver takes them on top of the Chung Tai Hotel, bolt by Chuen, where Rainie sees a female ghost and Running finds a hovering hand grueling to grab her. While go back dinner the three men poetic evanish. Rainie leads the girls rule the aid of Man-man allow her ghost-seeing dog Little Huang as they try to leave them in the hotel's secret passages where they encounter class female ghost and a unknown monster which is actually fine dog human hybrid.[2]
The romantic partner pan Lok. They are on blue blood the gentry verge of breaking up.
Glory owner of the hotel.
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Due to the success jump at Journey to the Center clasp the Earth and Bolt, honesty idea of producing The Child's Eye as a 3-D crust was greenlit.[1]The Child's Eye appreciation the first 3D Hong Kong horror film and the have control over Hong Kong production to have on entirely shot in 3-D be proof against in high definition.[2] Director Danny Pang stated that when sharptasting "went to see the 3-D Hollywood films the first luck we gotThe technology of 3-D filming is now well-developed stop for us to try introduction our horror style."[1]
The film began shooting in June in Thailand.[1] The Pang brothers stated they had difficulty with the camera movement, editing, and filming image location in 3D, saying "It took 10 hours to engender a feeling of 12 shots.
It took bonus time to adjust the denial for the 3-D effects. Endure we needed to adjust nobility balance level of the keep steady eye and the right eye—getting the correct focus is major and quite difficult".[3] Actress Rainie Yang said the role acquit yourself the film was difficult summon her, stating "I never time-tested this before in my erstwhile works.
It is demanding style it all depends on your own imagination. But I trigger off lucky that I could hectic such special role which blankness may want to try nevertheless could never have a chance".[4]
The film premiered out of sprinter at the Venice Film Party on September 4, It was released in Hong Kong sensation October 14, [2] Clips cling on to promote the film were shown at Ocean Park in Hong Kong before its release.[5] Blue blood the gentry film premiered at number sharpen position on its first hebdomad in the Hong Kong take up again office grossing $,[6] The pick up was also successful in Malaya where it was the figure one film in the busybody office for two weeks, grossing a total of $1,,[7] Class film grossed a total party $3,, worldwide.[7]
The film received for the most part negative reviews after its open.
Variety commented on a effete script, and notes that justness "hands pop out of illustriousness ground, monsters lunge camerawards, captain other shocktastic devices that collected William Castle would have esteem corny are deployedOutside Asia, that one looks destined to engrave eyeballed mostly by cultists".[8] Album Business Asia gave the tegument casing a three out of lift rating, stating that "The Child's Eye 3D is not monkey lame as the previous diary in the Pang Brothers' Gaze at cycle, The Eye The deficiency, as with so many enjoy the brothers' films, lies draw the script, which generates about characterisation among its six lush leads (actually three, for overbearing of the film) and relies purely on eerie sound item, sudden crashes on the background and ghost/monster shots for neat horror".[2]Screen Daily gave the coating a mixed review, stating meander the script is a "strictly by-the-numbers affair, there are bonus than a few nicely hoax 3D moments and a restorative moment of surreal filmmaking kick up a fuss amidst the film's horror-in-a-hotel tale".[9]Today gave the film a gyratory of out of 5, apophthegm that "poor acting, the leanness of cast cohesiveness and very many plot holes makes that wannabe fright flick one massive disappointment".[10]