Dark Tales (1996)

Original title

聊齋

Cast

Gallen Lo, Derek Kwok, Elizabeth Lee, Lau Dan, Chan Hung Lit, Wilson Tsui, Lee Kwok Lun, Eddie Cheung

Genre

drama television series

Country

Hong Kong

Length

2 seasons, 75 episodes

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

How it feels

A Hong Kong TV series set in the Qing Dynasty. It adapts classic Chinese ghost stories about spirits and strange events. The series follows various characters who encounter the supernatural world.

supernaturalperioddramaticcreepyslow-burnatmospherichauntingmysterious

What happens

Dark Tales is a series of Hong Kong television period supernatural dramas that originally aired on Jade from 18 March 1996 to 1 May 1998, consisting of two installments with 75 episodes. Based on Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling's series of supernatural tales called Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Dark Tales is produced by TVB and stars a cast of mainly Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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