Return of the others

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe has 'storytelling flaws', some critics say, but it may open the door to a fantasy genre in China. Xu Fan reports.

When Lu Chuan received a request to direct a film based on the hit novel Ghost Blows Out the Light, the award-winning director was stumped.

While unwritten rules from censors say that ghosts are not allowed in movies and tomb-robbing is also out of bounds, reflecting a modern society, Ghost Blows Out the Light, or Gui Chui Deng, is very popular for its adventures.