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  Review by Lou (rhymes with wow!) ★★★½ 2

  One of Lam Ching-Ying's more entertaining non-Mr. Vampire ghostbusting movies, in part because Forced Nightmare doesn't skim on the supernatural shenanigans/ colourful ghost effects, but also because Sandra Ng is such a wonderful(ly goofy) foil to Lam's very serious Taoist priest. Plus, the movie is just nuts. Lam re-creating the pottery scene from Ghost, it having a Mister Fantastic-like stretchy spirit and an insane fire stunt are just a few reasons why.

  Big thanks to Lazyboots/PrettyBoyGhost for sending the movie my way.

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  Review by PenguinBoss ★★★★ 4

  The most I’ve laughed at a Hong Kong film in some time. Sandra Ng and Lam Ching- Ying are a fantastic combo, he’s a great straight man to her typical goofiness. Very cheap, slapdash stuff but there’s not a half second of boredom throughout the entire runtime.

  If anyone has access to this directors other film Ghost Busting with English subs, PLEASE help me out, can’t find it anywhere 😩.

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  Review by BrianNaas ★★★½

  I expect you won't be seeing many films like this coming out of Hong Kong any time soon. An absolutely insane supernatural comedy that is all over the map like a drunk is at the wheel - poking fun at the Mainland and everything else it can think of. Even Leon Lai gets the razz. Everything is a target of humor - totally juvenile at times, ribald at times, slapstick and very funny. Almost too much so. It is 90-minutes of fast-paced never stop gags and idiocy. A lot of physical comedy and kung fu as well. I felt exhausted at times. And it stars the wonderful Lam Ching-ying as what else - a Taoist Kung Fu kicking priest. And…

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  Review by Lazyboots ★★★½ 10

  Lam Ching Ying returns for yet another ghostbusting adventure, this time joined by Sandra Ng as a country bumpkin with psychic powers. Its no secret that by this period of his career LCY found himself in a lot of pedestrian retreads of his 80's glory days, but Forced Nightmare is a major, batshit crazy exception. FN is basically a Mo lei tau comedy in the vein of what Stephen Chow was doing at the time, but with ghost shenanigans. This is a genuinely funny, surreal, and absurd supernatural romp with a great comedic cast. In particular our two stars Lam and Ng play off each other very well!

  Speaking of Sandra Ng, her character is one of the wildest depictions…

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  Review by Chris Brown ★★★½

  So, it was my birthday yesterday, and after a tough week (don't ask) I thought I should watch something I would be guaranteed to enjoy. Should I choose a Raimi? Or a Miike? Or even get serious with a Lee Chang Dong (Nope. Way too tired)?

  But lo and behold, I stumbled upon a Lam Chang-Ying flick and it was instantly decided. Who cares who directed it? It stars Lam Chang-Ying! That is a guaranteed good time!

  Well, it was a very nice birthday present to myself. Never a dull moment, lots of stupid humour and some fun ghosts and setpieces. I worried a little at the beginning, because since the next film I'm trying to throw together involves ghosts,…

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  Review by NobleCollector ★★★★

  While not an official Mr Vampire movie, FORCED NIGHTMARE (1992) is wilder, weirder, funnier, and more action packed than the franchise official sequel entry MR VAMPIRE 1992, which was released only 5 months after it. FORCED NIGHTMARE would make a fun unhinged double feature with any number of Lam Ching-Ying’s crazier 90s “Taoist priest” horrors, MAGIC COP (1990), WIZARD’S CURSE (1992), SKIN STRIPERESS (1992) or EXORCIST MASTER (1993), take your pick!

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  Review by nic ★★★½

  lam ching-ying definitely steals the spotlight in the film. right from the first frame till the last, he delivers a performance that would be remembered a long time. he makes the action sequences look believable and looks convincing in a role that requires to be humourous as compared to his other roles. while he rises above what’s written on the script, his character could have been written better. sandra ng is excellent in dramatic and comedic sequences. he does everything that the audience would expect from her as she’s a really talented actress.

  the rest of the supporting cast do average in their respective roles. while the first half of the film is entertaining, the humour dries down in the…

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  Review by Bubikoglu ★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  In a village in Mainland China, a woman named Jia Ling (Sandra Ng) with supernatural abilities uses her telekinetic powers to cure the villagers from all manner of ailments. She is summoned by a village official to travel to Hong Kong to find a certain person who is needed for a kidney transplant.
  Jia Ling boards the bus bound for Hong Kong which she shares with some petty gangsters, a prostitute, a buck-toothed guy with chronic bad breath and a mysterious, bad-tempered passenger who likes to kill chickens (Yau Gin-Gwok).
  The bus driver inadvertently raises a deadly curse while driving through a haunted village and the bus topples over the edge of a cliff killing all passengers, except for Jia…