Wouldn't say this is excellent but if you don't know this is a retelling of ancient Chinese ghost fable then you won't get the lack of 'scary' moments.
The costumes alone is over-dominating. The close ups are well done. Just the quick black fades are kind of distracting. And the way the story is told with some timeline shifts is not bad, but at times, combine with the quick fade to black, loses me in the suspense for disbelief aspect. However, I suspect there's a 2.5 to 3 hr of stuff in the original idea. And some plot points are explained but didn't make sense - or kind of extraneously or makes things more complicate then it is.
The costumes alone is over-dominating. The close ups are well done. Just the quick black fades are kind of distracting. And the way the story is told with some timeline shifts is not bad, but at times, combine with the quick fade to black, loses me in the suspense for disbelief aspect. However, I suspect there's a 2.5 to 3 hr of stuff in the original idea. And some plot points are explained but didn't make sense - or kind of extraneously or makes things more complicate then it is.