Monster Hunt creative background
2022-03-08 08:01
During the relationship between Raman Hui and Bill Kong , the idea of "Monster Hunt" had long existed, but it took 5 years until the actual shooting began. In the past 5 years, they have been talking about stories. Both of them wanted to create a different fantasy film about Chinese monsters. Together with screenwriter Alan Yuen , they made " Classic of Mountains and Rivers " and " Liao Zhai ". After reading all the stories in the book, they found a short story called "The House Monster ". Although it was about monsters, they felt that "Everything is animistic and beautiful" in "The House Monster". Although it is a ghost on the surface, But in the end, it’s all about love, and it’s easy to make changes, avoiding the difficulty of censorship in creation,” Bill Kong told reporters. Raman Hui, an old boy with a childlike heart, never wanted to shoot a ghost from the very beginning. The movie, "Monster Hunt" is a movie suitable for the whole family to watch during the Spring Festival. It is very happy and not scary at all. It is 100% Chinese.
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