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"Hungry Ghost Rituals" posters deemed too scary for MRT passengers

"Hungry Ghost Rituals" posters deemed too scary for MRT passengers

13 Jul – Nick Cheung's directorial debut, "Hungry Ghost Rituals", recently released a series of posters that were featured on billboards and several other locations for promotional purposes.

The posters feature lead actress Annie Liu with a rotting face and a headless paper doll, as well as Nick Cheung's frightened expression. They were customised specially by the production company, Sundream, to be fixed on the Hong Kong's MTR City Saver trains.

However, Mingpao News reported that the MTR officials have demanded for the posters to be removed, saying that the scary images will upset passengers.

The MTR representatives also requested for a clean version of the posters, the kind that they say 'would not scare anybody', or no poster at all. They also stated that there is a possibility for the 'clean' posters to be removed if they received complaints from passengers.

Sundreams recently stated that they have no choice but to oblige and design a new batch of posters for the train provider.

Meanwhile, the movie held its advanced screenings last week, and received a commendable response from the public – making nearly HKD 1.5 million (approximately USD193,549) in two days.