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After finally being given a chance at the director's chair with 1973's “The Bamboo House of Dolls,” director Kuei Chih-hung became known as one of the better choices to helm the sleazier side of genre fare while working at the Shaw Brother's studio. Efforts ranging from “The Killer Snakes” to “Corpse Mania” and “Bewitched” only confirmed this feeling and he became responsible for similar efforts in his career at the studio. It's therefore odd to see him responsible for this early obscurity as his third film, 1974's “Ghost Eyes,” is more restrained than his later features but still manages to be quite enjoyable and worthwhile.

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Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with an assessment of an obscure period chiller expertly assembled by Shen Hsiang Yu. One of the Shaw Brothers’ early attempts at screen horror, this superior gothic romance with a supernatural twist failed to find an audience upon its initial domestic release — a circumstance that led to the studio changing tack and pursuing a more exploitative line of genre flick. However, 45 years on it plays like the kind of film that jaded and/or discerning genre fans might well take great delight in discovering.

The Ghost Lovers

Region B Blu-ray

88 Films

1974 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 92 min. / Yan nu huan hun / Street Date March 12 2018 / available through Amazon UK or Amazon Us / £14.99

Starring: Ching Lee, Wei Tu Lin.

Cinematography: Cheng-Min Tsui

Film Editor: Hsing-Lung Chiang

Art Director: Mao-Lung Lin

Original Music: Yung-Yu Cheng

Written by Yi-Lu Kuo

Produced by Runme Shaw

Directed by Shen Hsiang Yu (aka Sang-ok Shin...