Fairy Tale Killer

Fairy Tale Killer
Fairy Tale Killer
Directed by	Danny Pang Phat
Written by	Danny Pang; Szeto Kam-yuen; Jessica Chu; Wu Mengzhang;
Produced by	Alvin Lam; Danny Pang; Dong Peiwen; Zhang Zhao; Cheung Hong-tat; Ren Yue;
Starring	Sean Lau; Wang Baoqiang; Elanne Kong; Joey Meng; Kelly Fu
Cinematography	Decha Srimanta
Edited by	Curran Pang
Music by	Ronald Ng
Production; companies	Universe Entertainment; Le Vision Pictures; Sil-Metropole Organisation; Enable Film Production; Films Station Production
Distributed by	Universe Entertainment
Release date	11 May 2012 (Hong Kong);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	US$467,327

Fairy Tale Killer (追凶, Pupil in Chinese) is a 2012 Hong Kong horror film directed by Danny Pang Phat.^[3] The film was released on 11 May 2012, and stars Sean Lau, Wang Baoqiang, and Elanne Kong.^[4]^[5] The Fairy Tale Killer follows police detective Wong Wai-han as he investigates a series of brutal murders.^[6]

Plot

When a bloodied and incoherent Wu Zaijun confesses to five murders that have not occurred, the police assume that he is mentally unstable and ignore his claims. Police detective Wong Wai-han is investigating a series of gruesome murders, but soon discovers that all is not as it seems and that not only are the murders connected, but that Jun is tied to them in some way.^[7]

Cast

Sean Lau as Wong Wai-han
Wang Baoqiang as Wu Zaijun
Elanne Kong as Wong Yue-yee
Joey Meng as Wai
Ken Lo as Old Guy
Lam Suet as Cheung Fai
Felix Lok as Commander Chan
Elena Kong as Chiu Lan
James Ho as Simon
Gary Chiu as Sai
Anson Leung as pathologist
Kelly Fu as Cindy
Ciwi Lam
Rex Ho
Lam Ying-yuen
Carolyn Chan
Yip Wan-keung
Kunpimook Bhuwakul as Wong Wai-han's son

Reception

The movie review site Twitch panned the film, expressing disappointment in the acting range of Wang Baoqiang in the film.^[8] The Xinhua News Agency praised the film's acting, but criticized the film's ending as too bizarre and not always coherent.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Elley, Derek (30 July 2012). "Fairy Tale Killer". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
^ "Zui hung (Fairy Tale Killer) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Deljhp (4 April 2012). "Poster and trailer for Danny Pang's FAIRY TALE KILLER". 24Framespersecond.net. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^ Fairy Tale Killer^{[permanent dead link]} HK Magazine
^ 《追凶》曝光終極海報劉青云王寶強怨靈纏身 Xinhua News Agency Chinese
^ Danny Pang Goes Solo to Bring Us Fairy Tale Killer / First Casting News Dread Central
^ "Fairy Tale Killer - Movie". Moviefone. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ Review: FAIRY TALE KILLER is Another Pang Nightmare Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Twitch Film
^ 《追兇》試映劉青雲王寶強大玩"貓鼠遊戲"Xinhua News Agency Chinese Archived 10 February 2013 at archive.today

External links

Fairy Tale Killer at IMDb

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[fba-ftk-1] Elley, Derek (30 July 2012). "Fairy Tale Killer". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

[2] "Zui hung (Fairy Tale Killer) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[3] Deljhp (4 April 2012). "Poster and trailer for Danny Pang's FAIRY TALE KILLER". 24Framespersecond.net. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

[4] Fairy Tale Killer^{[permanent dead link]} HK Magazine

[5] 《追凶》曝光終極海報劉青云王寶強怨靈纏身 Xinhua News Agency Chinese

[6] Danny Pang Goes Solo to Bring Us Fairy Tale Killer / First Casting News Dread Central

[7] "Fairy Tale Killer - Movie". Moviefone. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[8] Review: FAIRY TALE KILLER is Another Pang Nightmare Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Twitch Film

[9] 《追兇》試映劉青雲王寶強大玩"貓鼠遊戲"Xinhua News Agency Chinese Archived 10 February 2013 at archive.today

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v t e Films directed by the Pang brothers
The Eye	The Eye (2002) The Eye 2 (2004) The Eye 10 (2005) The Child's Eye (2010)
Other films	Bangkok Dangerous (1999) Omen (2003) Re-cycle (2006) The Messengers (2007) Bangkok Dangerous (2008) The Storm Warriors (2009) Out of Inferno (2013)
Oxide Pang	Who Is Running? (1997) One Take Only (2001) Bangkok Haunted (2001) The Tesseract (2003) Ab-normal Beauty (2004) Diary (2006) The Detective (2007) Basic Love (2009) The Detective 2 (2011) Sleepwalker (2011) Conspirators (2013) Detective Gui (2015) My War (2016) The Big Call (2017) High Forces (TBD)
Danny Pang	Nothing to Lose (2002) Leave Me Alone (2004) Forest of Death (2007) In Love with the Dead (2007) Fairy Tale Killer (2012) The Strange House (2015) The Mirror (2015) Blind Spot (2015) Delusion (2016)