Painted Skin

Painted Skin (1993) is a Hong Kong fantasy horror you can watch online on iFILM. A wandering ghost spirit, bound to the will of Ying Yang the Evil, takes on the face of a concubine and moves among the living. Only a ghostbusting monk can set her free — if he reaches her in time.

The film draws from Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi), an 18th-century anthology that has fed Chinese ghost cinema for generations. Director King Hu — whose Come Drink with Me and A Touch of Zen shaped Hong Kong martial arts cinema — brings a quieter register than the horror premise suggests. Deliberate, almost meditative. Joey Wong and Sammo Hung star. Stream Painted Skin online on iFILM.