Those Merry Souls

Those Merry Souls is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-wing and starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang. The film is also known as From the Great Beyond.

Cast

 * Yuen Biao as Chiu Chi-lung
 * Eric Tsang as Ng Kuai-tak
 * Lam Ching-ying as Tak's father
 * Stanley Fung as Uncle Chiu
 * Elaine Jin as Waterloo Tai
 * Ng Ha-ping as Lily Ting
 * Lily Li as Auntie Pearl
 * Richard Ng as Fernando Ng
 * Lau Kar-wing as Person practicing Kung Fu
 * Chung Fat as Death Messenger
 * Yam Ho as Janitor
 * Wu Ma as Ma
 * Billy Lau as Doctor
 * Moon Lee as Fung
 * Lam Wai as Movie Patron
 * Fung King-man as Alley Gang Member
 * Billy Ching as Billy
 * Lam Leung-wai as Lok Man
 * Yue Ming as George
 * Sammo Hung as Movie Director
 * Fruit Chan as Assistant Director
 * Pan Yun-sheng as Man at Beach
 * Chin Ka-lok as Beach Thug
 * Chu Tau as Beach Thug
 * Mak Wai-cheung as Beach Thug
 * Lee Chi-kit
 * Pang Yun-cheung as Thug in Public
 * Chun Kwai-bo as Thug in Public

Production
It is one of the ghost films directed by Lau Kar-Wing.

Reception
A retrospective review finds that "Those Merry Souls is another typically quirky 80’s Hong Kong movie that falls firmly into the category of “strange but immensely fun”.' A similar assessment is made by other reviewers.