01:00 A.M.
| 01:00 A.M. | |||||||||||
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 Poster with the alternative title Who Is Calling Me at Midnight? | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 夜半1點鐘 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 夜半1点钟 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Wilson Yip | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Philip Kwok So Man-Sing | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Andy Chin Wing-keung | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Adam Tam Chi-wai | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Kam Ma | ||||||||||
| Music by | Tommy Wai Kai-leung | ||||||||||
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Running time | 86 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
01:00 A.M. (Chinese: 夜半1點鐘; pinyin: Yeh bun yāt dím jūng), also known as Who Is Calling Me at Midnight? (半夜誰叩我), is a 1995 Hong Kong horror anthology film directed by Wilson Yip. The three segments in the anthology are "Coma Patient", "The Girl with the Braid", and "Snapshot".
Plot
"Coma Patient"
Famous singer Sunny Wong is in a coma, with numerous fans of his as well as photographers waiting outside the coma ward clamoring to see him. Every night at 1:00 A.M., a nurse on duty sees the ghosts of the coma patients. The ghost of Sunny asks for her help with the ghost of a girl who fell to her death at one of his concerts and will not let him back into his body because she wants him to stay with her.
"The Girl with the Braid"
Fong Siu-yin, a psychology student, tries to recall how her leg got broken. She remembers that she became jealous when a fellow student bought a used car, so she went to buy one of her own. Seeking a project for her psychology class, she was encouraged by fellow students to interview the well-known local ghost known as "the girl with the braid".
"Snapshot"
Two police officers using a radar to catch speeding cars end up catching a mysterious image of a woman walking in the road in one snapshot.
Cast
"Coma Patient"
- Veronica Yip as Nurse
- Anthony Yiu-Ming Wong as Sunny Wong
- Ivy Leung as Sin (倩)
- Shirley Hung as Ghost
"The Girl with the Braid"
- Anita Yuen as Fong Siu-yin
- Jessica Hester Hsuan as Student
- Jessica Hester as Student
- Farini Cheung as Student
- Gam-Lun Lee as Kam Lee
"Snapshot"
- Jordan Chan as Officer #36257
- Elvis Tsui as Officer #663
- Woon-Ling Hau as Granny
- Kin-Ming Chang as Chief Inspector
- Hung Lu as Fortune Teller
- Ankee Leung Chi-on as Truck driver
Production
The segment "Snapshot" was inspired by an actual mysterious photo caught on a police radar camera. The real-life photo was used in the segment in a scene in which the policemen show the radar camera photo to their chief.
Release
The film had a theatrical run in Hong Kong from 2 June 1995 to 28 June 1995.
Reception
The film received generally negative reviews.
Reviewer Kozo of lovehkfilm.com called the film a "Positively mild horror comedy from director Wilson Yip that lacks the payoff to make it more than a minor distraction. Maybe okay for Wilson Yip completists or fans of the stars, but really, this is not a film worth seeking out."
Reviewer Kenneth Brorsson of sogoodreviews.com wrote, "First gig, disposable and mild to the point of sedation, only solid point scored is the use of synch sound."
Sequels
The film was followed by two sequels, 02:00 A.M. (1996) and 03:00 A.M. (1997), both featuring Jordan Chan, who appeared in the segment "Snapshot" in 01:00 A.M.
External links
- 01:00 A.M. at IMDb
- 01:00 A.M. at hkmdb.com
References
- ↑ "【真係咁猛鬼？】影快相驚現阿婆鬼影 恐怖照曝光轟動到拍成電影". 香港01. 23 August 2018.
- ↑ "鬼節講鬼新聞 | 鄭明仁". 灼見名家.
- ↑ https://hkmdb.com/movies/8027/
- ↑ "01:00 AM (1995)". www.lovehkfilm.com.
- ↑ "# - sogoodreviews.com". www.sogoodreviews.com.