76 episodes of Qing dynasty ghosts, doomed lovers, and moral lessons that hit different.
Season 1 • Episode 25
LatestA series comprising of seven tales adapted from legends, war poems, and Liao Zai's collection from the Qing dynasty. These tales consist of loves stories, comedies and stories with a moral behind it. It deals with the supernatural and the unexplored aspect of life.
Production
Practical 80s effects that aged like haunted fine wine.
Writing
Liao Zhai adaptations with surprising bite for network television.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Liao Zhai (Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio) is Pu Songling's 18th-century collection of nearly 500 supernatural stories—basically the original Reddit nosleep but with better prose and more fox spirits.
The 1987 adaptation coincided with a wave of Hong Kong supernatural television, competing directly with ATV's rival ghost anthology series—peak era for practical-effects demons on your grandma's TV.
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