''Fairy Tale Killer'' (追凶, ''Pupil'' in Chinese) is a 2012 Hong Kong

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...

directed by

Danny Pang Phat Danny Pang Phat (born 1965) is one of the Pang brothers. The twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang started their career in Hong Kong, where Oxide worked as colourist and Danny as editor. After moving to Bangkok, Oxide made the experimental film Who' ...

. The film was released on 11 May 2012 and stars

Sean Lau Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He won Best Actor in the 2007 and 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards and in the 2000 and 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards. Career Lau was born ...

Wang Baoqiang Wang Baoqiang (; born 29 May 1984) is a Chinese actor, martial artist and director. His debut role was that of Yuan Fengming in the movie ''Blind Shaft'', for which he shared the Best New Performer prize at the 2003 Golden Horse Awards. Early ...

, and

Elanne Kong Elanne Kong (, born 30 September 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. On 15 May 2020, she announced that she was changing her stage name from Elanne Kwong Yeuk-lam () to Elanne Kwong Yee-ching (). On 11 September 2021, she announced that she c ...

. ''The Fairy Tale Killer'' follows police detective Wong Wai-han as he investigates a series of brutal murders.

Plot

When a bloodied and incoherent Wu Zaijun confesses to five murders that have not occurred, the police assume that he's 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.

Cast

as Wong Wai-han *

as Wu Zaijun *

as Wong Yue-yee *

Joey Meng Joey Meng Yee-man born 2 October 1970 is a Hong Kong actress, model and beauty spokesperson. She is best known for her roles with television network ATV before moving to network TVB in 2013. Her contract with TVB ended in 2020. Life and career ...

as Wai *

Ken Lo Ken Lo (Kenneth Houi Kang Low) (born 19 March 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He is known for his martial arts and stunt work as a former member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, most notably for his antagonistic role as Jo ...

as Old Guy *

Lam Suet Lam Suet (; born 1964), or Lin Xue, is a Hong Kong film actor. Life and career Lam was born in Tianjin, and came to Hong Kong as a youth in 1979 to receive inheritance money left by his grandfather. Soon after, all the money had been squander ...

as Cheung Fai *

Felix Lok Felix Lok Ying-kwan is a Hong Kong actor. His television appearances include roles in ''Looking Back in Anger'', ''The Drive of Life'' and '' The Academy''. Filmography Television series Films *''Heroes of the Underground'' (1976) *''The Happ ...

as Commander Chan *

Elena Kong Elena Kong May Yee (born 20 September 1971) is a Hong Kong actress, radio DJ, and television host. Career Elena Kong started off her career in the entertainment industry as a model after being scouted and appeared in many television commercial ...

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. The

Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: )J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English, or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua ...

praised the film's acting, but criticized the film's ending as too bizarre and not always coherent.《追兇》試映劉青雲王寶強大玩"貓鼠遊戲"
inhua News Agency ''Chinese''

References

External links

* 2012 horror films Hong Kong horror films Police detective films 2010s Cantonese-language films Hong Kong serial killer films Films directed by Danny Pang Films set in Hong Kong Films shot in Hong Kong Le Vision Pictures films 2010s Hong Kong films {{2010s-HongKong-film-stub