Seventh Moon - Amy Smart (2008) - Shek Lo, Fanling

The deserted house where all the weird villagers have congregated whilst they make their human sacrificial offerings to the demons is actually quite a famous abandoned house in Fanling. If you have ever visited the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail in Fanling then, although not part of he trail, it is one of the first places you pass. The place has had a big question mark over it for many years and I haven't ben that way for many years, so I don't even know if it is still around. It would be a shame if it was demolished, but this is Hong Kong.

I'll have to leave it there for this film because much of it is filmed at night with shaky camera effect (remember it is the director of The Blair Witch Project that made this film) so many places may remain unidentifiable for a long time to come.

Seventh Moon - Amy Smart (2008) - Lei Uk, Ta Kwu Ling

Although they are exploring Kowloon City, it turns out that the film makers want us believe that they are actually having fun way out in rural China somewhere - no doubt this is why the Kowloon scenes are filmed in close up. Anyway, all of a sudden they are met by their driver, played by Dennis Chan, in a small village up close to the real border with China. It's called Lei Uk and is reached via the Ping Che Road in Ta Kwu Ling (the closest main town is Fanling/Sheung Shui). So this is where they are picked up and where their journey is about to take a turn for the worse.

Seventh Moon - Amy Smart (2008) - Kowloon City Wet Market, Kowloon

After wandering around the outdoor shops the pair also head into the nearby wet market to have a wander around.

Seventh Moon - Amy Smart (2008) - Hau Wong Road, Kowloon City

More scenes around Kowloon City as the pair move to the northern part of Hau Wong Road. The "Just Meat" shop closed soon after this film was shot. It was located at 45B Hau Wong Road opposite the wet market.

Seventh Moon - Amy Smart (2008) - Nga Tsin Long Road, Kowloon City

Next up, Seventh Moon, directed by Eduardo Sanchez (the guy responsible for The Blair Witch Project) this film was shot in Hong Kong, but to be honest seeing as most of it was shot at night it really could have been shot anywhere. Other than the odd bit of rural new Territories structures there is nothing here that justifies coming all the way over to Hong Kong to shoot. It has its moments but for me the old shaky camera technique just annoyed me rather than add anything to the tension.

The story revolves around a newly married couple who are in "China" for their honeymoon and are met by a driver (played by Dennis Chan - not his finest hour) who is going to take them to see the husband's family somewhere in rural China. However, it is all a ruse and the driver is in fact taking them to be sacrificed to some bald-headed demons (plenty of those in HK, I'm one of them!) on behalf of his tormented village.

Anyway, the action starts off with the couple enjoying themselves at a local festival. This opening shot is actually in Kowloon City, along Nga Tsin Long Road. The shophouse in the background of the second image stands (or maybe stood...I haven't been down here for a while to check if it still exists) at  #24.