The Hong Kong film industry has been mining China's rich tradition of the supernatural for many years. Surprisingly, the mainland Chinese industry has done very little with it because supernatural subject matter is officially taboo.
華人社會裡具有豐富的靈異傳統，香港電影圈在這方面已耕耘多年，中國電影近年來雖頗受國際矚目，但因官方禁止「怪力亂神」而缺乏靈異電影。