Niki Law writes, HK filmmakers censor sex and ghosts for the mainland

Ghosts, nudity, homosexuality and extramarital affairs may be cut from the scripts of local films as movie producers sacrifice Hong Kong audiences to get into the mainland market.

One of the first victims of film industry self-censorship is the sequel to vampire action movie Twins Effect. According to the film's writer and producer, Bey Logan, the sequel will not have any vampires because mainland officials do not like superstition.

"Twins Effect 2 will become a period film and will not focus on vampires. Mainland officials had an issue with the vampire theme in part one," he said.

I've seen enough HK movies to suspect that these are pretty schlocky, and as far as that goes I don't particularly like horror movies. Still, this kind of censorhip is stupid. It's a movie, guys! Are you going to censor your beloved Pu Songling, too? I thought the days of Stories About Not Being Afraid of Ghosts were long gone.