---
title: 'Tales from the Dark 1 (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Simon Yam'
released: '2013-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tales-from-the-dark-1-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3054776/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tales from the Dark 1 (2013)

2013 · 114 min · Horror · Hong Kong


## Synopsis

Tales from the Dark 1 is a 2013 Hong Kong horror anthology film directed by Simon Yam, Lee Chi-ngai, and Fruit Chan. The film is split into three segments, each based on a short story by Lilian Lee. The first part, titled Stolen Goods (贓物), starred Simon Yam as a jobless man who steals funerary urns and forces the dead's relatives to pay him to get back the urns. The second part, titled A Word in the Palm (放手), starred Tony Leung Ka-fai as a fortune-teller who teams up with his neighbour to help the ghost of a schoolgirl. The final part, titled Jing Zhe (驚蟄), starred Susan Shaw as a "villain-hitter" who is approached by a woman to curse four people.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Simon Yam](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-yam), [Fruit Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/fruit-chan), [Lawrence Ah Mon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-ah-mon)
- **Screenplay:** [Fruit Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/fruit-chan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kenji Kawai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-kawai)

## Cast

- [Tony Leung Ka-fai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-leung-ka-fai)
- [Lam Suet](https://cinepixo.com/people/lam-suet)
- [Simon Yam](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-yam)
- [Kelly Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-chen)

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