The author finds this strong link between ghost stories and the urban city in Asian context, this seemed like a new perspective for me as I usually see horror tropes of isolated suburban setting where the protagonist gets threatened while having no one to ask for help. The alternate trope is finding the uncanny out of the familiar. Chinese ghosts are special for they are built upon the cultural notions of Buddhist karmic cycle, Confucian ideals and Taoist rituals. Therefore, they are often seen as human beings in their afterlife lingering on earth for they were unfulfilled. As sociable beings, they would in turn favour the city with cluster of living population. Sometimes this would derive the story into the horror genre, other times ghost stories can also develop into comedy, romance, or adventure genres. Ghost story set in haunted apartments helps to blur the boundaries with its surrounding, to build up on communal life instead of the isolated.
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It is awesome that you have got a critical way of understanding ghost-themed films and their relations with society, culture, politics, religion, economy, etc. from Lecture 6 and its 2 readings. Besides, it is significant to anchor your analysis to space and architecture. It can be conducted by exploring how real ghosts and living ghosts occupy and interact with space. In view of this, I would suggest you further consider the unique situation of Hong Kong cinema that the ghost still kept a strong status in the socio-culture realm even though it has long accepted the impact of Western culture and technology as a global metropolis.