First, The article talked about the originality of ghosts in films: the residue of the past and the comeback of trauma. The locations of Hongkong ghost films are mainly in the apartment, and the author explains that the apartment is often divided into several “coffin homes” for poor people to live in. Those poor people can not afford the cost of graves to have a proper burial so their souls roam the earth. However, with the process of urbanization and capitalization, the ownership of a grave has become a luxury. The majority of the dead are likely to stay apartment-bound. In ghost-themed films, the idea of “loneliness” is quite prominent. Ghosts in movies might be seen as a symbol of this loneliness and seclusion in modern urban living. The article also looexaminesw ghosts are portrayed in Asian apartment horror movies. Asian cultures consider it natural for ghosts to live with the living in Asian cities.
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You have included the discussion on the ideas of ‘urbanization’ and ‘loneliness in urban living’ and how they inspired the ghost-themed films in HK. Yet, there is not enough self-reflection in your writing, I hope to hear more from your point of view, for instance, do you think using ghost-themed films to situate the discussion on urban loneliness and marginalization.