Shen is assaulted by the local magistrate and attacks him with a knife in revenge but is stopped and beaten to death.

The review website sogoodreviews.com wrote, "A perfectly adequate time cut out of the A Chinese Ghost Story-mold (Wu Ma co-stars as well!)

The freaky sights of the Blood Kid slowly being born throughout the movie plus skilled wirework- and animated effects (complemented by fine editing) are driving forces for a standard time with 90s Hong Kong cinema.

"[2] Reviewer Andrew Pragasam of thespinningimage.co.uk gave the film a score of 5 out of 10 stars, writing, "Many Hong Kong fantasies do a remarkable job interweaving seemingly disparate tones (sometimes even genres).

Here however the doggedly downbeat plot and undeniably delirious horror imagery sit uneasily besides tedious time-wasting comedy and a romance that proves more depressing than enchanting.