The Hong Kong version of a still from Gordon Chan's new movie Huapi, or Painted Skin. [Photo: ent.sina.com]

A Hong Kong version still of Gordon Chan's new movie Huapi, or Painted Skin, was recently released.

Painted Skin is a thriller centering on a vampire-like woman who eats the skin and hearts of her lovers. The film is adapted from the ancient novel Liaozhai Zhiyi, or Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, written by Pu Songling during the Qing Dynasty.

The still of actresses Zhou Xun and Vicky Zhao has an eerie feel. Zhou, who plays a fox sprite, appears in the photo as a human, while white-headed Vicky Zhao weeps tears of blood.

The movie will premiere on September 28.

(CRIENGLISH.com August 20, 2008)