This martial arts film is as much a comedy as anything else. It opens with a priest using his dark arts to raise people from the dead; he is doing this at the behest of a criminal, Lu Dai, who intends to use them to help him get his revenge against Pan Fong... things do not go to plan and Lu Dai ends up dead. His ghost attacks the priest who offers to put his spirit in another body. The first body selected belongs to a dangerous killer and escapes before it can be used. The next choice is Pan's just deceased father. Again things don't go quite according to plan, this time due to interference from Lu Dai's associates... in his new body he goes after the priest, the two associates and Pan. The Killer is also still at large. Pan will have to work with the priest to stop the undead evil!
It must be said that this film is utterly ridiculous; most of the special effects are poor, the plot is silly and the English dub isn't great... strangely all of this adds up to a fun film. There is lots of martial arts action and even more laughs. These are mostly provided by a level of slapstick rarely seen in anything made this side of the Second World War! The makers clearly wanted to include several horror regulars; in this case ghosts, zombies and even a vampire zombie who does Kung Fu! The cast appear to do a decent job, although it is hard to really judge as I watched the dubbed version. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to anybody wanting plenty of martial arts action as well as a good laugh.
It must be said that this film is utterly ridiculous; most of the special effects are poor, the plot is silly and the English dub isn't great... strangely all of this adds up to a fun film. There is lots of martial arts action and even more laughs. These are mostly provided by a level of slapstick rarely seen in anything made this side of the Second World War! The makers clearly wanted to include several horror regulars; in this case ghosts, zombies and even a vampire zombie who does Kung Fu! The cast appear to do a decent job, although it is hard to really judge as I watched the dubbed version. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to anybody wanting plenty of martial arts action as well as a good laugh.