Gui da gui (1980)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Writers:

Ying Huang (writer)
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (writer)

Release Date:

24 December 1980 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Plot Keywords:

Taoist Priest | Chinese Vampire

Cast

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Bold Cheung
Ha Wong	...	Master Tam (as Wong Ha)
Dick Wei	...	Master Lok
Fat Chung	...	Tsui
Lung Chan	...	Chin Hoi
Ti-Hong Cheung	...	Lau
Ching-Ying Lam	...	The Inspector
Ma Wu	...	Fa Kau
Siu-Ming To	...	Tao
Po Tai	...	Lau
Suet-Moi Leung	...	Cheung's Wife
Billy Chan	...	Fei
Chau Sang Lau	...	Guard
Biao Yuen	...	Vampire
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ching Po Chang

Also Known As:

Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Encounter of the Spooky Kind (Hong Kong: English title)
Ghost Against Ghost
Gwai ckui gwai (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Spooky Encounters
Spooky Encounters aka Encounter of the Spooky Kind (UK) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

102 min | Hong Kong:89 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Bo Ho Film Company Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

combination of comedy, horror, & Kung Fu is great fun

I'm not much for straight martial arts movies, but combine them with horror & comedy & I'm in heaven. Well, sometimes. This one works quite well though. Sammo Hung plays Bold Cheung, a pudgy guy who is caught up in a web of mystery and terror as his boss is sleeping with his wife and trying to get rid of him, somehow. He ends up spending the night in a haunted temple and other spooky scenarios. The hopping vampires in this one are much more believable than others I've seen before, and seem creepier rather than the "bunny hop" ones I've seen in other movies that are just laughable. But then again that was in an American made movie called "The Jitters" with James Hong and therefore that doesn't really count. Some of the choreographed Kung Fu sequences in this are a wonder to behold: Kung Fu with a dash of Three Stooges thrown in for good measure. Sammo Hung seems to be a master of physical comedy too, as well as martial arts, so that works well in this film's favor. At times it's a little confusing but overall it works very well and I enjoyed it a lot. 8 out of 10, really fun stuff.