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13 October 2011 10:38 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

With Halloween fast approaching it’s that time of year for horror movie marketers to have a field day, and it looks like Hong Kong’s no different with (the clue is in the title) Hong Hong Ghost Stories. Directors Jing Wong and Patrick Kong join forces together for the first time to bring us a ghost horror, Hong Kong style. The 2-part horror stories starts with the spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and the second story is about the ghostly encounter of a group of friend on vacation. Maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be giving a little nod of recognition to the campy Hong Kong horror style of the 80s; that brought us the likes of ‘Mr. Vampire’ and ‘Encounters of the Spooky Kind.’ No bad thing really, as both of those were absolute solid gold classics. Time will tell if »

13 October 2011 10:38 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

With Halloween fast approaching it’s that time of year for horror movie marketers to have a field day, and it looks like Hong Kong’s no different with (the clue is in the title) Hong Hong Ghost Stories. Directors Jing Wong and Patrick Kong join forces together for the first time to bring us a ghost horror, Hong Kong style. The 2-part horror stories starts with the spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and the second story is about the ghostly encounter of a group of friend on vacation. Maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be giving a little nod of recognition to the campy Hong Kong horror style of the 80s; that brought us the likes of ‘Mr. Vampire’ and ‘Encounters of the Spooky Kind.’ No bad thing really, as both of those were absolute solid gold classics. Time will tell if »

13 October 2011 9:38 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

With Halloween fast approaching it’s that time of year for horror movie marketers to have a field day, and it looks like Hong Kong’s no different with (the clue is in the title) Hong Hong Ghost Stories. Directors Jing Wong and Patrick Kong join forces together for the first time to bring us a ghost horror, Hong Kong style. The 2-part horror stories starts with the spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and the second story is about the ghostly encounter of a group of friend on vacation. Maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be giving a little nod of recognition to the campy Hong Kong horror style of the 80s; that brought us the likes of ‘Mr. Vampire’ and ‘Encounters of the Spooky Kind.’ No bad thing really, as both of those were absolute solid gold classics. Time will tell if »

9 October 2011 11:54 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Though this sickly green globe we call Earth has been lovingly graced with an unhealthy abundance of bizarre, over-the-top kung fu movies, few of them actually come close to matching the undeniably goofy charm of “Hard Way to Die” director I-Jung Hua’s comedic martial arts romp “Kung Fu Zombie”. This insanely kinetic motion picture — an obvious rip-off of professional badass Sammo Hung’s enjoyable farce “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” — is internally optimized with the same unique brand of reckless abandon found swimming casually throughout cult favorite Sam Raimi’s earlier, more inspired work. Lifting countless ideas from a number of obvious sources, Hua delivers his wacky, off-the-wall material with his gore-soaked tongue pressed firmly into his partially-digested cheek. Additionally, the film’s numerous high-energy fight scenes help prevent the story’s sillier moments from ruling the roost. Highly recommended And while “Kung Fu Zombie” never triumphantly soars beyond the zany brilliance of, »

- Todd Rigney

17 May 2011 8:01 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »

A unique mix of horror, martial arts action and comedy, Encounters Of The Spooky Kind is a classic of Hong Kong cinema. Ryan takes a look back…

What elements do you need to create a genuinely entertaining film? Action? Comedy? Horror? Great characters? An unnerving air of unpredictability? The 1980 Hong Kong movie, Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, has all those elements and more. It's a strange, supernatural brew of mild gore, frequently hilarious comedy, and some of the most extraordinary kung fu sequences ever committed to film.

Following Jacob Walker's excellent article on the world of supernatural kung fu movies earlier this month (linked at the bottom), I was inspired to return to Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (also known as Gui da Gui, which means Ghost Fights Ghost), the film that popularised an entire subgenre of Jiang Shi (or stiff corpse) Hong Kong action cinema. Even after a fourth or fifth viewing, »

5 items from 2011