Eureka Entertainment are set to release Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels, four more vampire-hopping films featuring a bevy of Hong Kong legends. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in their UK debuts on Blu-ray from stunning new restorations.
After the huge success of Mr. Vampire, Hong Kong audiences were desperate for more vampire-hopping action and the films’ producers were more than happy to oblige. A steady stream of jiangshi content was produced over the following years, and presented here are 4 of these classic titles from stunning new restorations.
In Mr Vampire II (aka Vampire Family) an archaeologist and his students unwittingly set free a family of hopping vampires who wreak havoc in 1980s Hong Kong. Mr Vampire III returns to a period setting and sees Lam Ching-ying’s Taoist priest battle an evil witch (a brilliant performance by veteran actress Pauline Yuk-Wan Wong). Mr Vampire IV (aka...
After the huge success of Mr. Vampire, Hong Kong audiences were desperate for more vampire-hopping action and the films’ producers were more than happy to oblige. A steady stream of jiangshi content was produced over the following years, and presented here are 4 of these classic titles from stunning new restorations.
In Mr Vampire II (aka Vampire Family) an archaeologist and his students unwittingly set free a family of hopping vampires who wreak havoc in 1980s Hong Kong. Mr Vampire III returns to a period setting and sees Lam Ching-ying’s Taoist priest battle an evil witch (a brilliant performance by veteran actress Pauline Yuk-Wan Wong). Mr Vampire IV (aka...
- 3/3/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
This entertaining kung-fu action comedy was released as Spooky Encounters in the United States but it is also known as Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind.
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Bold Cheung (Sammo Hung) is a pedicab driver. He is a good fighter and a brave guy, but not particularly bright and often bamboozled by his peers. We see him at the beginning of the film, showing off his bravery and how his friends trick him into a spooky prank. However, while he fools around, his wife and his boss Master Tam (Huang Ha) are having an affair behind his back and when Master Tam feels at risk of being discovered, he decides to get rid of Bold Cheung at once! To do so, he hires a master of witchcraft to help him. Taoist priest and necromancer Chin Hoi (Peter Chan Lung) is going to control corpses on remote...
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Bold Cheung (Sammo Hung) is a pedicab driver. He is a good fighter and a brave guy, but not particularly bright and often bamboozled by his peers. We see him at the beginning of the film, showing off his bravery and how his friends trick him into a spooky prank. However, while he fools around, his wife and his boss Master Tam (Huang Ha) are having an affair behind his back and when Master Tam feels at risk of being discovered, he decides to get rid of Bold Cheung at once! To do so, he hires a master of witchcraft to help him. Taoist priest and necromancer Chin Hoi (Peter Chan Lung) is going to control corpses on remote...
- 1/28/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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