Mr. Vampire
1985 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.9 · 75% critics
A planned reburial goes wrong, and a corpse returns as a hopping vampire that terrorizes the area. A Taoist priest and his two students scramble to use traditional rituals, quick thinking, and plenty of brawling to contain the supernatural threat before it spreads further.
Also known as Mr. Stiff Corpse
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Details
- Original title
- 殭屍先生
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-11-07
- Language
- CN
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (134 votes)
About
If you enjoy horror-comedy mashups with hopping vampires, folk rituals, and lots of goofy martial-arts mayhem, this is a great pick; Not for you if you want serious scares or grounded logic, like in The Day of the Beast.
Pros: funny slapstick energy; inventive vampire folklore; lively martial-arts action | Cons: slow opening stretch; uneven effects; very silly tone
Themes
- martial arts
- vampire
- possession
- super power
- ghost
- taoism
- amused
Cast & crew
Lam Ching-Ying
as Master Gau
Ricky Hui Koon-Ying
as Man Choi
Chin Siu-Ho
as Chou
Moon Lee
as Ting-Ting
Huang Ha
as Mr. Yam
Yuen Wah
as The Vampire
Pauline Wong
as Jade
Billy Lau Nam-Kwong
as Wai
Anthony Chan Yau
as Taoist Priest
Ka Lee
as Timekeeper
Directed by Ricky Lau