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The Jackie Chan Adventures episode "Chi of the Vampire" involves the main characters being attacked by a jiangshi while visiting an abandoned mountain castle in China. The vampire drains qi from Tohru, Jade, and Uncle; which also turns Uncle into another vampire, enslaved as the jiangshi's minion. After the stolen qi is returned, the jiangshi ...
The film is the fourth of a series of five films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise. Mr. Vampire and its sequels were released as part of the jiangshi cinematic boom in Hong Kong during the 1980s. [1] The Chinese title of the film literally translates to Uncle Vampire.
The Close Encounter of the Vampire (Chinese: 殭屍怕怕; pinyin: Jiang shi pa pa), [1] also known as The Close Encounters of Vampire, [2] [3] Dragon vs. Vampire, [4] [5] or Dragon Against Vampire, [6] [7] is a 1986 Cantonese-language Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-leung. It is a jiangshi film based on Chinese folklore.
Mr. Vampire (Chinese: 殭屍先生) is a 1985 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung.The film's box office success led to the creation of a Mr. Vampire franchise, with the release of four sequels directed by Ricky Lau from 1986 to 1992, and subsequent similarly themed films with different directors released between 1987 and 1992, with Lam Ching-ying as ...
My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series produced by Asia Television (ATV). The story is based on the future events of the plot of Vampire Expert , a similar two-season television drama aired on ATV in 1995 and 1996.
Mr. Vampire II, (Chinese: 殭屍家族) also known as Mr. Vampire Part 2, is a 1986 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau, starring Yuen Biao, Moon Lee and Lam Ching-ying, and produced by Sammo Hung. The film is the second of a series of five films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise. Mr.
The series starred many cast members from the first two seasons. Like the first two seasons, My Date with a Vampire III also blends aspects of the Chinese "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires , while incorporating elements of Chinese mythology , eschatology and time travel , with more focus on Chinese mythology ...
Movies such as Mr. Vampire and its various spin-offs Mr. Vampire II, Mr. Vampire III, and Mr. Vampire IV became cult classics in comedy-horror and inspired a vampire craze in East Asia, including Taiwan and Japan. Today, jiangshi appear in toys and video games.