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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 short-lived vampire craze in East Asia, including Taiwan and Japan. The craze subsided quickly by the mid-1990s but enjoyed a brief resurgence in the early 2000s.
A number of monster films were produced before the jiangshi boom of the 1980s and the 1990s. The earliest concerning vampires is Midnight Vampire (午夜殭屍) directed in 1936 by Yeung Kung-Leung. Vampire films were also made in the 1970s, [10] which merged the vampires of Western horror with the martial arts of Hong Kong kung fu films. [11]
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.
From 'Dracula' to 'Blade' to 'Hotel Transylvania' these are the 25 greatest vampire movies. ... Folklore dating back to the Qing Dynasty speaks of the Chinese vampire counterpart: a jiangshi, ...
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 ...
Mr. Vampire 1992, also known as Chinese Vampire Story, is a 1992 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau. The film is the fifth of a series of five jiangshi films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise. The Chinese title of the film literally translates to New Mr. Vampire.
Mr. Vampire IV, also known as Mr. Vampire Saga Four (Chinese: 殭屍叔叔) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung and Jessica Chan. The film is the fourth of a series of five films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise.
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