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  2. Jiangshi fiction - Wikipedia

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    Jiangshi fiction, or goeng-si fiction in Cantonese, is a literary and cinematic genre of horror based on the jiangshi of Chinese folklore, a reanimated corpse controlled by Taoist priests that resembles the zombies and vampires of Western fiction.

  3. Category:Jiangshi films - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Jiangshi films" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.

  4. Jiangshi - Wikipedia

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    Jiangshi legends have inspired a genre of jiangshi films and literature in Hong Kong and the rest of East Asia. 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 ...

  5. Mr. Vampire - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Chinese horror film - Wikipedia

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    Jiangshi fiction, revolving around the hopping vampire or zombie, is a subgenre of Chinese horror. A staple genre of Hong Kong cinema , jiangshi films blend horror with elements of comedy. Notable films

  7. The Close Encounter of the Vampire - Wikipedia

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    One year the ritual is botched, causing one adult jiangshi and one child jiangshi to rise from the grave. A traveling Taoist named Ku-Su warns the villagers and even attempts to fight the child jiangshi, but local orphans from Yuen Cheung-Yan's Peking Opera see this and take the child jiangshi into their protection, mistaking Ku-Su for a villain.

  8. The Best Vampire Movies of All Time - AOL

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    Credit - Madman Entertainment; New Line Cinema/Everett; Francois Duhamel—Sygma/Getty Images; Bettmann /Getty Images; Sony Pictures. T here are more types of vampires than there are types of ...

  9. Mr. Vampire IV - Wikipedia

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    Four-eyed and Yat-yau learn from Crane that there is a jiangshi (Chinese "hopping" vampire) in the coffin, and the convoy is on its way to the capital to let the emperor inspect the jiangshi. During a thunderstorm that night, rainwater washes away the magical charms on the coffin and the vampire breaks out, becoming more powerful after being ...

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