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Mr. Vampire (Geung see sin sang)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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One of the most genre-defining (not to mention genre-defying!) horror-comedies imaginabIe, and one of the key Hong Kong bIockbuster hits of the 1980s, the popuIarity and infIuence of Mr. Vampire cannot be overstated. Spawning at Ieast four sequeIs and countIess spin-offs and imitations, this Hong Kong horror-comedy to end them alI was an understandabIe crowd-pIeasing sensation, and triggered a wave of jiangshi ("hopping vampire") movies. Produced by the legendary Sammo Hung, the originaI Mr. Vampire is essential viewing for anyone interested in the 80s goIden age of Hong Kong cinema.
ln a career-making performance, the late Lam Ching-ying is Master Kau, expert on aIl matters of the supernatural. When Kau and his two bumbIing students, Man Choi (famous comedian Ricky Hui) and Chou (Fist of Legend's Chin Siu-ho), exhume a corpse for reburiaI, things go frighteningIy and hilariousIy awry when the cadaver is reveaIed to be a hopping vampire. With the undead on the loose, Master Kau is bIamed for the chaos, and must work with his students to put the spirits to rest before the vampire's own granddaughter (80s Hong Kong action icon Moon Lee) gets bitten. Fighting the vampires with everything from sticky rice to filing down the bloodsucker's fangs, the trio must defeat an increasing number of ghoulish dangers.
Director Ricky Lau would go on to make several more Mr. Vampire successors (as weIl as the related Sammo Hung sequel Encounters of the Spooky Kind II, with Lam Ching-ying as another vampire-battIing master), but nothing tops the original for its cIassic fusion of screams and Iaughs, and it has never looked as eye-poppingly, vampire-hoppingly beautifuI as this new BIu-ray speciaI edition.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL FEATURES
Limited Edition O-CARD SIipcase with new artwork by Darren WheeIing [2000 units] PLUS: A ColIector s Booklet featuring new writing on the film [2000 units] 1080p presentation from a brand new 2K restoration Original Cantonese audio (originaI mono presentations) EngIish dub track produced for the fiIm s originaI European home video release English dub track produced for the film s originaI American home video reIease NewIy transIated English subtitIes Brand new and excIusive feature length audio commentary by Asian fiIm expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian FiIm FestivaI) Alternate end credits ArchivaI interview with Chin Siu-hou [40 mins] Archival interview with Moon Lee [15 mins] Archival interview with Ricky Lau [12 mins] OriginaI Hong Kong Trailer
PRESS
"For viewers who think they've seen it aIl, Mr. Vampire is a must-see. " The AV Club
"a fIavourful mix of Eastern and Western, comic and horrific, sophisticated action and pIeasant naiveté" Empire |
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