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    Added by: Jitendar Canth
    Added on: 8/7/2020 16:37
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    Mr Vampire

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    So Wonderful It Spawned An Entire Genre!
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 98 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    One of the most genre-defining (not to mention genre-defying!) horror-comedies imaginable, and one of the key Hong Kong blockbuster hits of the 1980s, the popularity and influence of Mr. Vampire cannot be overstated. Spawning at least four sequels and countless spin-offs and imitations, this Hong Kong horror-comedy to end them all was an understandable crowd-pleasing sensation, and triggered a wave of jiangshi ("hopping vampire") movies. Produced by the legendary Sammo Hung, the original Mr. Vampire is essential viewing for anyone interested in the 80s golden age of Hong Kong cinema.

    In a career-making performance, the late Lam Ching-ying is Master Kau, expert on all matters of the supernatural. When Kau and his two bumbling students, Man Choi (famous comedian Ricky Hui) and Chou (Fist of Legend's Chin Siu-ho), exhume a corpse for reburial, things go frighteningly and hilariously awry when the cadaver is revealed to be a hopping vampire. With the undead on the loose, Master Kau is blamed 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 well as the related Sammo Hung sequel Encounters of the Spooky Kind II, with Lam Ching-ying as another vampire-battling master), but nothing tops the original for its classic fusion of screams and laughs, and it has never looked as eye-poppingly, vampire-hoppingly beautiful as this new Blu-ray special edition.

    Special Features:
    Limited Edition O-CARD Slipcase with new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 units]
    PLUS: A Collector s Booklet featuring new writing on the film [2000 units]
    Brand new and exclusive feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
    Alternate end credits
    Archival interview with Chin Siu-hou [40 mins]
    Archival interview with Moon Lee [15 mins]
    Archival interview with Ricky Lau [12 mins]
    Original Hong Kong Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    1.85:1 widescreen 1080p

    Audio Tracks:
    PCM 1.0 Mono Cantonese
    PCM 2.0 Stereo English
    DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Ricky Lau

    Written By:




    Starring:
    Billy Lau
    Moon Lee
    Ricky Hui
    Siu-hou Chin
    Ching-Ying Lam

    Soundtrack By:
    Melody Bank

    Director of Photography:
    Peter Ngor

    Editor:
    Peter Cheung

    Production Designer:
    Sai Kan Lam

    Producer:
    Mun-kai Ko
    Sammo Hung

    Distributor:
    Eureka Entertainment

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