Genre - Taoism vs. the Undead

Crazy Safari. A hopping vampire falls out of a plane, and lands in South Africa, where a little bushman discovers it, and is not sure what to do. Sure is a hell of a lot more confusing than that Coke bottle was,... » MORE

Encounter of the Spooky Kind (aka Spooky Encounters). In one of the earliest examples of the horror-comedy genre, we can see the concepts of the genre taking shape: the Taoist priest, the undead, and the slapstick comedy are all there. But unlike later horror-comedy movies, Enounter of the... » MORE

Encounter of the Spooky Kind 2. It has been ten years since the original Encounter of the Spooky Kind, and the horror-comedy landscape has changed. Whereas the original movie was really giving the genre it's start, the sequel sits on the other end of the spectrum,... » MORE

Hex. Cross, double-cross, and revenge from beyond the grave is the name of the game in this Chinese adaptation of the standard TALES FROM THE CRYPT storyline. Although you may not guess the secret of HEX until the end, you will... » MORE

Imp, The. Ah Keung (Charles Chin) is looking for a fulltime job to support his wife and child-to-be, and understandably wants to stand on his own and not accept a job from his father in-law (as if taking a job from your... » MORE

Magic Cop. Lam Ching-Ying is back with another supernatural adventure, only this time, he isn't a Taoist priest, he's a cop! Well, not really. Actually he's a cop AND a Taoist priest. This film had me hooked before the opening credits even... » MORE

Mr. Vampire. Lam Ching-Ying stars as the Taoist sifu in the movie that made hopping vampires a staple of Hong Kong cinema and Lam Ching-Ying a household name. The fun begins when Lam and his assistants attempt to rebury a businessman who... » MORE

Mr. Vampire 2. Do you like little cute kids playing vampires? Do you like watching loud, whiny, fat children? Say no more! This is the film for you! ... » MORE

New Mr. Vampire 1992. Lam Ching-Ying, Chin Siu-Ho, and Ricky Hui, the original Sifu and disciples, renuite to fight angry Hell Babies, and, of course, more hopping vampires.... » MORE

Possessed (1983). Buddy cops Hsiao (Gary Siu) and Ming (Lau Siu Ming) go on a drunk and end up shooting to death a homicidal maniac trying to chop up his own wife. It sets in motion a chain of events that unleashes... » MORE

Shaolin vs. Evil Dead. A new hopping vampire film primarily for the U.S. market, expressly designed to piggy-back on the appearance of Gordon Liu in KILL BILL. Presumably producers hoped that viewers of KILL BILL would be curious about Liu, and wonder about how... » MORE

Ultimate Vampire. Just when you thought the series was going to lay down and die, it jumps right back up and starts hopping around! Ultimate Vampire is really more of a series of vignettes than a film, following the adventures of the... » MORE

Vampire Buster. It's right in the middle of the Cultural Revolution and Cheung Il (Kent Cheng) is being denounced by his son, waving Mao's little red book and shouting that he now 'has no family except the state.' It's out with the... » MORE

Vampire Combat. Every hundred years or so the planets align and this evil demon guy can pop up and take over the world, provided he has the right sacrifice. A few hundred years ago, his plans were foiled by former disciples, and... » MORE

Vampire Controller. Here's a throwback to the old hopping vampire comedies of the eighties, which even tries to add a little hopping-vampire lore. Two sifus, two disciples, driving two different groups of corpses through the woods, stop at the same temple for... » MORE