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Actors: Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-hou Chin, Ricky Hui, Moon Lee, Billy Lau
Directors: Ricky Lau
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: Cantonese, English
Subtitles: Cantonese
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
Run Time: 97 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  (19 customer reviews)
Reader Reviews
This is a classic example of Hong Kong slapstick, where fancy fighting moves are displayed, but with the intent to amuse rather than amaze. Blows fail, hit the wrong person, and mistaken identity fights are the rule. The viewer gets something of an education in Chinese vampire lore, including a chorus of 8 hopping vampires and a regular family of walking vampires. And one beautiful ghost. Lam Ching Ying plays Master Kau, who seems to make a business out of vampire control and storage. Equipped with two bumbling assistants - Man Choi and Chou (Ricky Hui and Siu-hou Chin), the unfortunate Kau must undo the damage done when a vampire is accidentally released and starts munching on his family. Soon there are three vampires to worry about, and Chou has become entranced by a ghost who has fallen in love with him. There's nothing lackadaisical in the action, which is a true fire drill of fight moves, spell casting, and a great deal of running hither, thither, and yon. The settings are very well done, straight out of turn of the century Hong Kong, where Western influence has begun to grow. The story never misses an opportunity to lampoon Chinese bureaucracy, bumbling policemen, and an entire basketful of magical practices. Yo, especially u may never reach for a stake again. Mr. Vampire is a light confection, enjoyable, but silly. I found it fun to watch right down to the eight vamps a-hopping and sticky rice hot feet. This was a very popular film in its time and spun off an entire series of feature films. Now that most Western horror films are either over-pretentions or romantic it's refreshing to find a film that laughs at the very things that are supposed to frighten us.
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