Mr. Vampire

Hong Kong, 1985

Film

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The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.

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Credits

director

Ricky Lau

producer

Mun-kai Ko

Sammo Hung

production company

Bo Ho Film Company Ltd.

Golden Harvest Company Ltd.

Toho-Towa

production design

Lam Sai-Kan

screenplay

Sze-To Cheuk-Hon

story

Wong Ying

writer

Barry Wong

Ricky Lau

Duration

01:36:00

Production places
Hong Kong
Production dates
1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-67342

Language

Cantonese

Subject categories

Action

Comedy

Horror

TMDB-Movie

67342

Wikidata

Q1185829

Collected

64 times

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