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Encounters of the Spooky Kind [DVD]

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (Actor), Ha Huang (Actor), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Ha Huang, Dick Wei, Fat Chung, Lung Chan
  • Directors: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
  • Writers: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Ying Huang
  • Producers: Chi-chong Lau, Pui-wah Chan, Raymond Chow
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Cantonese Chinese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Medusa
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Nov 2001
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005OW2F
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,747 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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DVD Special Features:

Digitally remastered and restored DVD transfer
16:9 anamorphic version enhanced for widescreen TVs
Dual language version (Cantonese with re-mastered English subtitles and English dubbed)
Feature-length audio commentary by Hong Kong Cinema expert Bey Logan & Sammo Hung
AC3 5:1 Digital Audio
Animated Biography Showcase for Sammo Hung
Trailer Gallery
Interview Gallery with Sammo Hung
Easter Egg Feature

From the Back Cover

Having now gained a reputation as one of the most reliable and creative directors at leading Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest, Sammo re-invented the action-horror genre with 1980's Encounters of the Spooky Kind. This high energy combination of Kung fu, special effects and horror proved to be another ouststanding success for Harvest and efeectively created an entire sub-genre in the world of Hong Kong filmmaking.

Sammo stars as Cheung the Brave, a local hero, whose specialty is to spend the night in haunted houses. When his conniving wife hires a Taoist priest to lure him into a trap which will either scare him to death or bring about his demise at the hands of living corpses, he teams up with a rival priest to do battle with deadly opponents from both this world and the next.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Trickshot reviews kung fu films! 24 Jun 2000
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
This is another great Golden Harvest movie directed by and starring Sammo Hung. The film blends slapstick horror comedy and kung fu action together with awesome results. A Hong Kong box office smash "Encounters of the spooky kind" is quoted as being a mix between "Evil Dead" and "Fist of Fury". It's a top Sammo film, not as good as some of his other stuff but far greater than the poor sequel that was made a decade later.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Its certainly different from Hollywood.. 22 Jan 2002
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I first saw this film about 7 years ago at about 3am on channel 4. I cant describe how quirkily good it is, even if your not a kung fu flick fan (which I am). Everything seems fresh and full of imagination. This film has it all, hopping reanimated chinese vampires, voodoo, slapstick comedy, excellently choreographed martial arts, possesion by monkey gods.. the list goes on. If you can handle a film not being in the blueprintHollywood style then you could do far worse than this. Excellent.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Sammo's finest appearances in front of the camera 13 Jan 2002
By Mr. A. T. Whitaker
Format:DVD
In this period movie Sammo Hung plays a guy who never shies away from a bet, and agrees to stay in a haunted temple overnight. It is then that he becomes victim to some awful spooky encounters, which are actually being conjured up by a guy who knows a variation of voodoo. But worse is to come...

After returning from his escapades in the temple, he returns home only to find his place blood-stained, trashed and his wife supposedly murdered (although not there to confirm otherwise), and the police, led by the great Lam Ching-Ying ('Magnificent Butcher', 'Eastern Condors' -- sadly, he died in 1997), arrest him. He breaks out of jail and is soon on the run. However, all is soon set for the climactic battle, which is quite different to what you may have seen before...

This contains some brilliant comic moments (particularly the zombie that follows Sammo's every move -- almost!) and the choreography is undeniably among the best he's done that show his surprising range of mobility for someone his size. The ruck where he uses Monkey-style Kung Fu is amazing!

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars High kicking shenanigans and comedy kung-fu capers 27 Oct 2001
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This was one of the films that spawned a series of inferior comedy/horror/kung fu cash-ins. This is by far the pinnacle of it's genre. It stars Samo Hung (Pedicab Driver, Martial Law, Magnificent Butcher) in the lead role. He is renowned for being fearless and no bet is turned down to prove this, even if it does involve ghosts and vampires. He is framed by his boss for the murder of his wife and has to find the real killer with the help of Chun Fa (Magnificent Butcher, Prodigal Son) whilst avoiding the police inspector on his tail played magnificently as ever by Lam Ching Ying (Mr Vampire, Big Boss). All in all this is a non-stop roller coaster ride of thrills, spills and shocks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best sammo martial art action horror 27 Feb 2013
By shabz
Format:DVD
Great hong kong legend movie from sammo hung i love this movie. Encounter of the spooky kind a martial art action horror and also a black magic scene in the movie great final fight scene at the end credit i was looking for this movie for long time its hard to get these movies in shops i was looking in amazon website finally found it but the price is getting higher from amazon its was £15.50 now £17.99 best to wait till price goes down.
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5 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars WHO NEEDS HOLLYWOOD !!!!!!! 26 Aug 2003
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This film is the dogs....if you have just come acroos this review buy this film..........
Wicked action sooooooooooo funny
Hong Kong films rule....
Sammo rox
Look out 4 mr vampire and chinese ghost story
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