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Mr Vampire [1985] [DVD]

Ching-Ying Lam (Actor), Siu-hou Chin (Actor), Ricky Lau (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-hou Chin, Ricky Hui, Moon Lee, Billy Lau
  • Directors: Ricky Lau
  • Writers: Ricky Lau, Barry Wong, Cheuk-Hon Szeto, Ying Wong
  • Producers: Mun-kai Ko
  • Format: PAL
  • 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: 22 April 2002
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000634DO
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,068 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Comedy horror from Hong Kong, directed by Ricky Lau. A Tsaoist priest (Ching-Ying Lam) and his two assistants, Chou (Siu-hou Chin) and Man Choi (Ricky Hui) are given the job of reburying Mr. Yam's father in order to preserve the family's good luck. While waiting for a suitable burial ground, the corpse transforms into a vampire and kills Mr. Yam, also turning him into a vampire. The remaining survivors must then fend off the vampiric threat, as well as an insatiable succubus in pursuit of Chou.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Silly brilliance from start to finish 14 Feb 2003
By "makkinen"
Format:DVD
Mr Vampire is in my opinion one of the best films ever to come out of Hong Kong with the film spawning a whole series of 'hopping-vampire' movies. Although it may be a slight disappointment for fight and horror fans alike that isn't what Mr Vampire is about. From the opening sequence in the mortuary you can tell it's going to be farcial slapstick affair, and that's exactly what's delivered, with our undertaking heroes being played by Lam Ching Ying, Ricky Hui and Chin Siu Ho with such energy and enjoyment you can't help but become engrosed in the series of farcial situations the hapless trio get themselves into and out of while trying to outwit their worryingly inept bloodsucking foe, from Man Choi's(Hui) constant dancing (to avoid turning into a vampire), to Malcolm's(Ho) love affair with a ghost with a detachable head, to the mysterious jail-house branding I can honestly say every scene in the movies brings tears to my eyes. Since discovering this movie I've been forcing friends and family to watch, even those who dislike Hong Kong cinema and subtitled films, and I have yet to find anybody who hasn't succumed to the relentless charm and fun that Mr Vampire exudes. This particular verison of the films has been lovingly restored by the Hong Kong Legends label and therefore doesn't suffer from the poor picture quality and 'comedy-broken-english-subtitling' you may get for other distributors.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great film, just don't watch the English dub 3 Jan 2004
By Warlock
Format:DVD
Ah, one of the best chinese martial arts/horror films makes it onto a remastered DVD.

The DVD features remastered audio and video, commentary track by Bey Logan (who seems to be doing a lot of these :) ) and re-translated subtitles. There's some good extras, too.

The one thing to watch out for, though, is the English translation. It ruins the film and makes it look bloody ridiculous.
Not only are the characters named Chin Siu-Ho's character is renamed "Simon" and Man Choi is renamed "Malcolm"... Ting Ting becomes "Moonie" and the master is renamed "Sifu", which is the Cantonese for Master (not spelled Sifu, but my Chinese is poor at best)... Yet on the dub they often say "Seafood" and have stupid lines like "I don't know why... it's in the script".
It's a bit of a farce at times; it makes you wonder why they spent all that money and then bugger about with it.

Don't buy it if you're going to watch it in English, it's a total waste of time. Otherwise it's marvellous. Not a LOT of fighting as far as Chinese films go, and the horror isn't exactly super-scary or gory, but it's still a classic nonetheless.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic of Hong Kong cinema 17 Jun 2002
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This film spawned hundreds of imitators, but this, the original finaly makes it on to DVD in all its remastered glory. This is just one of those films thats so entertaining.. full of comedy, horror, action, and just weirdness. This film has hopping chinese vampires (who cant see you when you hold your breath), Taoist Wizards, Female ghosts who seduce young men late at night.. put it this way, its very different from most western films! A highly entertaining film. Its also an excelent DVD, lots of extra's and interviews & very slickly produced. Well done again Hong Kong Legends for an excellent release.
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