Mr. Vampire

1986

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

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86%

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7 Reviews

87%

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2,500+ Ratings

Hong Kong denizens fend off vampires by holding their breath and brandishing coagulated rice.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

mixing and matching with wild abandon scenes of knockabout comedy, wire-wrought martial arts, monster horror and wacky dancing.

Jul 20, 2020

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Dallas King

Flick Feast

The fight scenes are superbly choreographed, energetically shot and breath new (after)life into the film... It is fangtastically good fun.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 12, 2022

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Jiangshi is a kind of hybrid vampire and zombie, but the film is generally fast and loose with its monsters. Consistency is not a strength of this era of Hong Kong horror, nor does anyone want it to be.

Dec 8, 2021

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Chris Ward

Flickering Myth

Mr. Vampire is tremendous fun, full of atmosphere, funny and exciting in all the right doses.

Aug 1, 2020

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Mr Vampire" is a genre classic, whose amalgam of mainstream elements will satisfy any viewer who wants to have fun.

Jul 26, 2020

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Kelechi Ehenulo

VultureHound

While Ricky Lau never quite repeated his success in the following sequels it spawned, nevertheless, Mr Vampire offers a weird, crazy, wild, and caper-filled alternative to the genre that's worth checking out.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 14, 2020

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Bizarre Chinese take on vampires. It was entertaining at times despite its silliness.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The best vampire movie ever

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

This is a classic movie that combines comedy and horror in a way I haven't seen since. Why doesn't this happen more often? I put this movie on my special list that includes classics such as The Gods Must Be Crazy and The Goonies. Unforgettable.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

A classic of HK vampire movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Western audiences may be deceived by the title, but this is indeed a zombie movie, though also not a Western zombie movie. Blending love story, horror, and kung fu tropes, it may sound like this Cantonese flick can't settle on a consistent tone, yet it always falls back on humourous, if not self-aware. Still, what passed as light-hearted kids jokes in '85 in HK now comes off as flat-out offensive, making the more egregious examples of swearing in the English subs all the more unexpected and accidentally hilarious. While the story is indeed overlong, it never grows boring, with plenty of diversion and good overcranked photography to showcase the graceful fight choreography for which the HK scene is known.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Trend-setting Chinese cult film is slapsticky fun, if you're in the right mood.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

Hong Kong denizens fend off vampires by holding their breath and brandishing coagulated rice.

Director: Ricky Lau
Screenwriter: Ricky Lau, Chuek-Hon Szeto, Barry Ping-Yiu Wong, Ying Wong
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (DVD): Dec 5, 2000
Runtime: 1h 35m