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Mr. Vampire

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

Critics Reviews

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies 07/20/2020
mixing and matching with wild abandon scenes of knockabout comedy, wire-wrought martial arts, monster horror and wacky dancing. Go to Full Review
Dallas King Flick Feast 11/12/2022
3/5
The fight scenes are superbly choreographed, energetically shot and breath new (after)life into the film... It is fangtastically good fun. Go to Full Review
Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 12/08/2021
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. Go to Full Review
Chris Ward Flickering Myth 08/01/2020
Mr. Vampire is tremendous fun, full of atmosphere, funny and exciting in all the right doses. Go to Full Review
Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 07/26/2020
"Mr Vampire" is a genre classic, whose amalgam of mainstream elements will satisfy any viewer who wants to have fun. Go to Full Review
Kelechi Ehenulo VultureHound 07/14/2020
3.5/5
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. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Nathakitta T 12/07/2024 This is best comedy vampire movie ever must watch I watch in a long month ago I was watching this on my mom laptop. See more s r @ScottR 09/23/2018 Bizarre Chinese take on vampires. It was entertaining at times despite its silliness. See more 07/14/2018 The best vampire movie ever See more 12/09/2017 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. See more 04/09/2017 A classic of HK vampire movie. See more 10/27/2016 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Hong Kong denizens fend off vampires by holding their breath and brandishing coagulated rice.
Director
Ricky Lau
Producer
Mun-kai Ko
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