Encounters of the Spooky Kind

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Audience Member Best comedy and kungfu movie of all time... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The Hopping Vampires rocked my world! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a spectacularly hilarious movie about the Jiang-shi and other Chinese mythology, which is complimented with cheesy 80's martial arts and an epic wizard battle ending. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The cream of the genre. Worth watching the movie for the last scene alone. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Dull, dated comedy leading into some moderately impressive action and endearing mystical moments, which indeed still retain some 'spookiness' for the wrong reasons today. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member This film deals with the persecuted character of "Bold Cheung", played by Sammo Hung, as he simultaneously battles to find those who framed him for murder and also escaping a pursuing detective. It is a mostly kung-fu comedy film, and really defined the genre of kung-fu horror, (from which titles such as "Mr. Vampire" capitalised off greatly). The brilliance of this film lies in it's great mix of excellent choreography, and interesting and exotic characters - the horror themes are like an extra background setting that improve the film even further. Not only is it a first in it's (sub)genre, but it happens to be one of the best - and this is due to Sammo's awesome talent. The development of the plot really does centre around Cheung, as he uses his wits and savage kung-fu to overcome various set-pieces of action such as a resurrected corpse (Chinese vampire), a voodoo-doll, a band of policemen, yet another undead corpse, ghosts, specters, and men possessed with summoned Gods. His slapstick style is present again, as well as his unique ability for weapon choreography. The ending sequence rivals "Odd Couple" as the best weapon skills caught on film - (watch those spear techniques closely!). Cinematography in this film is superb, and the restored version I own has not dated in the slightest. In fact, the film looks better than those brought out much later, (I did notice a wash of blue across the entire print, though). Hang in there for the end - one of the most vindictive and vengeful endings I have ever seen. It has a strange satisfaction though! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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