Encounters Of The Spooky Kind
Sammo Hung plays Courageous Cheung, a cuckolded husband who faces a series of supernatural challenges from his wife's wealthy lover. First, Cheung must survive a night in a house haunted by a bloodthirsty vampire. From there, things just get worse--and more comical. For those unfamiliar with the Chinese horror genre, the film is a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride through the supernatural mythology and folklore of China: Hopping corpses, supernatural possession by a monkey god, the gratuitous sacrifice of a chicken, and lots of chanting by Taoist priests will all seem pretty trippy. For Chinese viewers in the early 1980s, the film was unusual in other ways: Director Hung mixed comedy, martial arts, and supernatural horror into this bouillabaise of a film, establishing the genre of kung-fu horror comedy. Several films in the genre followed, including the popular MR. VAMPIRE series and many films with the word "spooky" in their titles, including Hung's SPOOKY, SPOOKY and ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND 2, a sequel in name only.
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this is a very funny movie with great action scenes. I did not find any part boring. sammo hung at his best. moves very fast for a big bloke. big thumbs up.
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- 09 Dec 2004 at 21:25
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One of the best HK films I have seen, and even a bit spooky...
The division of the two taoists into mercenary and altruistic adds a great dimension ...
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- 26 Sep 2009 at 09:29
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this is toatlly awsome. the subs arent as great as you would like it, but then again when is it ever. lol
really funny and suitable for family nd ...
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Great fun. If you know what to expect of Chinese Horror this film is what you expect - hooray! (It is a horror because of initial scene of blood & gore fest...
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