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Encounters Of The Spooky Kind
1980
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Sammo Hung, Chung Fat, Chan Lung, Lam Ching-Ying |
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| Director | Sammo Hung |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
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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.
| Starring | Sammo Hung, Chung Fat, Chan Lung, Lam Ching-Ying, Wu Ma |
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| Director | Sammo Hung |
| Studio | E1 ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Nov 2001 Production year: 1980 |
| Format | DVD |
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
great comic movie
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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3 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Well hung.
Encounters of the spooky kind is a comical, quirky, action packed horror movie which just happens to be one of Sammo Hung's finest moments, not to mention a defining moment in Hong Kong cinema history.
It's not at all scary and it's all a little bit silly but the movie revels in an abundance of charm which will help you through close to two hours of entertaining mischief.
The real triumph of Encounters though is the fight choreography and the action scenes which are truly spectacular. Any one who doubted that the fat man can dance really should check this movie out, Sammo Hung is fantastic in the lead role and throws himself in to the movie, well, over and over again.
Inspiration to many a Hong Kong action movie, Encounters remains to this day a joy to behold and Sammo Hung proves oce again why he has become the movie star that he is today. -
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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 ...
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