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The Bride!

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 6 2026
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Director – Maggie Gyllenhaal – 2026 – US – Cert. 15 – 126m ** In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s monster seeks love and companionship, so a dead girl, possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley, is reanimated as his Bride – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 6th Stuck for eons in a black and white […]

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Creation
Of The Gods
I:
Kingdom
Of Storms
(Feng Shen
Di Yi Bu:
Zhao Ge Feng Yun,
封神第一部
朝歌风云,
lit.
Investiture
Of The Gods
Part I:
Zhaoge Turmoil)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date September 22 2023
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Of The Gods
I:
Kingdom
Of Storms
(Feng Shen
Di Yi Bu:
Zhao Ge Feng Yun,
封神第一部
朝歌风云,
lit.
Investiture
Of The Gods
Part I:
Zhaoge Turmoil)
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Director – Wuershan – 2023 – China – Cert. 15 – 148m **** A king’s infatuation with a beautiful woman possessed by a vixen demon threatens to bring down a terrible curse upon his kingdom – first part of epic, period, mythological adventure trilogy is out on Blu-ray and DVD from Monday, June 24th This […]

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Mr. Vampire
(Geung See
Sin Sang,
殭屍先生)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 21 2020
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(Geung See
Sin Sang,
殭屍先生)

Director – Ricky Lau – 1985 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 96m ***** The first ‘official’ Mr. Vampire film (i.e. to be made by Sammo Hung / Leonard Ho’s Bo Ho Films company). If your knowledge of vampire lore comes from Western movies about Dracula you’re in for some real surprises with the […]

Tags action, Bo Ho Films, burial, China, comedy, corpse, feng shui, ghost, Hong Kong, horror, jiangshi, kung fu, Leonard Ho, mortuary, Mr. Vampire, mythology, reanimation, Sammo Hung, Taoist, vampire

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Mr. Vampire
(Geung See Sin Sang,
殭屍先生)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date July 21 1994
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(Geung See Sin Sang,
殭屍先生)

Director – Ricky Lau – 1985 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 94m ***** This review originally appeared in Manga Mania to coincide with the film’s UK VHS release from Made In Hong Kong. Running time as on VHS sleeve. See also my All The Anime review coinciding with the 2020 Eureka! Blu-ray. SCREEN […]

Tags action, Bo Ho Films, burial, China, comedy, corpse, feng shui, ghost, Hong Kong, horror, jiangshi, kung fu, Lam Ching-ying, Leonard Ho, Mr. Vampire, mythology, reanimation, Sammo Hung, Taoist, vampire