Director – Chen Chi-Hwa – 1986 – Taiwan – Cert. 15 – 84m ***1/2 A lazy martial arts student experimenting with magic finds himself helping a girl warrior against a sorcerer and his master – on Blu-ray from Monday, September 23rd At the Taoist martial arts training school Ying Yang Hall, two students are wont […]
Director – Lam Ching-ying – 1989 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 87m ***1/2 A Taoist priest must defeat various supernatural forces including a Western-style vampire occupying a coffin in an old church – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday, May 22nd as part of Eureka! Video’s Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire […]
Director – Ricky Lau – 1988 – Hong Kong – Cert. 12 – 96m ***1/2 A feud between Taoist and Buddhist neighbours, and a tentative romance between their boy and girl apprentices, are interrupted by the arrival of a coffin, from which a hopping corpse escapes – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday, […]
Director – Ricky Lau – 1987 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 88m***1/2Stunt-filled action comedy in which a travelling con-artist in cahoots with ghosts helps a Taoist priest fight a gang of horse thieves led by an evil sorceress – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday, May 22nd as part of Eureka! […]
Director – Ricky Lau – 1986 – Hong Kong – Cert. 12 – 89m ***** After a professor unearths a family of undead corpses, the child befriends a little girl and the parents go looking for it – out on Blu-ray in the UK on Monday, May 22nd as part of Eureka! Video’s Hopping Mad: […]
Director – Wu Ma – 1982 – Hong Kong – Cert. 12 – 99m ***** A couple planning an inheritance swindle convince their victim to play along then kill him, after which he comes back as a ghost to take revenge – classic and seminal HK kung fu comedy is out on UK Blu-ray in […]
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 […]
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 […]