Mr. Vampire 1985 – Part 1
Mr. Vampire
Mr. Vampire is a 1985 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung. The film’s box office success led to the creation of a Mr. Vampire franchise, with the release of four sequels directed by Ricky Lau from 1986 to 1992, and subsequent similarly themed films with different directors released between 1987 and 1992, with Lam Ching-ying as the lead for the majority of them. The vampire of the film is based on the jiangshi, the hopping corpses of Chinese folklore (similar to both zombies and vampires). The film was released under the Chinese title 暫時停止呼吸(literally: Hold Your Breath for a Moment) in Taiwan. The film was the breakthrough success of the jiangshi genre, a trend popular in Hong Kong during the 1980s, and established many of the genre’s recognisable tropes.[1]
Mr. Vampire
Original Hong Kong film poster
Traditional殭屍先生Simplified僵尸先生MandarinJiāngshī XiānshēngCantoneseGoeng1 Si1 Sin1 Sang1Directed byRicky LauProduced bySammo HungWritten bySze-to Cheuk-hon
Barry Wong
Wong YingStarringRicky Hui
Moon Lee
Chin Siu-ho
Lam Ching-ying
Wong Siu-fung
Billy LauMusic byAnders Nelsson
Alastair Monteith-Hodge
The Melody BankCinematographyPeter NgorEdited byPeter Cheung
Production
company
Bo Ho Films Co., Ltd.
Paragon Films Ltd.
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
7 November 1985
Running time
96 minutesCountryHong KongLanguageCantoneseBudgetHK$8,500,000Box officeHK$20,092,129
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