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 1991. The film was released under the Chinese title 暫時停止呼吸 (literally: Hold Your Breath for a Moment) in Taiwan.
Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires in order to get the teeth dust needed to cure an ailing general. Meanwhile, the general's wife is pregnant, and the evil spirit of an aborted baby wants to possess the unborn child's body for its resurrection.
Ein ehemaliger Cop aus Hongkong, der in der Hexerei bewandert ist, kehrt in die große Stadt zurück, um die Leiche eines Mädchens einzufordern, die mit einem Drogenring in Verbindung stand und bei einer Verfolgungsjagd mit der Polizei getötet wurde. Nachdem er herausgefunden hat, dass das Mädchen bereits sieben Tage vor der Verfolgungsjagd gestorben ist, schließt er sich den beiden Detectives an, die den Fall bearbeiten. Schon bald führt die Spur zu einem Drogenbaron, der die Künste der schwarzen Magie beherrscht...
Lam Ching-Ying returns as the famous "Vampire Buster," this time starring as the One-Eyebrown Priest. To save the village from paranormal menaces, he deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous Chinese vampire; a lustful female ghost; the spirit of a woman murdered by a club owner and a European vampire and his blood-sucking pet bats.
A Taoist priest protests against the idea of a Buddhist priest being his neighbour. They often argue with each other until a vampire is at large and threatens the villagers' safety.
The Vampire Master joins forces with another fellow priest with his two pet ghosts along for the ride to defeat an evil witch and her henchman, whose goals are to defeat the human race. The priests must also overcome the odds of the separation between humans and ghosts.
Modern grave robbing "archeologists" find perfectly preserved specimens from the past of a man, a woman, and their child. Unbeknownst to the scientist and his two bumbling assistants, these are vampires immobilized only by the paper spells pasted on their foreheads. While transporting the child to a buyer, its spell blows off and the vampire child escapes and befriends some local children. Eventually, the parent vampires are also awakened and escape, but by now the local herbalist is on their trail to destroy them.
A Hopping Ghost terrorizes a local warlord causing the local Tao Priest to compete for his services to rid the town of the menace.
Mr.Vampire zählt mit Abstand zu den besten Filmen dieses Horror-Comedy Genres aus Hong Kong. Dieser Film hatte dem Hauptdarsteller Lam Ching Ying zu absolutem Kultstatus als unangefochtenem Mr.Ghostbuster verholfen. Mit seinen buschigen Augenbrauen und seinen, mit allerlei Zauberutensilien gefüllten Taschen war er absolut prägend. Es wäre noch anzumerken das es unbedingt nötig ist ein Fan des Darstellers oder zumindest des Genres zu sein.
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