Crazy kung-fu horror films
Some of the strangest films I've seen come from China/Hong Kong/Taiwan. Mad magicians in crazed combat, hopping vampires and zombies in need of a roundhouse to the kisser.
About the list: There is a rough grouping a work and within them titles are ordered chronologically. We start with the precursors (coming in two waves during the 30s and the 50s, inspired by Dracula movies by Todd Browning and Hammer, respectively), setting the stage for the really boom which started with Black Magic (which is the first of a set of three films, with one pseudo-sequel thrown in), then we move onto the supernatural kung-fu films that helped inspire the hopping vampire (jiang shi) craze, before throwing in some more off offerings (some of those without a lot of kung-fu make up for it in the horror).
References: Spooky Encounters: A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror by Daniel O'Brien (2003), the best guide to this subject.
See also: ninja films and Asian zombie films. In addition Eternal Evils of Asia list lists occult horror films from southern Asia and Witches With Flying Heads has a rather specific subset of such films.
There is also Ghoul Sex Squad, an adult hopping vampire film that adding to this list causes problems.
About the list: There is a rough grouping a work and within them titles are ordered chronologically. We start with the precursors (coming in two waves during the 30s and the 50s, inspired by Dracula movies by Todd Browning and Hammer, respectively), setting the stage for the really boom which started with Black Magic (which is the first of a set of three films, with one pseudo-sequel thrown in), then we move onto the supernatural kung-fu films that helped inspire the hopping vampire (jiang shi) craze, before throwing in some more off offerings (some of those without a lot of kung-fu make up for it in the horror).
References: Spooky Encounters: A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror by Daniel O'Brien (2003), the best guide to this subject.
See also: ninja films and Asian zombie films. In addition Eternal Evils of Asia list lists occult horror films from southern Asia and Witches With Flying Heads has a rather specific subset of such films.
There is also Ghoul Sex Squad, an adult hopping vampire film that adding to this list causes problems.
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- DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.Just here for the thumbnail.
- DirectorKung-Leung YeungStarsYeung Yet-IngTip-Ying WuFei-Fei ChaoBased on the Chinese, Qing Dynasty legend of the Jiangshi, which first appeared in print in 1789 by writer Ji Xiaolan, this film tells the tale of a dead man who returns from the grave to avenge his brother's betrayal.aka Midnight Vampire
According to Lisa Odham Stokes' Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema: "The earliest vampire movie made in Hong Kong was Yeung Kung-leung's Midnight Vampire (1936), but it doesn't appear to be of the hopping-variety, at least according to Jess Nevins:Following the showing, in China in 1935, of Tod Browning’s 1931 film adaptation of Dracula, Western–style vampires (as opposed to the traditional “hopping” vampires of Chinese legend) became a popular subject in Chinese film. In Yeung Kung Leong’s film Wuyi Jiangshi (1936) a father dies, leaving an unclear will, and his two sons and his daughter fight over the inheritance. The older brother sets a trap and burns the younger brother and his sister to death and then throws the bodies into the sea. The following midnight the pair come back to life as vampires and kill their murderous brother.
- DirectorWeibang Ma-Xuaka Tales of a Corpse-Ridden Old House or Walking Corpse in an Old House (hence the "shi" for "corpse")
One I'm flagging up for investigation, it was made the year after the director made what is widely considered to be the first Chinese horror movie, a genre this apparently fits into as well, although details of the plot are difficult to find (well I can't find any but it might be it is in Chinese). At this time quite a few of these films were more inspired by Universal's monster horror, although quite what might inspire this is unclear - it sounds like a zombie film but, if so, it'd be the fifth or sixth ever made, which would be quite good going. - StarsManli XuPing Yaoaka The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Vampire
In the film Sanqian Nian Didi Jiangshi (1939), a three thousand year–old female vampire rules a subterranean kingdom full of demons and sends them out onto the surface world to terrorize and conquer humanity.
http://www.apex-magazine.com/women-in-pre-1947-chinese-and-indian-horror-fiction-and-film/ - DirectorWai-Man LeongStarsYin PakWu YungYik-Chi Tseaka Vampires of the Haunted Mansion
In Leong Wai–man’s Guiwu Jiangshi (1939) a group of beautiful women vampires roam the streets of Hong Kong, attacking and killing innocent and unwary men.
http://www.apex-magazine.com/women-in-pre-1947-chinese-and-indian-horror-fiction-and-film/ - DirectorYin FokToi WongStarsNancy Wan-Seung ChanYik-Chi TseKat Ngan-Tsoiaka The Walking Corpse
In Fok Yin and Wong Toi’s Wanli Xinghsi (1939) a Chinese zombie roams the Hunan countryside in search of beautiful young women who he can sling over his shoulders, take to his lair, and eat.
http://www.apex-magazine.com/women-in-pre-1947-chinese-and-indian-horror-fiction-and-film/ - DirectorToi WongStarsYin PakWu YungMei-Lun Wuaka The Ghost Catcher
Features an early Chinese ghostbuster:The films became so numerous that some directors began making movies that commented on the horror genre itself. Wong Toi's The Ghost Catcher (1939) is about Zhong Kui, an eccentric, aging, crotchety "ghost catcher" who makes a living by traveling from town to town catching bothersome or evil ghosts and demons with the help of a magic sword and sack. In The Ghost Catcher, the demons he catches had appeared in previous films, including the Coffin Ghost, from Yeung Tin-lok's Spirit of the Coffin (1939), and the Spirit of the Broom, from Wang Fuqing's The Spirit of the Broom (1939).
http://archive.org/stream/coilhouse05/Coilhouse_Issue_05_2010-06_djvu.txt - DirectorChing DoeStarsLei ZhaoMing YuKuan-Chun Chuaka Beyond the Grave
Shaw Brothers' first venture into horror - DirectorKung-Leung YeungStarsKam-Tong ChanPik-Wan TangBik-Ying Chengaka The Voyage of the Dead
This is one of the earliest hopping vampire film, seemingly predated only by Dr Li and the Mummy (1940), at least as far as I can tell at the time of writing. It is certainly the earliest one that has survived to the present day (and the earliest such film to survive on this list.
There were earlier HK vampire films, like 1936's "Midnight Vampire" and in 1939 "The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Vampire" and "Vampires of the Haunted Mansion," but, as mentioned, these seem to be more influenced by the Universal Dracula films. - DirectorTian-Lin WangStarsChing ChungPeter Chen HouYi-Ming Changaka Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi
More early jiangshi. - DirectorHung YinShilin ZhuStarsChuan-Chuan ChenYuen KaoHua Jiangaka The Living Corpse
More jiangshi. - DirectorSze-Luk ChowStarsMing ChaoChing ChungWei Hongaka The Vengeance of the Vampire
The HKMDB has a fascinating excerpt from a book about the film and the story that inspired it, which sounds like something somewhere in-between a vampire and a zombie, the vengeful dead, which is close to the original folklore tales (both in China and the European revenant).
This piece has more, suggesting there are also elements of western vampire movies that have sneaked in:Vampires made a comeback after the second world war, inspired in part by the worldwide box office success of the 1958 version of Dracula by Britain's Hammer Film Productions. The stake that Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) pounded through the villain's heart found its Hong Kong equivalent the following year in a similar scene in The Vengeance of the Vampire.
http://www.scmp.com/article/664275/film-studies-bloodsucker-cinema - DirectorWen YiStarsKitty Ting Haoaka Zombie in a Haunted House
Plot synopsis here:
http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=27435 - DirectorSun-Fung LeeStarsYanfen FangFung FungChing Leeaka The Beautiful Ghost's Grievance
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsBetty Loh TiLei ZhaoRhoqing TangA young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.aka The Enchanting Shadow
Shaw Brothers' first success in the horror field. - DirectorChiu-Feng YuanStarsBetty Loh TiLei ZhaoPaul Chang Chung
- DirectorTit LeeStarsYin PakWood-Yau CheungMan-Lei Wongaka Vampire Woman
- DirectorChiu-Feng YuanStarsBetty Loh TiLei ZhaoPaul Chang Chung
- DirectorFong PauStarsHong ZhuYuen KaoHau-Yee Chan
- DirectorChun YenStarsHsi ChangHsiung ChaoKuang-Chao Chiangaka Lady Jade Locket
- DirectorKing HuHsing LeeHan Hsiang LiStarsCheng ChangFu-Kan ChangMei-Yao ChangThis movie contains four separate stories, each by a different director. They are all ghost stories, including themes such as death wishes, prison, and alcoholism. Good and evil women play prominent roles in the various tales.
- DirectorFelix VillarChi-Lien YuStarsAlex Tzi-Fei LungRosemarie GilEtang DischerA Kung Fu master battles Bruka the evil snake queen with her army of snakes and savage little people.
- DirectorHsueh-Li PaoStarsHan ChinIvy Ling PoChih Hsien PoTwo swordsmen search for their missing brother. What is the connection between his disappearsnce and the evil Chang and his hunchback assistant? Who are the mysterious sisters being carried in coffins by their zombie cohorts? What is the secret of the sisters 'Finger of Doom' Kung fu?aka Finger of Doom
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.aka The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires
Coming full circle, after earlier HK horror being influenced by Hammer, the Shaw Brothers entered into a co-production with them, a move that really kickstarted the modern era of modern Hong Kong horror movies. There isn't much kung-fu but it has Christopher Lee as Van Helsing, Dracula, Chinese vampires and a zombie army, which does result in a mess with neither side able to bring their A game. - DirectorFeng-Pan YaoStarsMeng ChinFeng KouPing An
- DirectorShan-Hsi TingStarsChun YangBao-Yun TangPei-Shan ChangA horror anthology. In the first, a man and his pregnant wife help an old woman bury a covered pot in a field. Believing that the pot contains treasure, they kill the old woman, only to find that it contains nothing but bones. The pregnant woman goes into labor over the dead woman's body, and blood from that event drips onto the corpse. The baby, when born, is fully able to bite his father's finger off and kill him. The second episode concerns an adulterous couple who, when discovered by the woman's husband, nail him up in a box and try various means to dispose of him, all of them somehow lacking finality. The final episode concerns a man who is wrongly accused and executed for a murder he did not commit. Using a bit of magic as he dies, he is able to return to his home for a few days as a very vigorous ghost.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiLieh LoNi TienAn evil magician makes a living by casting deadly spells on people's objects of desire. He gets overly ambitious, and start to go out of control.aka Black Magic
This film picked up the baton from the Seven Golden Vampires with the Shaw Brothers branching out on their own without the constraints of some fuddy-duddy English film company. The success of this film resulted in one pseudo-sequel and inspired two further films, as well as the wider upsurge in kung-fu horror films in Hong Kong. - DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsYue WongChen-Chi LinLung TiA con artist uses Kung Fu to swindle villagers for money by pretending to be possessed by angry gods. However, when the villagers are later threatened by bandits he must use the same skills for good.aka The Spiritual Boxer
There are spells, possession by gods and ghosts, but all of it is a con (as is often the case in these early films). Still it has a lot of the elements you'll see become popular in later films in this list and is a solid and engaging story too. - DirectorChun-Ku LuWen-Po TuStarsJason Piao PaiPinky De LeonLung ChanAfter being told that his uncle disappeared in Boreos jungles, Man-Ying goes there immediately on a rescue mission. He is attacked by some sort of cannibalistic zombies and soon it is clear that the evil snake-sect controls the jungle with its black magic.aka The Magic Curse
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsDanaFeng ErhLi-Jen HoThe Haunted House: Two friends are challenged by a third to stay overnight in a haunted house. They each secretly plot against each to other to scare the others and all three are eventually killed in their attempts to drive each other out. The Cold Skeleton: The dead mother of a son keeps reappearing in her son's house even after repeated reburials. It is later revealed that the son is a sleepwalker and digs up the body himself while asleep and places it in his own home before waking. He eventually kills himself. A Wolf Of Ancient Times: A lecherous scholar and his assistant find refuge at the house of a villager and his two nubile daughters. The two girls seduce the young man, but soon reveal themselves to be hopping zombies. The assistant escapes death because he wears a charm around his neck.aka Fearful Interlude
Apparently an anthology of three parts: "The Haunted House," "The Cold Skeleton" and "A Wolf of Ancient Times." - DirectorRome BunnagStarsLak ApichatWantana BunbanterngYe Fang
- DirectorHsing-Lai WangStarsChun-Hsiung KoLiu-Mei WenBi-hui LiChinese folklore has it that during ancient times, thousands of crows randomly attacked and killed inhabitants of Feng Village just outside of the Great Wall. Lord Feng gathers town elders to seek a more planned defense after a disastrous attempt by a local band of men to take matters into their own hands to kill the crows. One villager Wang Mao-sheng separates himself from the mob to beg for a famed hermit bird catcher Tung Sheng to address and quell the attacks. Wang and his sister almost lose their lives after Tung's disastrous first confrontation. Meanwhile, hopeful village elders enlist the help of Tung's uncle who advised for a targeted hunt to seek out and kill the head crow. The village celebrates victory after Tung kills the leader of crows however he soon realizes that the death of the figure-head only meant a physical and not spiritual one after Lord Feng's grandson is suddenly bewitched by a mysterious force originating from the evil scourge. By now the remaining flock doubles in magnitude and strength with the imminent fear of more casualties to come. Bent on preserving family honor and completing his quest, Tung must now confront the spiritual challenge and the prospect of physical martyrdom to smash the crows and restore the balance of nature for the village.
- DirectorCheng-Ying LaiStarsChin-Yi HuangFeng KouKuei Chang
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiNi TienLieh LoAn evil magician and his zombie minions are up against a trio of doctors who are on a mission to find the cause of an outbreak of unknown diseases caused by his spells.aka Black Magic 2
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsDanny LeePing ChenLily LiA cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.aka The Oily Maniac
- DirectorFeng-Pan YaoStarsChuan-Ju WangMing-Lun KuChuan-Chuan TsouFake ghosts haunt a murderer, until he is driven mad and accidentally kills his own sister.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsEvelyne KraftDanny LeeFeng KuA greedy Hong Kong businessman captures a 50-foot-tall ape from the Himalayas and puts it on display, but it escapes and goes on a rampage.aka The Mighty Peking Man
- DirectorJoseph KuoStarsCarter WongChun-Erh LungFei-Lung HuangRescued from his house as a child and sent to the Shaolin Temple, Chu Shiao Chieh learns the martial arts and the virtues of patience and mercy. Upon reaching manhood, Chu sets out to reunite with his blind mother and cousin. His refusal to involve himself in fighting injustices is challenged when the Eight Masters kidnap his mother as revenge for his father's misdeeds.
- DirectorHsueh-Li PaoStarsDanny LeeNi TienChen-Chi LinA bookish young man and his sword-loving sister find themselves battling a trio of villains, one of them a beautiful but masked woman who has promised to either marry or murder the first man to see her unmasked.aka Battle Wizard
- DirectorYao-Hua Hsi-MenStarsKa-Yan LeungJason Piao PaiJeong-lee HwangTwo martial artists (Leung Kar-yan and Jason Pai Piao) team up to take down an evil mystical kung fu sect, headed by Korean super-kicker Hwang Jeong-lee.aka Demon Strike
While it is not up there with the brain-melting antics of Boxer's Omen, Shaolin Drunkard, Tai Chi Drunkard and the like it, does have some memorable scenes as our heroes try and track down the book Mao Shan Tricks. It is perhaps most notable for the use of a nearly naked women and the attempts by an evil wizard to harvest her "women's blood" to give himself laser powers - Mao Shan Tricks indeed!! - DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsShen ChanHsi ChangWei-Ying ChenThree inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.aka Return of the Dead
Another anthology. - DirectorKong LungStarsYuen-Man MengCecilia WongLittle Unicornaka The Fairy, the Ghost and Ah Chung
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsYue WongCecilia WongChia-Hui LiuAcclaimed director Liu Chia-liang directs his brothers Gordon Liu Chia-hui and Liu Chia-yung in a wild and crazy ghostly film in this heralded sequel to The Spiritual Boxer.aka The Shadow Boxing or Spiritual Boxer 2
Although there are no real hopping vampires the story involves two conmen pretending they are corpse herders. So it was an idea awaiting the proper format, stars and story. The elements for those would start to come together a yea later. - DirectorShing-Hon LauStarsSimon YamBecky LokHoi-San KwanA young man takes a job as a house servant for a rich old man with an attractive younger wife and trouble ensues.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungFat ChungLung ChanA rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.aka Encounters of the Spooky Kind
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsNorman ChuEddy KoMelvin WongA secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsNi TienJung WangSzu-Chia ChenA man who believes that he has murdered his wife, sees her return as a vengeful ghost.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsJames Yi LuiJenny LiangJu-Hua PeiA compulsive gambler with bad luck owes money to a violent gangster boss. A mysterious old man offers him a proposal to marry the ghost of his dead daughter in exchange for cash and an expensive apartment.
- DirectorFeng-Pan YaoStarsJing FangChuan-Ju WangFeng Chin
- DirectorShan HuaStarsBilly ChongLau ChanChung-You ChangA criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him. The plan goes horribly awry, and the bad guy ends up getting killed in his own trap. This pisses off the villain's spirit and he forces the priest to reincarnate him - only they can't find a suitable body. Meanwhile, an undead fiend of sorts comes to town to kill Billy's father over some other past dispute. This is where all of Billy's kung fu training comes in handy, and he manages to kill the attacker. With this, the other bad guy finally has a body to use, but the reincarnation goes wrong and the corpse is reborn as a vampire.aka Kung Fu Zombie
- DirectorDennis YuStarsCharlie ChinDorothy Chi-hsia YuHua YuehGing-Keung encounters sinister turns of fate where he works, and he becomes frightened enough to consult with a Taoist priest. The priest informs him that his workplace had been the site of murdering.aka The Imp
- DirectorWai-Chuen YungStarsGeorge LamFlora Chong-LeenMang-Ha ChengPuppets are brought to life and terrorize a rural area in medieval China.aka Life After Life
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsNi TienJung WangTsui-Ling YuA necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel.aka Corpse Mania
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsFei AiMelvin WongFanny Fen-NiWhile possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.aka Bewitched
- DirectorJen-Chieh ChangStarsShao-Tung ChouBao-Yu WangTi OuA hideously ugly witch casts spells on her victims which turns their insides into snakes and worms.
- DirectorChung SunStarsJason Piao PaiLieh LoFeng KuAn unfaithful wife frames had her husband framed for murder, and eventually poisons him. However, he returns from beyond the grave to take his revenge against those who wronged him.
- DirectorKuo-Hsiung LiuStarsBetty Pei TiChi-Min ChinChih-Ping ChiangA Chinese village run by beautiful women turns out to be more than the local men bargained for--especially if they have any idea of seducing the local beauties, then running out on them.
- DirectorWu MaStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungWu MaChing-Ying LamAn effigy merchant's impotent brother has died and left a pregnant wife. Suspecting a scam and foul play, he schemes to inspect his brother's corpse before the burial, not knowing that his brother is actually alive and in on the scam.aka The Dead and the Deadly
really helped redefine the crazy kung-fu horror movie and laid the ground for Mr Vampire. - DirectorChung SunStarsTony LiuKuan Tai ChenLieh LoA psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsYat-Chor YuenKa-Yan LeungCheung-Yan YuenFormer Royal Guardsman Kao was forced to be on the run when his superior couldn't tolerate him being a Manchu marrying a Han woman. A young prince was inadvertently killed when he kidnapped the boy to aid in his escape. 14 years later, Kao now a drunkard ridden with guilt, has been living with a young orphan by the name of Shu Geng. Also introduced are two wacky old bickering sorcerer couple, Old Man and Old Spinster, who are always competing with each other over the most trivial matters. Before long, the old nemesis of Kao, the powerful Socerer Bat, found his whereabouts and killed him. Harboring evil ambitions, Sorcerer Bat forces Shu Geng to impersonate the belated prince, with the intention that one day he can ruled alongside the would-be king. Shu Geng manages to escape, amid strange encounters with the clown in-the-jar, and meets the two even stranger bickering magician couple, who teach him their craft. The rest is a typical revenge motivated plot, in which the young prodigy learn the martial arts to defeat the villain. The setting however, is not so typical as the finale takes place in a sorcerer competition where Shu Geng faces not only the evil Bat, but also countless other sorcerers, each possessing his own unique magic and abilities. The choreography and inventiveness of the fights make this early collaboration of the Yuen brothers stand out among the work of Yuen Woo-Ping, who move on to become on of the most sought after action director in the business today.
- DirectorChiu LeeStarsBilly ChongLieh LoChin-Lai SungThe gates of hell open to let out the ghosts of the dead Chun Sing is visited by his deceased father, who tells the young man that his enemy is a priest who commands the dark forces of black magic. Luckily, Chun Sing gets help from a magic book, a group of friendly ghosts, and a house full of hookers.aka Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave
Billy Chong vs zombies, again. - DirectorJen-Chieh ChangStarsHsiu-Chen ChenShang-Chien LiuChang MaA woman who has been cursed by a witch must rip off her head every night so it can fly around, attack people and drink their blood, which keeps her alive.
- DirectorLing ChangStarsLing ChangFeng ShihYu-Hsiang ChangA woman who was raised by wolves seeks revenge on Red Devil, the villain who ordered the murder of her parents.aka Wolf-Devil Woman or Wolfen Ninja
- DirectorChia-Yung LiuStarsSheng FuChan-Peng ChangLily LiThis uproarious action fantasy sees its heroes facing off against all sorts of unholy threats seeking to terrorize the land of the living.aka The Fake Ghost Catchers
Con men pretending to be a Taoist priest and assistant team-up with a ghost. - DirectorKuen YeungStarsLeanne LauTung-Shing YeeHua YuehStory revolves around a possessed young police woman who kills everyone who gets in her way.
- DirectorHsia HsuStarsYue WongJeong-lee HwangKam CheungNovice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung-fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young rascal Wang Yu, caught between master martial arts actor Jen Shih-kuan and the incredible Huang Cheng-li.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsLiang Chun TaiFei AiLily Li13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are cursed.
- DirectorKeith LiStarsTien-Lang LiMichael Kiu Wai MiuHussein Abu HassanA powerful sorcerer targets the grandchildren of the man who burnt down his village 50 years ago, by casting his deadly Centipede Spell on them.aka Centipede Horror
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsSimon ReedHarry CarterHenry SteeleA murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsMeng LoLan-Hsi LiuDan LauA female ghost possesses the body a dead girl in order to get a muscular stuntman for a boyfriend.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsPhillip KoShao-Yen LinKar-Man WaiWhile in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.aka The Boxer's Omen
One of the wildest films I've ever seen, and I do try and hunt them down. Starts off quite sedately but just keeps getting madder until towards the end you worry that you might have lost your mind. Best watched with another person, so you can ask each other 'Did that really just happen?' - DirectorKuen YeungStarsNorman ChuPhillip KoMaria JoA Hong Kong taxi driver's life horribly falls apart after accidentally hitting a sorcerer with his cab. He decides to seek the sorcerer's help to turn the curse on his enemies at the expense of his own life.aka Seeding of a Ghost
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsCheung-Yan YuenLung ChinTin-Shing HoA half man/demon is being guarded by a drunken Shaolin magician named Chan at the Shaolin temple. One day, Chan sneaks out to go on a drinking splurge, and the man/demon escapes. Chan, and his friend Ah Yuen, and his bride-to-be, plus Grandma Yau, help Chan to capture the evil magician and return him back to Shaolin.aka Wu-Tang Master or Shaolin Drunkard
A drunken monk sleeps through a sneaky thief breaking out a wizard of impressive evilness who needs virgin blood for some wicked purpose. What follows is a mind-boggling weird series of encounters, all with a giant toad hunting down the good guys. - DirectorWilson TongStarsNorman ChuEmily ChuYi-Hsiung ChiAh-fei and Dragon, students under the brother kung-fu masters Shorty and Uncle, are sent to clear the ghosts out of a haunted house. After a brief search, they soon find that the "ghosts" are nothing but props set up by a couple of con artists. After making quick work of the cheats, the fighting pair discover that there is actually a real ghost hiding in the house! Ah-fei and Dragon may have studied their martial arts well, but how do you beat up something that's already dead?
- DirectorLing ChangStarsLing ChangFei MengYu-Hsiang ChangA prince (Fei Meng) wants to marry a commoner, but that's a major no-no in feudal China. When the girl's parents are brutally murdered, however, a kung fu master known as the Silver Fox takes the girl under his wing and teaches her some choice killing techniques. Soon, the girl learns that the prince is being threatened by the same marauders who killed her parents. Now, it's time for revenge!
- DirectorDavid LaiStarsYu-Lung HsiaoSiu-Ming LauIrene WanSiu and Ming are two cops. Siu is being bothered by ghosts.aka Possessed
- DirectorRonny YuStarsAnthony ChanFu-Hsiung ChengKent ChengA gang of opium smugglers, disguised as Taoist Priests transporting hopping corpses, are hired to transport a real dead body to it's final resting place.aka The Trail
Early hopping vampire film, released just before they took off. - DirectorCheh ChangStarsFeng LuSheng ChiangShih ChinA troupe of traveling performers stop in a small town. However, the general who controls the town has designs on the group's leading actress. They must figure a way to get out of town before the general has his way with her.Stars two of the Five Venoms.
- DirectorHung-Chuen LauStarsEddie ChanYung-Chang ChinPak-Kwong HoA woman becomes possessed and dies after a monster is released from an antique vase she had purchased. Twelve years later the monster is re-awakened. First he possesses the family's dog, before moving on to the woman's nephew.aka Devil Fetus
- DirectorLing PangStarsHoi-San KwanLily ChanHei-Lai NgonThe story of demonic possession by black magic where the loyal and faithful taxi driver and husband Alan Chang is dragged into a pit of adultery and despair in his vain attempt to overthrow the bestial influences of 'brutal sorcery'.
- DirectorTitus HoStarsKen TongLai-Yin PoonLun ChiaWhile filming in Malaysia, a Hong Kong documentary film crew releases the Red Dwarf ghost from her tomb. They continue on to Borneo to stay with a local tribe. It is there that the deadly ghost begins to kill them one by one.aka Red Spell Spells Red
- DirectorLieh LoStarsKuan Tai ChenLinda ChuElaine JinThe story is about two explorers who invade a temple in the dark of a jungle. They find a mummy, remove its brain, and return to the mainland - resulting in a series of bloody murders throughout the city.aka Black Magic with Buddha
- DirectorPao-Lun LuStarsKent ChengHenry FongBiu Gam
- DirectorLing ChangStarsLing ChangPeng TienPao-Ming KuThe Butterfly Bandit steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsWang Dae-wiYeong-il KimJang Il-shikAccidentally discovering the operations of the Blood Ninja gangsters, a mischievous young man masters the skills of the Drunk Fist and proceeds to fight against them. But the gangsters join forces, vowing to kill him before the young master destroys them all.
- DirectorYuet-Sang ChinStarsChing-Ying LamWei TungHo-Kai LawInspired by the paranormal stories of opera veteran Master Sheng (Ching-Ying Lam), an opera troupe, which includes the daring actor Kuei (Wei Tung), trick each other with ghostly stories and horror tricks. The troupe is repulsed by the overly-confident opera actor Chia (Ho Kai Law); therefore, they play the ultimate ghost trick on him. When Chia finds out, he confronts the troupe, resulting them in keeping a distance from each other. However, the troupe's troubles worsen when their opera stage is haunted by a mischievous and restless ghost (Yuet Sang Chin).aka Hocus Pocus
- DirectorDavid LaiStarsMabel KwongSiu-Fung WongYu-Lung HsiaoThe Siu family move into a a new flat. There are disturbing signs, for instance the cemetery next door.aka Possessed II
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsTien-Chi ChengLi WangFu-Chien ChangAfter selling his soul to the devil, Joey is given the power to control 9 demons. With their help, Joey must save his childhood friend Gary from a bloody massacre.Stars two of the Five Venoms.
- DirectorMoon-Tong LauStarsCheng-Yu ChangTsui SulYau-Hau ChanThe figure of an evil genius is stolen by a photographer. At night the genius comes to life and rapes his girlfriend while both of them are drunk.aka The Rape After
- DirectorPeng TienStarsPeng TienKa-Yan LeungChie-Wen Lin
- DirectorKing-Fang WongStarsGau-Sau Leung
- DirectorClifton KoStarsRaymond Pak-Ming WongBonnie LawLoletta LeeA group of girls go on a camping trip and take shelter from the rain in an abandoned temple. One of them, Bonnie, takes a rope she found in the temple back with her not knowing that in the rope lies the soul of a fallen scholar from the Ching Dynasty. The ghost, Bindeye Pik, tries to help them with some of their daily trials and tribulations but then unwittingly gets them into trouble.
- DirectorHenry ChowStarsAgnes ChanMang-Ha ChengKam Cheung
- DirectorRicky LauStarsChing-Ying LamSiu-Ho ChinRicky HuiThe planned reburial of a town elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, targeting everyone responsible for digging the grave. A Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.aka Mr Vampire
The definitive Chinese hopping vampire film, the one that launched a thousand inferior copies. Lam Ching-ying provides the definitive performance as a Taoist priest entrusted with a stack of restless corpses. Combined with two idiotic assistants, trouble can only just be around the corner. - DirectorLionel LeungStarsJin-Hwa JeongCarrie LeeMartin KimBlack Dragon wields his evil menace, and nobody knows who or what he is until he begins to leave a trail of blood and horror that proves to all that he's a vampire preying on virgins. Nobody knows how to rid the town of his pestilence, especially since he's endowed with superhuman powers that enable him to quash any foe. But enough is enough, and the town is determined to rise up against him.No hopping vampires, in fact you might struggle to work out who is supposed to be the vampire.
- DirectorChung-Hsing ChaoStarsKuo-Ming SunKa-Yan LeungPhillip KoA trio of grotesque villains are hell bent on getting the Dragon armour so they can reign supreme in the martial world. Enter Doggy , his grandma and uncle these three nice kung fu wizards tar the only ones who can stop them.aka Drunken Dragon
Some peculiar magic ceremonies, mixed in with some pretty bizarre kung-fu battles, wacky inventions and possibly the wildest set of villains (I mean, one has a giant candle on his head). When those are combined it results in some of the strangest fights I've seen (a rowboat? on land?). And that is just th first five minutes! - DirectorChung-Hsing ChaoStarsTu ChinChung-Yu HuangShadow LiuThe master of a traveling acrobatic squad is bitten off, and gets, a hopping vampire. When he begins to terrorize the city, uses Grandpa and Tien Tien master students as bait, so ghostly warriors, to eventually capture the creature.One of the better CVK films.
- DirectorBiu Man ChangStarsAngela Yu ChienSzu-Ying ChienChow FongFour years after killing the leader of cult. A police inspector's sister must work with a medium and a master of the mystic arts. In a race against time to save herself and her niece from a death curse.
- DirectorRicky LauStarsChing-Ying LamBiao YuenFat ChungModern 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.aka Mr Vampire II
Not only an inferior sequel (although that is partly because the original was so good) but the start of the Cute Vampire Kid (CVK) sub-sub-(sub?)-genre, which is a black mark against it too.