Encounters of the Spooky Kind II | |||||||||||||||
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Director: | Ricky Lau | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Sammo Hung | ||||||||||||||
Screenplay: | Barry Wong | ||||||||||||||
Story: | Barry Wong Sze Mei-yee Sam Chi-leung | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Sammo Hung Lam Ching-ying Mang Hoi Teddy Yip Huang Ha | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Frankie Chan | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Barry Wong | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Peter Cheung Keung Chuen-tak | ||||||||||||||
Studio: | Bojon Films Company Ltd | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Newport Entertainment Limited | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 87 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
Gross: | HK$13,581,385 |
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II (Chinese: 鬼咬鬼) is a 1990 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau. It was produced by and stars Sammo Hung, who also choreographed the combat. The film was produced by Hung's production company, Bojon Films Company Ltd.[1] It was released as Spooky Encounters 2 in the US. It is sometimes listed as aka Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2 .[2] It's a stand-alone sequel to Encounters of the Spooky Kind and the plot has no relation. The film's Chinese title literally translates as "Ghost Bites Ghost".
Tea-house worker and martial-arts student "Abao" is to married to his boss's daughter, "Little Chu" and Abao fights to protect her from the advances of the wealthy "Master Shi". The two men's romantic rivalry escalates into a full-scale supernatural battle after Shi enlists the help of a wicked sorcerer, and Abao encounters a benevolent female ghost.[3]
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II grossed HK$13,581,385 at the Hong Kong box office.