Vampire vs Vampire explained

Vampire Vs Vampire
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T:一眉道人
S:一眉道人
P:yī méi dàorén
J:jat1 mei4 dou3 jan4
Director:Lam Ching-ying
Producer:Chua Lam
Starring:Lam Ching-ying
Chin Siu-ho
David Lui
Sandra Ng
Billy Lau
Maria Cordero
Music:Anders Nelsson
The Melody Bank
Alastair Monteith-Hodge
Tim Nugent
Cinematography:Cho On-sun
Kwan Chi-kam
Editing:Peter Cheung
Studio:Diagonal Pictures
Paragon Films
Distributor:Golden Harvest
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Gross:HK$11.19 million

Vampire Vs Vampire (一眉道人) is a 1989 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by and starring Lam Ching-ying. The title references the interaction in the film between a jiangshi child, a creature from Chinese "hopping" corpse fiction, and a British vampire based on Western vampire fiction.[1]

Plot

Chinese exorcist One-Eyebrow Priest (Lam Ching-ying) leads a peaceful life with two disciples Ah Ho (Chin Siu-ho) and Ah Fong (David Lui) in a small town together with a mischievous miniature jiangshi. While finding new water sources one day, the priest encounters a European vampire in the nearby church who is aided by a dead countess. Although the priest manages to get rid of the countess, his Chinese exorcism fails on the European vampire.

Cast

Home media

Laserdisc

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LanguageSubtitles Notes
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Unknown JapanN/ATowa VideoCLV / NTSCCantoneseJapaneses Audio Mono[2]
1993Hong KongN/AML091CLV / NTSCCantoneseEnglish / ChineseAudio Mono

DVD

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Language
Sound
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17 May 2002Hong KongN/ADeltamac (HK) NTSCALLCantonese, MandarinDolby Digital English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese[4]
20 May 2003 United States UnratedTai SengNTSC1Cantonese, ChineseDolbyChinese, English[5]
4 July 2006TaiwanN/ACatalyst LogicNTSC3Cantonese and MandarinDolby Digital 2.0English, Traditional Chinese[6]
2 February 2009 Hong Kong N/AJoy Sales (HK)NTSCALLCantonese, MandarinDolby Digital 2.0English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hudson, Dale. "Modernity as Crisis: Goeng si and Vampires in Hong Kong Cinema." Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. 2009. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-8108-6696-6. 218–220.
  2. Web site: Vampire vs. Vampire (Yi men dao ren) [IV20] ]. urabanchou.com . 3 December 2011 . 5 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405230826/http://www.urabanchou.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=64373 . dead .
  3. Web site: Vampire VS Vampire (Hong Kong Version) VCD . yesasia.com . 3 December 2011.
  4. Web site: Vampire Vs Vampire DVD Region All . 3 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Vampire Vs Vampire [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]]. amazon.co.uk . 3 December 2011.
  6. Web site: Vampire VS Vampire (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3. yesasia.com . 3 December 2011.
  7. Web site: Vampire Vs Vampire (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All. yesasia.com . 3 December 2011.