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]
| Vampire Vs Vampire | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 一眉道人 |
| Simplified Chinese | 一眉道人 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | yī méi dàorén |
| Jyutping | jat1 mei4 dou3 jan4 |
| Directed by | Lam Ching-ying |
| Written by | Sam Chi-leung Chan Kam-cheong Sze Mei-yee |
| Produced by | Chua Lam |
| Starring | Lam Ching-ying Chin Siu-ho David Lui Sandra Ng Billy Lau Maria Cordero |
| Cinematography | Cho On-sun Kwan Chi-kam |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung |
| Music by | Anders Nelsson The Melody Bank Alastair Monteith-Hodge Tim Nugent |
Production companies | Diagonal Pictures Paragon Films |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date | 26 July 1989 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$11.19 million |
Plot edit
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 edit
- Lam Ching-ying as One Eyebrow Priest
- Chin Siu-ho as Ah Hoo
- David Lui as Ah Fong
- Maria Cordero as Mother Superior
- Billy Lau as General
- Sandra Ng as General's Cousin
- Regina Kent as Nun
- Frank Juhas as European vampire
Home media edit
Laserdisc edit
| Release date |
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Publisher |
Catalog No |
Format |
Language | Subtitles | Notes |
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| Unknown | Japan | N/A | Towa Video | CLV / NTSC | Cantonese | Japaneses | Audio Mono | [2] | |
| 1993 | Hong Kong | N/A | ML091 | CLV / NTSC | Cantonese | English / Chinese | Audio Mono |
VCD edit
| Release date |
Country |
Classifaction |
Publisher |
Format |
Language | Subtitles | Notes |
REF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March 2000 | Hong Kong | N/A | Joy Sales (HK) | NTSC | Cantonese, Mandarin | English, Traditional Chinese | 2VCDs | [3] |
DVD edit
| Release date |
Country |
Classifaction |
Publisher |
Format |
Region |
Language |
Sound |
Subtitles |
Notes |
REF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2002 | Hong Kong | N/A | Deltamac (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese | [4] | |
| 20 May 2003 | United States | Unrated | Tai Seng | NTSC | 1 | Cantonese, Chinese | Dolby | Chinese, English | [5] | |
| 4 July 2006 | Taiwan | N/A | Catalyst Logic | NTSC | 3 | Cantonese and Mandarin | Dolby Digital 2.0 | English, Traditional Chinese | [6] | |
| 2 February 2009 | Hong Kong | N/A | Joy Sales (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital 2.0 | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese | [7] |
References edit
- ^ Hudson, Dale (2009). "Modernity as Crisis: Goeng si and Vampires in Hong Kong Cinema." Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-0-8108-6696-6.
- ^ "Vampire vs. Vampire (Yi men dao ren) [IV20]". urabanchou.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Vampire VS Vampire (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Vampire Vs Vampire DVD Region All". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Vampire Vs Vampire [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Vampire VS Vampire (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ "Vampire Vs Vampire (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
External links edit
- Vampire vs Vampire at IMDb
- Vampire vs Vampire at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Vampire Vs. Vampire at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Vampire Vs. Vampire at Love Hong Kong Film
