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The 18th Asian Film Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, March 16, 2025, at the Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. This year, The Awards are honoured to have the legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Sammo Hung as the Jury President. Known as a trailblazer in action cinema, Hung has spent over five decades creating countless iconic works for both Hong Kong and global cinema. Having received the Best Supporting Actor award for Ip Man 2 at the 5th Asian Film Awards and the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Asian Film Awards, Hung expressed his heartfelt gratitude for returning to the Afa stage, sharing his excitement to reconnect with filmmakers and audiences across Asia.

Hung began his artistic journey at the age of 10 under the supervision of Yu Jim-yuen, a renowned Peking opera master. Through intensive training, he honed his skills in Peking opera and martial arts, building...

To paraphrase an old beer commercial. “Salvador Dali doesn't make Kung Fu movies. But if he did…” “The Miracle Fighters” might possibly be the most surreal martial arts movie that you will ever witness. The beauty of it though is that it is absolutely intentional, unlike a lot of the oddness we can see in kung ku cinema. Strap yourself in as Eureka Entertainment bring a restored version to Blu Ray. This is going to be a journey unlike any you will have witnessed before.

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The story is set in 1663 during the Qing dynasty. Kao Hsiung (Eddie Ko) the Chief instructor of the eight-banner army is arrested for marrying a Han woman in defiance of the law. Finding himself confronted by Sorcerer Bat (Yuen Shun-yi) and facing execution, there is no option but to fight his way out. Taking...

Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu superstar Sammo Hung will deliver a masterclass on May 4 as part of the 12th Singapore Chinese Film Festival. He will also attend a mini-retrospective of his films. Hung studied under Peking Opera master Yu Jim Yuen at a young age and was the “big brother”’ to the China Drama Academy’s performance troupe known as the Seven Little Fortunes, whose members included Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen. He starred in “Painted Faces” (1988), which was based on his time in the Seven Little Fortunes.

Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years. His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the...

Jackie Chan is a legendary comedic martial arts movie star known for his technical skills and direction, but while he's the most famous among them, he's not the only one. Martial arts stars like Sammo Hung and Chow Yun-fat have similarly extended their influence behind the scenes as action directors. Others, like Cynthia Rothrock and Michelle Yeoh, bring humor to their roles through physical comedy and impeccable timing.

In the dynamic realm of martial arts cinema, a select few actors have proven their technical skills and brilliant physical comedic timing. Jackie Chan is the most legendary of these comedic martial arts movie stars, often serving as director and visionary of his films as well. As an actor, he mixes exaggerated characterizations with genuine toughness. Yet, many other martial arts stars are capable of delivering as many laughs as thrills.

Many of these artists, like Chan, have extended their influence behind the scenes,...

Few American filmmakers of the last 40 years await a major rediscovery like Hal Hartley, whose traces in modern movies are either too-minor or entirely unknown. Thus it’s cause for celebration that the Criterion Channel are soon launching a major retrospective: 13 features (which constitutes all but My America) and 17 shorts, a sui generis style and persistent vision running across 30 years. Expect your Halloween party to be aswim in Henry Fool costumes.

Speaking of: there’s a one-month headstart on seasonal programming with the 13-film “High School Horror”––most notable perhaps being a streaming premiere for the uncut version of Suspiria, plus the rare opportunity to see a Robert Rodriguez movie on the Criterion Channel––and a retrospective of Hong Kong vampire movies. A retrospective of ’70s car movies offer chills and thrills of a different sort

Six films by Allan Dwan and 12 “gaslight noirs” round out the main September series; The Eight Mountains,...

Martial arts veteran Sammo Hung will be presented with a lifetime achievement honor at the Asian Film Awards.

The ceremony is back as an in-person event after a two-year absence and has shifted back to Hong Kong after previously being held in Hong Kong, Macau and Busan. Hung will accept the award on Sunday at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years.

His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the best actor prize at the second Hong Kong Film Awards for his directorial effort “Carry on Pickpocket,” as well as best action choreography for “The Prodigal Son,” which he also directed and starred in.

The action film star is set to accept the award at first AFAs in Hong Kong since 2019.

Hong Kong action film star Sammo Hung is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Asian Film Awards (Afa), which is set to return as an in-person event later this month.

The martial arts veteran will receive the honour at the 16th AFAs on March 12 and is awarded in recognition of his “great contribution and far-reaching influence on Asian films”.

Hung’s 60-year career spans actor, action choreographer, director and producer, and includes features such as action comedies Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog...

Last Man Standing

Martial arts veteran Sammo Hung is to be presented with a lifetime achievement honor at the upcoming Asian Film Awards. The ceremony is back as an in-person event after a two-year absence and shifts back to Hong Kong after previously being held in Hong Kong, Macau and Busan. Hung is expected to accept the award on Sunday March 12 at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

“I’m so happy and surprised that I can still win awards these days, especially an award that affirms my entire performing career,” said Hung in a forwarded statement. He has a career as actor, action choreographer, director and producer that stretches some 60 years.

His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.”

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This entertaining kung-fu action comedy was released as Spooky Encounters in the United States but it is also known as Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind.

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Bold Cheung (Sammo Hung) is a pedicab driver. He is a good fighter and a brave guy, but not particularly bright and often bamboozled by his peers. We see him at the beginning of the film, showing off his bravery and how his friends trick him into a spooky prank. However, while he fools around, his wife and his boss Master Tam (Huang Ha) are having an affair behind his back and when Master Tam feels at risk of being discovered, he decides to get rid of Bold Cheung at once! To do so, he hires a master of witchcraft to help him. Taoist priest and necromancer Chin Hoi (Peter Chan Lung) is going to control corpses on remote...

If there is one rule that consistently defines Hong Kong cinema it is that if one movie is a success, then there shall be a constant stream of rip-offs until the next big smash. So if you’ve seen one Hong Kong Vampire movie then chances are you’ve seen quite a few. Just occasionally though we get a pleasant surprise and someone decided to do something a little different with the formula. “Vampire’s Breakfast” is one such example. Whilst the title conjures up images of a Saturday morning cooking show for the undead, it is in fact a feature that deserves to be awoken from its coffin and rediscovered.

There is a vampire loose in Hong Kong. Reporter Piao (Kent Cheng) unwittingly becomes involved as several bodies are discovered and the witness that he finds (Kwan Chiu-chung), proves to be unreliable. Both now forced to prove themselves,...

Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with an assessment of Sammo Hung’s groundbreaking Hong Kong hit wherein comedy, horror and martial arts elements are brought together in a wholly successful way. This show has it all: kung fu action, duelling mystics, hopping vampires, hungry zombies, haunted mirrors and a sympathetic everyman whose danger-fraught narrative trajectory is littered with moments that are genuinely funny. Excellent production values complete this near perfect picture.

Encounter of the Spooky Kind

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1980 / Color / 2.35 / 103 min. / Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Spooky Encounters, Gui da Gui / Street Date, 21 June 2021 / £17.99

Starring: Sammo Hung, Fat Chung, Lung Chan, Huang Ha, Suet-Mei Leung, Ching-Ying Lam, Biao Yuen.

Cinematography: Yu-Tang Li

Film Editor: Peter Cheung

Written by Sammo Hung, Ying Wong

Produced by Raymond Chow

Directed by Sammo Hung

“Fat Guts” Cheung (Sammo Hung) is a rickshaw driver in rural China. The “Fat Guts” moniker came about...

Eureka’s June 2021 line-up was announced today and will feature an immersive crime thriller from Johnnie To and a ground-breaking action-horror comedy from legendary director Sammo Hung.

Encounter Of The Spooky Kind (Blu-ray)

A defining film in Hong Kong genre cinema, Encounter of the Spooky Kind blended kung fu, special effects, and Chinese folklore to invent a whole new sub-genre of Asian cinema, the Jiangshi film, which only a few years later would spawn the iconic and hugely successful Mr. Vampire.

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An atmospheric noir thriller from director Johnnie To, Ptu is set against a Hong Kong that never sleeps, and follows a stolen police gun that triggers a suspenseful and unpredictable chain of events.

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When A Chinese Ghost Story premiered in 1987, it was already part of a unique category – the fusion of horror, comedy, and Kung Fu. Asian horror films are known as jiangshi, which is the name of a specific spooky hopping ghost found in Chinese folklore that proliferates these films.

Part zombie, part vampire, jiangshi are corpses that are usually reanimated by demons or Daoist sorcerers. They hop along mindlessly with their arms outstretched like sleepwalkers, and feed on the life essence – or qi – of the living. Often a jiangshi is blind but can smell breath. This makes for great comic hijinks as hapless characters struggle to hold their breath while gruesome jiangshi shove their rotting noses close to their mouths trying to pick up the scent.

Comedy is a common horror film device. It releases tension and leaves the audience unguarded for the next jump scare. The addition of Kung Fu...

The gambling movie is something that seems to have become a genre of its own over the years in Hong Kong. From the Hui Brothers’ “Games Gamblers Play” to the numerous spin offs of Jing Wang’s 1989 classix “God of Gamblers”, nothing better represents Hk society’s aspiration for wealth. Indeed, “The Gambling Ghost” hedges its own bets by featuring three Sammo Hungs!

Fatty (Sammo Hung) is a failing gambler working as a valet, whilst continuing to disappoint his more straight laced father (Sammo Hung). An encounter with a car thief (Nina Li Chi) finds Fatty losing his job and one of his friends (of whom is captured by gangsters). His grandfather (Sammo Hung!) returns as a ghost to help, promising to make him wealthy if he takes revenge for his murder. Hijinks and flying fists ensue as the wayward Fatty finds himself unable to avoid a final confrontation.

Selected Filmography:

Magnificent Butcher

The Prodigal Son

Mr.Vampire

School On Fire

Painted Faces

Exorcist Master

During the mid 1990’s, I happened to stumble across a kung fu movie called “The Prodigal Son“, which changed my life forever. It had everything, awesome Kung Fu, Comedy, Drama, Training Sequences and the star of the show, Lam Ching Ying. It was only a few years later when I read Lam Ching Ying had passed away in 1997 from liver cancer, I was deeply saddened. Since then, I have had the privilege to collect many of his movies, Lam Ching Ying was not only a great Martial Artist and Stuntman, but he was also a very good Actor.

Lam Ching Ying joined the Peking Opera School at a very young age, under the guidance of Madame Fan Fok Fa. By the age of 17, Lam became a stuntman appearing in Shaw Brothers movies such as...

Sammo Hung's 'My Beloved Bodyguard' - A Huge Disappointment !Action45%Story43%2016-05-2744%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (2 Votes)69%

Right, let me first prefix this by saying that I am and always will be a big fan of Sammo Hung.

But I’m also a fan of quality movies and If I come across a movie that really leaves a bad taste in the mouth then there is no way I can sugar-coat how bad it is ! ( I did the same with Jackie Chan’s incredibly poor ‘Chinese Zodiac’ ) , and let me tell you this My Beloved Bodyguard is bad. !

My Beloved Bodyguard aka ‘The Bodyguard’ is the latest film from one of the most pivotal figures in Martial Arts / Action Cinema.

The film features an all star cast including Andy Lau ( Infernal Affairs, House of Flying Daggers , Shaolin ) , Eddie Peng (Rise of the Legend ), Tsui Hark , Jun Hu ( Let The...

Sammo Hung is regarded as one of the greatest Kung Fu performers of his generation. His high tempo, hard htting fight sequences have captured audiences all over the world. Future generations will look back and watch in amazement, witnessing one of the very best in world cinema.

Peking Opera Days

The Peking Opera school was run from a small theatre by Master Yu Jim Yuen, this was where Sammo Hung would begin his journey. In them days, the stundents would normally enroll for around 10 years, each day performing gruelling tasks for up to 18 hours a day which included training in the Martial Arts, weapons training, acrobatics, acting and singing. The Peking opera of course brought together Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak and Yuen Mo, who would eventually be known as the 7 Little Fortunes. They took the first name “Yuen” in a sign of...

1985 was the year of Back To The Future, Rocky IV and Rambo II. But what about these 20 movies, that also deserve a fair share of love?

Thirty years ago, Marty McFly was riding high with the smash hit Back To The Future, while Sylvester Stallone enjoyed his most successful year yet with the one-two punch of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV. It was an era of family sci-fi and teen comedies and bullet-spraying action, where The Breakfast Club and Teen Wolf rubbed shoulders with Death Wish 3 and Commando. Then there were low-key dramas like Out Of Africa and The Color Purple, which were both awards magnets at the Oscars.

Away from all those big hits, 1985 saw the release of a wealth of less successful movies, some of which found a second life on the then-huge home video circuit. Here's our pick of 20 underappreciated films from the year of Rambo,...

When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.

I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.

I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.

Anyway, thank you...

Read More: Watch: Fantastic Video Essay On The Art Of Jackie Chan's Action Comedy The Hong Kong actor, director, producer, martial arts stunt choreographer and star of "Drunken Master," "Rush Hour," and "Shanghai Noon" attended the Far East Film Festival as one of its guests of honor and the recipient of the Living Legend Award. In honor of the achievement and as part of a retrospective of Hong Kong Martial Arts films, the festival screened some of the genre's most important films such as "The Young Master," "Once Upon a Time in China," "The Way of the Dragon," "Spooky Encounters," "Duel to the Death" and "Righting Wrongs" but also the international cut of his new hit, Daniel Lee's "Dragon Blade", that served as well as the festival's opener and that also stars John Cusack and Adrien Brody. You have an exceptional career as an actor. You started it as a stuntman,...

Also known as: Investiture of the Gods, The Apotheosis of Heroes, The Canonization of the Gods

Fengshen Yanyi is the latest movie which will feature legend Jet Li going up against the supernatural, something even i did not see coming (But im glad it did). The director will be Wilson Yip (Ip Man), the movie will be based on the 16th-century Chinese novel by Xu Zhonglin about a declining Shang Dynasty set in (1600 BC–1046 BC) and the rise of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC–256 BC).

Plot:

The novel is a romanticised retelling of the overthrow of King Zhou, the last ruler of the Shang dynasty, by Ji Fa, who would establish the Zhou dynasty in place of Shang. The story integrates oral and written tales of many Chinese mythological figures who are involved in the struggle as well. These figures include human heroes, immortals and various spirits (usually represented in avatar form like vixens,...

Sammo Hung is one of the greatest Screen Fighters, Directors and Choreographers in Martial Arts cinema history. Started his early career as an extra in Shaw Brothers productions, then became of fight choreographer on a few of there movies.

It was when he started his career with Raymond Chow at Golden harvest Studios, that Sammo started to show what he could do in terms of action in-front and behind the camera. Sammo Hung has made some of the finest movies of all time and also bringing us some incredible talent such as Yuen Biao, Angela Mao, Lam Ching Ying, Michelle Yeoh and many more.

This is a list of 30 Sammo Hung movies you should check out, this list is also for new fans of the genre. So i hope you enjoy the list and i also mention some other Sammo Hung movies at the end of the page.

1.Hapkido (1972)

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If you are a fan of the old Mr.Vampire movies and the recent Rigor Mortis, then Sifu Vs Vampire is going to be the movie for you. Yuen Biao is back playing the role of Charlie Jiang, a master in dealing with corpses and vampires who has to exhume the body of Tv station owner Kelvin Chow (Kelvin Kwan).

I love the Mr.Vampire movies and always said, no one does that priest role better than Lam Ching Ying. But i am very happy to see Kung Fu legend Yuen Biao in that role, also Yuen has done horror/martial art movies before like Mr.Vampire 2, Those Merry Souls and played a vampire in Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, pictured below.

Plot:

Small time gangster Nicky (Ronald Cheng) and his friend Boo (Philip Ng) get the assignment of a life time,...

Rigor Mortis is a highly stylized and devoted tribute to the horror classics of Hong Kongs golden age of cinema like Mr. Vampire and Encounters of the Spooky Kind. In addition to that it boasts JuOns Takeshi Shimizu as a producer. Those unfamiliar with the tropes of Chinese horror and mythology might find the film difficult to get into but whet...

Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.

I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.

1.Eagle’s Claw (1977)

Studio: Champion Films

Director: Lee Tso-Nam

Cast: Chi Kuan-Chun, Chang Yi, Don Wong Tao, Leung Kar Yan

Action Director(s): Chan Siu Pang, Tommy Lee Gam Ming

2.Broken Oath (1977)

Studio: Golden Harvest

Director: Jeong Chang Hwa

Cast: Angela Mao, Michael Chan, Chiu Hung, Bruce Leung

Action Director(s): Hsu Hsia,...

Anita Mui 1963-2003

Anita Mui had a fantastic screen presence, an actress and a musician, she also did lots of work for charity. In the 80′s she became a household name within the music world and was dubbed the “Madonna of Asia”. She had a series of shows entitled the “Anita Classic Moment Live Concert” that consisted of eight shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum from 6 to 11 November and 14 to 15 November 2003, which were to be her last concerts before her death.

Anita made some great movies and was always surrounded by a great cast. Some movies you should check out are Behind the Yellow Line, Rouge, The Heroic Trio, Drunken Master 2, Miracles, Saviour of the Soul, Moon Warriors and many more.

Mui was originally cast in Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers (2004), but she resigned only two weeks before her death. Zhang had reserved her scenes to be shot...

Sammo Hung is a legend in the Kung Fu movie world and rightly so, starring and directing some of the greatest Kung Fu movies in the genre. Sammo as been acting since a some child during his days at the Peking Opera school, we later seen him taking on Bruce Lee at the beginning of the classic Enter The Dragon.

So i wanted to do a run down of my favorite Sammo Hung classics, kung fu style.

Warriors Two (1978)

Starring:Casanova Wong, Leung Kar Yan, Fung Hak On, Lau Kar Wing

Verdict:One of the best wing chun movies ever made, Sammo really was on top of his game in terms of choreography. Casanova Wong is fantastic as usual with his kicking ability, Fung Hak On plays a fierce villain and Leung Kar Yan is in fine fighting form.

Casanova Wong performs a brilliant jumping spinning back kick over a table,...

Following are some supplemental sections featuring notable director & actor teams that did not meet the criteria for the main body of the article. Some will argue that a number of these should have been included in the primary section but keep in mind that film writing on any level, from the casual to the academic, is a game of knowledge and perception filtered through personal taste.

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Other Notable Director & Actor Teams

This section is devoted to pairings where the duo worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in 1 must-see film.

Terence Young & Sean Connery

Must-See Collaboration: From Russia with Love (1962).

Other Collaborations: Action of the Tiger (1957), Dr. No (1962), Thunderball (1965).

Director Young and actor Connery teamed up to create one of the very best Connery-era James Bond films with From Russia with Love which features a great villainous performance by Robert Shaw...

Lam Ching Ying is my favorite star in any Horror movie, weather it be taking on hopping vampires or just plain old spirits, no one does it better than lam.

His roles in the Mr.Vampire movies show his skills as an actor, with great comic timing which goes well with his serious acting side, which we dont normally get to see on screen. This role would make him, not just a big star in Asia but also worldwide as the master of Vampire killers.

I hope you enjoy my top 10 list and please feel free to write your own favorites in the comments box at the bottom of the page.

10.Mr.Vampire 2 (1986)

Cast:Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao, Moon Lee, Chung Fat, Billy Lau

Mr.Vampire 2 as some good moments throughout the movie but doesn’t live up to the first one. Here Lam Ching Ying takes on Hopping...

Wu Ma is a legend when it comes to Kung Fu movies, starring in his first movie at the age of 14 in Lady General Hua Mulan and is still active till this day. Wu must be one of the most recognizable faces in the business, starring in movies such as Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, Dead And The Deadly, The Manchu Boxer, Iron Monkey and lots more. Wu Ma is still making movies to this day, this year he appeared in the movie Game Of Assassins, which also featured Leung Kar Yan and Chen Kuan Tai.

Selected Filmography

1977:Iron Monkey

1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind

1980:By Hook Or By Crook

1982:Dead And The Deadly

1986:Righting Wrongs

1987:Chinese Ghost Story

1990:Swordsman

1993:Kickboxer

2012:Game Of Assassins

Background

Wu was born Feng Hongyuan in Tianjin. At 16 he moved to Guangzhou and became a machinist before migrating to Hong Kong in 1960. In...

Cast

Sammo Hung, Lam Ching Ying, Meng Hoi, Wu Ma, Huang Ha, Teddy Yip, Gung Tse Yan, Wong Man Gwan, Collin Chou

Director: Ricky Lau Jun Wei

Action Director: Sammo Hung

Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (Spooky Encounters), is a follow up to the groundbreaking Horror/Kung Fu movie which was made in 1980. The movie stars Sammo Hung and was produced by Hung’s production company Bo Ho Film Company. This movie is a great watch, the action scenes are very well done, as you would expect from Sammo and with the talents of Lam Ching Ying and Meng Hoi on board, you know your on for a winner. Encounters of the Spooky Kind II grossed 13.582 M Hkd at the Hong Kong box office.

Plot

Tea-house worker and martial-arts student Sammo Hung is to married to his bosses daughter, “Little Chu”. The film opens with them both being chased and...

5.Corey Yuen

Other names: 元奎

Yuan Kui

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Cory Yuen

Don Yuen

Yuen Fooi

Nationality: Hong Kong

Workplace: France, Hong Kong, USA

Cory Yuen as been choreographing movies since 1973, is first movie was Chinese Hercules, starring Bolo Yeung. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In July 1981, Yuen made his Hong Kong directorial debut in 1982 film Ninja in the Dragon’s Den, along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee and Hwang Jang Lee. In June 1985, Yuen made his American directorial debut in 1986 film No Retreat, No Surrender, which marked the film debut of Belgium martial artist actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

n 1993, he began an alliance and good friendship with action star Jet Li. He directed several of Li’s films, beginning with Fong Sai-yuk and Fong Sai-yuk II, and continuing through The Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero,...

Other names: 钟发

Choy Fat

Chung Faat

Tsui Fat

Zhong Fa

Nationality: Hong Kong

Workplace: Hong Kong

Selected Filmography

1979:Odd Couple

1979:His Name Is Nobody

1980:The Magnificent Butcher

1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind

1981:The Prodigal Son

Born 2nd December 1953, Chung studied along with a number of other Hk film stuntmen/actors – in Madame Fan Fok Fa’s Peking Opera School. He started off his movie career as an extra on the movie “Enter The Dragon”, being seen as one of the fighters who takes on Bolo Yeung, when Bolo breaks his neck.

Throughout the early 70′s, Chung would appear in minor roles or most of the time as a stuntman, in movies such as Chinese Hercules, The Tournament, Iron Fisted Monk and Broken Oath. Although these were brief appearances and mostly uncredited, it wasn’t long until Chung was spotted once again by legend Sammo Hung and brought into his team.

I thought it was about time i did a post on the great vampire buster of all time, yes you got it, lam Ching Ying. This will be listing all the movies and tv series where Lam Ching Ying either stars in or takes on the hopping vampires and evil spirits.

His roles in the Mr.Vampire movies show his skills as an actor, with great comic timing which goes well with his serious acting side, which we normally get to see on screen. This role would make him, not just a big star in Asia but also worldwide as the master of Vampire killers.

Other great movies which he starred in (But not in a vampire movie) were the likes of The Prodigal Son, School On Fire, Eastern Condors, The Magnificent Butcher and Painted Faces.

I have been a big fan of these movies since i first watched Mr.

The Four is an upcoming Horror/Martial Arts movie, brought to us by director Gordon Chan (Fist of Legend/Beast Cops/Painted Skin) and stars Collin Chou and Anthony Wong.

The movie is Set during China’s Northern Song Dynasty (960 to 1120), about four detectives who have great power and take on the undead. We have seen many great classics in the past with Kung Fu and Horror combined such as the Mr.Vampire series, Encounters Of The Spooky Kind and many more. So will this movie live up to the old classics? only time will tell.

Plot

An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter’s real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it with funny money, but with an army of undead.

Cast

Deng Chao, Liu Yi-Fei,...

With Halloween fast approaching it’s that time of year for horror movie marketers to have a field day, and it looks like Hong Kong’s no different with (the clue is in the title) Hong Hong Ghost Stories. Directors Jing Wong and Patrick Kong join forces together for the first time to bring us a ghost horror, Hong Kong style. The 2-part horror stories starts with the spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and the second story is about the ghostly encounter of a group of friend on vacation. Maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be giving a little nod of recognition to the campy Hong Kong horror style of the 80s; that brought us the likes of ‘Mr. Vampire’ and ‘Encounters of the Spooky Kind.’ No bad thing really, as both of those were absolute solid gold classics. Time will tell if...

With Halloween fast approaching it’s that time of year for horror movie marketers to have a field day, and it looks like Hong Kong’s no different with (the clue is in the title) Hong Hong Ghost Stories. Directors Jing Wong and Patrick Kong join forces together for the first time to bring us a ghost horror, Hong Kong style. The 2-part horror stories starts with the spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and the second story is about the ghostly encounter of a group of friend on vacation. Maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be giving a little nod of recognition to the campy Hong Kong horror style of the 80s; that brought us the likes of ‘Mr. Vampire’ and ‘Encounters of the Spooky Kind.’ No bad thing really, as both of those were absolute solid gold classics. Time will tell if...

With Halloween fast approaching it’s that time of year for horror movie marketers to have a field day, and it looks like Hong Kong’s no different with (the clue is in the title) Hong Hong Ghost Stories. Directors Jing Wong and Patrick Kong join forces together for the first time to bring us a ghost horror, Hong Kong style. The 2-part horror stories starts with the spooky and unexplained incidents in a school and the second story is about the ghostly encounter of a group of friend on vacation. Maybe it’s just me but the whole thing seems to be giving a little nod of recognition to the campy Hong Kong horror style of the 80s; that brought us the likes of ‘Mr. Vampire’ and ‘Encounters of the Spooky Kind.’ No bad thing really, as both of those were absolute solid gold classics. Time will tell if...

Though this sickly green globe we call Earth has been lovingly graced with an unhealthy abundance of bizarre, over-the-top kung fu movies, few of them actually come close to matching the undeniably goofy charm of “Hard Way to Die” director I-Jung Hua’s comedic martial arts romp “Kung Fu Zombie”. This insanely kinetic motion picture — an obvious rip-off of professional badass Sammo Hung’s enjoyable farce “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” — is internally optimized with the same unique brand of reckless abandon found swimming casually throughout cult favorite Sam Raimi’s earlier, more inspired work. Lifting countless ideas from a number of obvious sources, Hua delivers his wacky, off-the-wall material with his gore-soaked tongue pressed firmly into his partially-digested cheek. Additionally, the film’s numerous high-energy fight scenes help prevent the story’s sillier moments from ruling the roost. Highly recommended And while “Kung Fu Zombie” never triumphantly soars beyond the zany brilliance of,...

A unique mix of horror, martial arts action and comedy, Encounters Of The Spooky Kind is a classic of Hong Kong cinema. Ryan takes a look back…

What elements do you need to create a genuinely entertaining film? Action? Comedy? Horror? Great characters? An unnerving air of unpredictability? The 1980 Hong Kong movie, Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, has all those elements and more. It's a strange, supernatural brew of mild gore, frequently hilarious comedy, and some of the most extraordinary kung fu sequences ever committed to film.

Following Jacob Walker's excellent article on the world of supernatural kung fu movies earlier this month (linked at the bottom), I was inspired to return to Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (also known as Gui da Gui, which means Ghost Fights Ghost), the film that popularised an entire subgenre of Jiang Shi (or stiff corpse) Hong Kong action cinema. Even after a fourth or fifth viewing,...

Can M Night Shyamalan recapture his finest form? We take a look ahead to his upcoming summer blockbuster, The Last Airbender...

What Is It?

A live action adaptation of the Us animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, the Avatar prefix was understandably dropped to avoid confusion with a certain mega-budget blockbuster directed by James Cameron. Influenced by Japanese anime and folklore, The Last Airbender is set in a fantasy universe governed by the mythical elements Fire, Air, and Water, and introduces central hero Aang, the titular Airbender who must use his elemental powers to save the planet from the dastardly Fire nation.

Part one of a planned trilogy, The Last Airbender is a big-budget (around $100 million, we're told) family blockbuster, with its release date coinciding precisely with Disney's similarly effects-laden fantasy The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It's also, arguably, one of the toughest sells of the summer, lacking a major recognisable franchise...