Underseen, but fun, Hong Kong fantasy/horror movies

10 movies  

Not including the Mr. Vampire series (and its knockoffs)

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Encounters of the Spooky Kind II (1990)
鬼咬鬼
Ricky Lau actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Lam Ching-Ying …
other title: L'Exorciste chinois 2 / Encounter of the Spooky Kind II …
Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherous advances of the wealthy but repulsive Master Shi. The two men's romantic rivalry escalates into full-scale supernatural warfare after Shi enlists the aid of a wicked sorcerer, and Abao encounters a benevolent female ghost.

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The Ghost Snatchers (1986)
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Lam Nai-Choi actor: Wong Jing / Joey Wong …
other title: Ghost Snatchers / 俾鬼捉
Vengeful spirits of Japanese soldiers from World War II haunt a new high-rise office building in Hong Kong.

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The Eternal Evil of Asia (1995)
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Cash Chin Man-Kei actor: Power Chan Kwok-Pong / Ellen Chan Nga-Lun …
other title: 南洋十大邪術 / The eternal evil of Asia
A fun-filled trip to Thailand turns out to be a deadly one for four best friends when they accidentally killed the sister of a local sorcerer. When one of them mysteriously died upon returning the remaining trio discovers that a curse has been cast upon them. They must turn to a Thai magician for help.

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Abracadabra (1986)
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other title: 天靈靈.地靈靈
In 1980, a crack team of Taoists (garbed like ninjas!) successfully vanquish a mob of ghosts — except for female demon Pinkish Red, who manages to escape. Six years later, Cici Shin and her cousin, Lily Li, open a boutique and need a mirror for their fitting room. The mall security guard finds one for them in the basement but, naturally, Pinkish Red resides inside it and, when Cici cleans the mirror’s surface, the ghost is able to enter back into the real world.

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Vampire Buster (1989)
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other title: 捉鬼大师
In ancient China, a demon was defeated in a fierce battle with a priest, who sealed it's evil spirit in a vase. Centuries later, during the cultural revolution, rebels attempted to gain possession of the vessel from the priest's descendant; however, he threw it into the ocean to keep it from being tampered. The vase was recovered years later in Hong Kong and was auctioned off to a councilman. The demon, unfortunately, escaped and took control of the councilman's body, beginning a spree of terror in the city.
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