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Heroes Two (1974) IMDb WikiData
方世玉與洪熙官
director: Chang Cheh actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: Heroes Two - I due eroi / Die tödlichen Fäuste der Shaolin …
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.
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The Legendary Strike (1978) WikiData IMDb
浪子一招
director: Huang Feng / Kim Jong-seong actor: Chan Sing / Angela Mao Ying …
other title: La Légende de Shaolin / 浪子一招 …
The plot deals with a search for a valuable pearl, dubbed the Buddha's Relic, which is sold to an unwitting Japanese emissary by a corrupt Ching Dynasty prince who seeks to steal it back for his own purposes.
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The Heroes (1980) IMDb WikiData
少林英雄
director: Pao Hsueh-Li / Wu Ma actor: Ti Lung / Shih Szu …
other title: Ti Lung - Die tödliche Kobra / 少林英雄 …
Former Shaolin man Marshal Kao takes his former classmates prisoner and, instead of executing them, proposes to his Qing commander that he torture them until they're willing to fight on behalf of the Qings. The 'torture' comes to look increasingly like strenuous kung fu training with Kao putting the prisoners through their paces. The Qing governor and his aides become suspicious of Kao's motives, although the beautiful Princess Shao Lung develops her own ideas about him.
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Rigor Mortis (2013) TMDB NeoDB Douban
殭屍
7.4 (9 ratings) director: 麦浚龙 actor: 钱小豪 / 惠英红 …
other title: 僵尸 / 殭屍 …
When a former actor moves into an apartment building with the intention of commiting suicide, he is saved by a Taoist priest who used to specialize in hunting Chinese hopping vampires: or Jiāngshī. Elsewhere in the building, a woman turns to a specialist in black magic to bring her husband back to life.
Oct. 31, 2021 watched
Serious horror homage to the comedy horror "goengsi" (biting undead) films of the 80s, many of whose actors feature in this.
2010s Goengsi HongKong Horror 殭屍
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
director: Roy Ward Baker / Chang Cheh actor: Peter Cushing / David Chiang Da-Wei …
other title: La leggenda dei 7 vampiri d'oro / Die 7 goldenen Vampire …
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
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From Beijing with Love (1994) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
國產凌凌漆
8.5 (11 ratings) director: Stephen Chow / Lee Lik-Chi actor: Stephen Chow / Anita Yuen Wing-Yee …
other title: Liebesgrüße aus Peking / Bons baisers de Pékin …
A Chinese secret agent travels to Hong Kong to reclaim a dinosaur fossil but experiences hilarious incidents because of his incompetence.
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Magic Crystal (1986) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
魔翡翠
director: Wong Jing actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Andy Lau …
other title: El cristal mágico / The Magic Crystal
Archaeologist Shum finds an antique jade with supernatural power in Greece. The stone is wanted both by KGB's agent Karoff and the Interpol. Shum asks his friend Nike for help. However, Shum is finally caught by KGB but the jade is slipped into the hands of a boy called Pan.
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The Brain-Stealers (1968) NeoDB Douban IMDb
諜海花
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Lily Ho / Peter Chen Ho …
other title: 諜海花
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
Oct. 19, 2025 watched
Thought I was going to get giant super soldiers, but mainly Bond-esque gadgets and intrigue. And a gloriously over-the-top supervillain.

Watched in #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
1960s HongKong KungFuSat LilyHo SciFi
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Shaolin Soccer (2001) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
少林足球
8.0 (10 ratings) director: Stephen Chow actor: Stephen Chow / Richard Ng …
other title: Kung Fu Futebol Clube / Shaolin Kickers
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
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Her Vengeance (1988) NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
血玫瑰
director: Lam Nai-Choi actor: Pauline Wong / Lam Ching-Ying …
Fong Kit Ying is an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who inadvertently angers a gang of drunken patrons. They follow her home after her shift and mount a viscous gang assault. After her traumatic ordeal, she vows to hunt them down one by one.
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Mr. Vampire (1985) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
殭屍先生
8.4 (7 ratings) director: Ricky Lau actor: Lam Ching-Ying / Ricky Hui Koon-Ying …
other title: Mr Vampire / El señor de los vampiros
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Oct. 13, 2025 watched
A fantastically enjoyable Sammo Hung-produced action/horror/comedy with the hopping undead (goengsi/jiangshi).

Loved and watched this film since ~1990

Rewatched (for the umpteenth time) 12 October 2025 in #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after #Monsterdon on Mastodon.
1980s ActionComedy ActionComedyHorror ActionHorror ComedyHorror
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Five Element Ninjas (1982) TMDB IMDb WikiData
五遁忍術
director: Chang Cheh actor: Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi / Lung Tien-Hsiang …
other title: FIVE ELEMENT NINJA / 五遁忍術 …
A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master and brothers. He finds a new teacher and faces, together with his new brothers, the Five Element Ninja challenge.
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Spiritual Kung Fu (1978) IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
拳精
director: Lo Wei actor: Jackie Chan / James Tien Chun …
other title: A Desforra do Herói / Meister aller Klassen 2 …
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
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Twin Dragons (1992) WikiData IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban
双龙会
director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung / Tsui Hark actor: Jackie Chan / Maggie Cheung …
other title: Gémeos Em Fúria / Twin Dragons - Das Powerduo …
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
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Painted Faces (1988) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
七小福
director: Alex Law Kai-Yui actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Lam Ching-Ying …
other title: Leben hinter Masken
This is a story about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Samo Hung and Yuen Biao attended as young men. The story is about their teacher Master Yu and his school.