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| name = Encounters of the Spooky Kind |
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| director = [[Sammo Hung]] |
| director = [[Sammo Hung]] |
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| producer = |
| producer = Chan Pui-wah <br/> [[Raymond Chow]] <br/> Lau Chi-chong |
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| writer = |
| writer = Sammo Hung <br/> Huang Ying |
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| starring = |
| starring = Sammo Hung <br/> [[Wong Ha]] <br/> [[Dick Wei]]<br />[[Lam Ching-ying]]<br />[[Wu Ma]] |
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| music = [[Frankie Chan]] |
| music = [[Frankie Chan]] |
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| cinematography = |
| cinematography = Lee Yau-tong<br />Ng Cho-wah |
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| editing = |
| editing = Peter Cheung |
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| distributor = |
| distributor = Bo Ho Film Company Ltd |
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| released = {{start date|1980|12|24|df=y}} |
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| runtime = 98 minutes |
| runtime = 98 minutes |
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| country = [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[Sammo Hung]] - Courageous Cheung |
* [[Sammo Hung]] - Courageous Cheung |
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* Chung Fat - Priest Tsui |
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* [[Lam Ching-ying]] - Inspector |
* [[Lam Ching-ying]] - Inspector |
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* [[Peter Chan]] (Chan Lung) - Priest Chin Hoi |
* [[Peter Chan]] (Chan Lung) - Priest Chin Hoi |
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* To Siu Ming - Ah To / Ah dooh / Cocky |
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* Huang Ha - Master Tam (as Wong Ha) |
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* [[Dick Wei]] - Master Lok |
* [[Dick Wei]] - Master Lok |
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* Cheung Ging-boh - Uncle Fok |
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* Tai Bo - Adviser Lau |
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* [[Yuen Mo]] - Ah To's friend / prison guard |
* [[Yuen Mo]] - Ah To's friend / prison guard |
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* Pang Yun Cheung - Ah To's friend |
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* Wellson Chin - Police officer |
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* Ng Min-kan - Police officer |
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* Leung Suet Mei - Cheung's wife |
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* Billy Chan - Cheung's friend / Driver |
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* Fung Ging Man - Peeping Tom |
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* Ho Pak-kwong - Peeping Tom |
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* [[Yuen Biao]] - Vampire |
* [[Yuen Biao]] - Vampire |
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* [[Lau Chau Sang |
* [[Lau Chau Sang - Guard |
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* [[Wu Ma]] - Ah Chiu Fa Kau |
* [[Wu Ma]] - Ah Chiu Fa Kau |
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* [[Billy Chan]] - Driver |
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==Box office== |
==Box office== |
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''Encounters of the Spooky Kind'' grossed $5,675,626.00 HKD at the Hong Kong box office. |
''Encounters of the Spooky Kind'' grossed $5,675,626.00 HKD at the Hong Kong box office. |
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==DVD release== |
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On November 12, 2001, DVD was released in [[Hong Kong Legends]] at [[United Kingdom|UK]] in [[DVD region code|Region 2]]. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Sammo Hung filmography]] |
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* [[Yuen Biao filmography]] |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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Directed by | Sammo Hung |
Written by | Sammo Hung Huang Ying |
Produced by | Chan Pui-wah Raymond Chow Lau Chi-chong |
Starring | Sammo Hung Wong Ha Dick Wei Lam Ching-ying Wu Ma |
Cinematography | Lee Yau-tong Ng Cho-wah |
Edited by | Peter Cheung |
Music by | Frankie Chan |
Distributed by | Bo Ho Film Company Ltd |
Release date | 24 December 1980 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$5.675 million |
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Chinese: 鬼打鬼) is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy horror film written, choreographed, directed by and starring Sammo Hung. The film was produced by Hung's production company Bo Ho Film Company.
It was released as Spooky Encounters in the US. It is sometimes listed as Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind, more blatantly mimicking the title of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). There is one sequel starring Hung and Lam Ching-ying that has no relation to the plot of this film.
Plot
Bold Cheung is challenged to spend the night in an abandoned house where he must peel an apple in front of a mirror. If he breaks the skin then something bad will happen. Upholding his mantle as the boldest he accepts. However, that night whilst peeling the apple his friends trick him. Whilst scolding his friend for the prank a real ghost appears and snatches Cheung's friend away. The ghost reaches for Cheung but he cuts its hand off, causing the house to collapse.
The next day Cheung overhears a story about a promiscuous wife; he goes to his home to check on his wife and finds two peeping toms outside his door. He scolds them, causing his wife and employer, Master Tam, to hear. Tam escapes but leaves his shoe which Cheung finds and confronts his wife with. His wife pulls a tantrum and makes Cheung feel guilty.
Master Tam is worried Cheung will find out about the affair so he hires a witch, Chin Hoi, to get rid of him. When Chin mentions this to his partner Priest Tsui, Tsui gets angry. Cheung is tricked into spending the night in a temple, but he encounters Tsui who tells him that he must sleep on the roof. Cheung does so. A coffin in the temple opens and a zombie begins looking for him but he is safe. Chin gives up when he cannot find Cheung (he is controlling the zombie) just as Cheung falls down. Chin and the zombie look for Cheung again. He hides under the coffin but is found, the two fight and Cheung kicks the zombie back into the coffin and seals the lid.
Cheung is tricked into spending another night in the temple. Again he meets Tsui who tells him to collect fifty chicken eggs to throw into the coffin. If he runs out of eggs he must throw dog's blood over the zombie. However, the egg seller puts in ten duck eggs. That night Cheung throws in eggs when the coffin begins to open and it works. However when he throws a duck egg inside, the zombie escapes so Cheung throws the dog's blood onto it which sends Chin flying into Tam's roof severing his control of the zombie.
Cheung goes back to town but an Inspector arrests him for murdering his wife even though it is a set-up. Cheung is thrown in prison but escapes by pretending to be sick, he beats up the guards and runs into a forest where he trips over a coffin exposing the corpse within. As Cheung sleeps it comes to life and begins chasing him. Whilst on the run from the corpse Cheung bumps into the Inspector and his men. The zombie collapses onto the Inspector giving Cheung time to escape.
Cheung meets up with Tsui who wants to take Cheung as his disciple. As they stop to eat, the Inspector shows up and sends his men after Cheung. Chin is also there and manipulates Cheung's right arm to beat up the people around him and himself however Tsui stops him in a sword fight and Chin escapes. To help Cheung, Chin uses his magic to manipulate the Inspector's men to fight the Inspector whilst he and Cheung escape. That night Chin sends a vampire after Tsui and Cheung but they defeat it. Tsui draws markings on Cheung's body to protect him from Chin's magic. They go to Tam's house to challenge Chin. Both sorcerers use magic to instill spirits into their disciples. Cheung is possessed by a monkey god. The two possessed apprentices fight with Cheung winning. Chin then possesses Master Tam with the spirit of the sword god but Cheung kills him. Then the two sorcerers unleash their magic on each other. Just as it looks like Chin will win Cheung cuts the legs off his altar which causes Chin to lose balance giving Tsui a chance to hit him with magical fire, Chin is set ablaze and falls off his altar to burn to death. However, Tsui is badly hurt by Chin's magic and he too falls off his altar dead. Cheung's wife steps forward in all the madness and tries to convince Cheung that Tam was about to rape her. However, Cheung is not deceived and he attacks her.
Cast
- Sammo Hung - Courageous Cheung
- Chung Fat - Priest Tsui
- Lam Ching-ying - Inspector
- Peter Chan (Chan Lung) - Priest Chin Hoi
- To Siu Ming - Ah To / Ah dooh / Cocky
- Huang Ha - Master Tam (as Wong Ha)
- Dick Wei - Master Lok
- Cheung Ging-boh - Uncle Fok
- Tai Bo - Adviser Lau
- Yuen Mo - Ah To's friend / prison guard
- Pang Yun Cheung - Ah To's friend
- Wellson Chin - Police officer
- Ng Min-kan - Police officer
- Leung Suet Mei - Cheung's wife
- Billy Chan - Cheung's friend / Driver
- Fung Ging Man - Peeping Tom
- Ho Pak-kwong - Peeping Tom
- Yuen Biao - Vampire
- [[Lau Chau Sang - Guard
- Wu Ma - Ah Chiu Fa Kau
Box office
Encounters of the Spooky Kind grossed $5,675,626.00 HKD at the Hong Kong box office.
DVD release
On November 12, 2001, DVD was released in Hong Kong Legends at UK in Region 2.
See also
External links
- Encounters of the Spooky Kind at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Encounters of the Spooky Kind at IMDb
- Encounters of the Spooky Kind at AllMovie