Vampire Cleanup Department
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| Produced by | Ha Yue
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| Cinematography | Choi Ko-bei |
| Edited by | Tong Wai-wing |
| Music by | Chiu Sin-hang Marco Wan Ho Kwan-wai |
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| Distributed by | Media Asia Distribution |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | US$263,970[1] |
Vampire Cleanup Department (救僵清道夫) is a 2017 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Yan Pak-wing and Chiu Sin-hang.[2][3]
The film is a memorial for Lam Ching-ying's passing away 20 years ago.
Synopsis
Tim Cheung is just an ordinal student in Hong Kong and an orphan. His parents died when he was still a baby, leaving him for his paternal grandmother to take care. As long as he grows, his classmates calls him 'rubbish bin'. His grandmother collects corrugated fiberboard to the recycle center for living. Once his grandmother when competing with an eldly for a corrugated box, Tim was involved in vampire cleanup department, a special office of Hong Kong government that founded since British Hong Kong era in order to deal with vampire. Tim discovered that he's neither human nor vampire by the department, and he also found out that his parents were the former members of the department, they were bitten during a mission and they sacrifice themselves for a greater good.
Tim later joins the department as an intern. During a mission, he saves and keeps a vampire in his house. But this vampire lures a landlord vampire to attack.
Cast
- Baby John Choi as Tim Cheung, an intern vampire sweeper whose blood is resistant to the infection from vampires. His parents were both in the department, but were unfortunately bitten by a vampire during a mission. Tim's mother was giving birth to Tim, which resulted in him being neither human nor vampire. Tim then falls in love with a female vampire called Summer Yik Siu-ha.
- Lin Min-chen as Summer, originally name Yik Siu-ha, born in 1820, died in 1840. She was buried as funeral objects to the landlord. She woke up as a female vampire with the landlord vampire.
- Chin Siu-ho as Chau, Tim's master, teaching him how to fight against vampires. The figher of the department.
- Richard Ng as Chung, director of the department, in charging technical support.
- Lo Mang as Tai Gau Keoi, in charge of producing weapon and supplyment or cleaning up.
- Bondy Chiu
- Yuen Cheung-yan as Master Ginger
- Siu Yam-yam
- Jim Chim
- Eric Tsang
Reception
The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film was "enjoyable in a throwaway kind of way, and it’s forgotten as soon as the credits roll" and that the film finding that it "shamelessly trades in nostalgia for both the singularly Chinese creature and the goofy horror comedies Hong Kong pumped out in the 1980s and early ’90s."[2] Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post compared the film to Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis and the Wong Jing production Sifu vs Vampire that "we finally have an adequate homage to the comedic tradition immortalised by Mr Vampire (1985) and its sequels."[4] The review gave the film a three out of five rating, concluding it as a "frothy yet genuinely likeable film"[4]
Awards and nominations
| Awards | Category | Nominee | Results | Ref. |
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| 37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Siu Yam-yam | Nominated | [5] |
| Best Original Film Song | "Jeung Seung Si Sau" | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b Kerr, Elizabeth (March 13, 2017). "'Vampire Cleanup Department': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "救殭清道夫 Vampire Cleanup Department". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ a b Lee, Edmund (March 15, 2017). "Film review: Vampire Cleanup Department – Babyjohn Choi, Lin Min-chen in witty salute to Hong Kong horror tradition". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. February 6, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018.
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