Vampire vs Vampire

Vampire Vs Vampire
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Traditional Chinese一眉道人
Simplified Chinese一眉道人
Hanyu Pinyinyī méi dàorén
Jyutpingjat1 mei4 dou3 jan4
Directed byLam Ching-ying
Written bySam Chi-leung
Chan Kam-cheong
Sze Mei-yee
Produced byChua Lam
StarringLam Ching-ying
Chin Siu-ho
David Lui
Sandra Ng
Billy Lau
Maria Cordero
CinematographyCho On-sun
Kwan Chi-kam
Edited byPeter Cheung
Music byAnders Nelsson
The Melody Bank
Alastair Monteith-Hodge
Tim Nugent
Production
companies
Diagonal Pictures
Paragon Films
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 26 July 1989 (1989-07-26)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$11.19 million

Vampire Vs Vampire (一眉道人; lit. 'One Eyebrow Daoist Priest') is a 1989 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by and starring Lam Ching-ying. The title references the interaction in the film between a jiangshi child, a creature from Chinese "hopping" corpse fiction, and a British vampire based on Western vampire fiction.

Plot

Chinese exorcist One-Eyebrow Priest (Lam Ching-ying) leads a peaceful life with two disciples Ah Ho (Chin Siu-ho) and Ah Fong (David Lui) in a small town together with a mischievous miniature jiangshi. While finding new water sources one day, the priest encounters a European vampire in the nearby church who is aided by a dead countess. Although the priest manages to get rid of the countess, his Chinese exorcism fails on the European vampire.

Cast

Home media

Laserdisc

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Unknown Japan N/A Towa Video CLV / NTSC Cantonese Japaneses Audio Mono
1993 Hong Kong N/A ML091 CLV / NTSC Cantonese English / Chinese Audio Mono

VCD

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1 March 2000 Hong Kong N/A Joy Sales (HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Traditional Chinese 2VCDs

DVD

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17 May 2002 Hong Kong N/A Deltamac (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Dolby Digital English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
20 May 2003 United States Unrated Tai Seng NTSC 1 Cantonese, Chinese Dolby Chinese, English
4 July 2006 Taiwan N/A Catalyst Logic NTSC 3 Cantonese and Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 English, Traditional Chinese
2 February 2009 Hong Kong N/A Joy Sales (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

Blu-ray

Release date
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21 May 2023 United Kingdom 15 Eureka Video Region B Cantonese English Included in set of four of the Mr. Vampire sequels.

References

  1. ↑ Djeng, Frank (21 May 2023). Audio commentary. Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels (Media notes). Eureka Video. 0:00:39. The Chinese title: 一眉道人, literally means: One Eyebrow Priest, or actually, One Eyebrow Daoist Priest because dou3 jan4 means Daoist Priest.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Dale (2009). "Modernity as Crisis: Goeng si and Vampires in Hong Kong Cinema." Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-0-8108-6696-6.
  3. ↑ "Vampire vs. Vampire (Yi men dao ren) [IV20]". urabanchou.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Vampire VS Vampire (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Vampire Vs Vampire DVD Region All". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Vampire Vs Vampire [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Vampire VS Vampire (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Vampire Vs Vampire (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels". eurekavideo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.