''New Mr. Vampire'' (Chinese title: 殭屍翻生; lit. "The Vampire Revived") a.k.a. ''The New Mr. Vampire'' is a 1987

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directed by Billy Chan and Leung Chung. It stars

Chin Siu-ho Chin Siu-ho (born 26 January 1963) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist, notable for acting with Jet Li in ''Tai Chi Master (film), Tai Chi Master'' and ''Fist of Legend''. Background He is the older brother of actor Chin Kar-lok and ex-husban ...

(as Hsiao Hau Chien) and Lu Fang (as Tai-Fa) as the disciples and Chung Fat and Huang Ha as the rival masters Chin and Wu.

Synopsis

The brother of a local business baron is killed by a

hopping corpse A jiāngshī, also known as a Chinese hopping vampire, is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese folklore, Chinese legends and folklore. The characters for "jiāngshī" are read goeng-si in Cantonese, cương thi in Vietnamese, kyonshī in Japa ...

, a creature from Chinese jiangshi fiction. Chin and his disciple set to bury the corpse but their plans are foiled by Wu who allows the corpse to turn into a vampire. Meanwhile, Hsiao in a grave robbery attempt accidentally awakens a female corpse (Wong Siu Fung) who eventually turns out to be the Marshal's (Shum Wai) wife. During the commotion, Wu steals the vampire and sets it loose but is restrained by Chin who transports and hides the vampire in a hotel run by Wu Ma. The Marshal discovers them and his reanimated wife but the vampire is let loose once more by Wu and they all team up with the Marshal and his army to stop it.

Cast

* Chung Fat * Lui Fong * Huang Ha * Shum Wai * Po Tai *

Ku Feng Chan Sze-man (born 3 July 1930), better known by his stage name Ku Feng, is a Hong Kong actor. Background He studied in Beijing, and has appeared in hundreds of films, many of which were produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers ( ...

* Wu Ma * Sam Wong * Chan Man-Ching *

Fung Ging-Man Fung Ging-man (), (22 January 1912 – 9 November 1997) sometimes credited as Ging-man Fung and Fung King-Man, was a Cantonese Hong Kong actor, script supervisor, production manager and director. He acted in over 300 films, and he also played a ...

* King Lee * Baan Yun-Sang * Wu Jiang * Wong Yat-Lung

Box office

''New Mr. Vampire'' ran from 8 to 25 May 1986 and grossed HK$13,073,563.00 at the box office.

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