as far as zombie movies go...
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goatschool
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avi
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there were moments of 'Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunter' that I enjoyed, but the biggest let down was the master vampire. immobile and expressionless and not at all scary or intimidating. I do like their use of CGI to weird out the backgrounds tho, as Nick noted. That was cool.
I need to rent Mr. Vampire again. heck, I should just buy it.
I need to rent Mr. Vampire again. heck, I should just buy it.
avi
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ps. chinese vampires = western zombies. kinda. well, they're closer to our notions of zombies than vampires.
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avi, i wholeheartedly recommend purchasing mr vampire. the quality hasn't been topped, 20 years later.
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i haven't actually seen any of the sequels. i think they say 2 is good, but after that a drop-off in quality. the same with any other series, i guess.
if netflix has them, i'm not opposed to watching all of them and letting you know.
on friday night i purchased KUNG-FU ZOMBIE from best buy, which has some good taoist magic/zombie stuff going. generally the movie was in the 'unwatchable' tier of late 70's HK, but i enjoyed it.
ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND has some great moments with sammo hung and a hopper. it doesn't feature the vampire too heavily, and it could have been edited better, but i recommend it.
if netflix has them, i'm not opposed to watching all of them and letting you know.
on friday night i purchased KUNG-FU ZOMBIE from best buy, which has some good taoist magic/zombie stuff going. generally the movie was in the 'unwatchable' tier of late 70's HK, but i enjoyed it.
ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND has some great moments with sammo hung and a hopper. it doesn't feature the vampire too heavily, and it could have been edited better, but i recommend it.
goatschool
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i think the essential ingredient to these films is a charismatic and shady human ant/protagonist to go along with the hopper. lam ching ying / MR VAMPIRE and whoever the taoist wizard in KUNG-FU VAMPIRE was, steal the show, from the vampire AND the younger hero(s).
VHUNTERS didn't have that person, in my opinion.
also, apologies to Greg for this hijacking.
VHUNTERS didn't have that person, in my opinion.
also, apologies to Greg for this hijacking.
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also, i have no doubts that there is a real heavy metal asian cineophile out there reading this and chuckling at our naivety. to you i say: fuck.
avi
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I've seen encounters. Twas alright cept for the chicken scene. ack!
I'll check on those sequels from Netflix too. why not?
I'll check on those sequels from Netflix too. why not?
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