Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Kung Fu Zombie (1982, HK)

Starring: Billy Chong, Chan Lau, Kwan Young Moon, Cheng Kang-Yeh, Wang Yu. Directed by: Hua Yi-Jung

"Kung Fu Zombie" is one of the most noteworthy flicks to come out of the "supernatural kung fu" craze of the 1980s/early 1990s in Hong Kong. While it lacks the big budget of Sammo Hung's classic "Encounter of the Spooky Kind" or Ricky Lau's "Mr. Vampire", it more than makes up for it in the relentless humor that will have you rolling on the floor laughing throughout all the movie and of course, through the awesome kung fu scenes.

In "Kung Fu Zombie", Billy Chong plays Pang, a young man who has foiled the attempts of a local criminal's attempts at a robbery. This criminal attempts to get his payback on Pang by hiring a priest to raise a group of zombies to kill him after challenging him to a fight at a local cemetery. However, the plan goes horribly wrong and the criminal is killed instead!

The criminal's ghost tries desperately to find a new body and come back to life...and wreaks havoc with the bumbling priest while looking!

Meanwhile, Pang has problems with his own starting with his dad. When a family with a vendetta comes to town looking for dear old Dad, Pang's problems only get worse.

"Kung Fu Zombie" is a hilarious "geung si movie" (meaning "stiff corpse movie", or a zombie movie in Cantonese) that only gets better every time you watch it. If you're lucky enough to find a copy, watch it ASAP!

Also known as: Woo lung tin see chiu chik gwai (original Cantonese title-HK), Wu long tian shi zhao ji gui (original Mandarin title-HK), Wu long tian shi zgui da gui (Mandarin poster title-HK)

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