Spooky Encounters

Starring:Billy Chan, Lung Chan, Ti-Hong Cheung, Fat Chung, Ching-Ying Lam, Chau Sang Lau, Suet-Moi Leung, Po Tai, Siu-Ming To, Dick Wei, Ha Wong, Ma Wu, Biao Yuen
Studio: Tai Seng
Product Type: DVD

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The Mr. Vampire films of the 1980s may be the most familiar examples of a unique Hong Kong subgenre, the knockabout horror comedy. But here, as elsewhere, the true pioneer turns out to be the Fat Dragon, Sammo Hung. He worked out all the basic moves (sticky rice as a ghost repellent; the frantic use of spells scribbled on slips of paper) in this 1980 ghost farce. It's a fancy-dress period film in which a gang of clowns, pretending to be spooks in order to terrorize each other, inadvertently invoke the real thing. Pretty soon everyone in sight (including Sammo's foxy but unfaithful wife) is conjuring up a hopping corpse or a nasty poltergeist, and a supernatural traffic jam ensues. (The same basic idea was recycled, much less effectively, in 1982's The Dead and the Deadly.) Hung's world-class kung fu skills prove to be as well adapted to slapstick horseplay as to knockdown action, and in the best scenes they work both ways at once. In the finale, Hung fights off several attackers as his body is possessed by one ectoplasmic intruder after another, each with a distinct personality. Sammo is never more graceful than when he's pretending to be a clumsy oaf. --David Chute

Customer Reviews:

silliness abounds.......2007-05-07

Fortunately for the viewer, Sammo Hung is able to just barely rescue this film from oblivion. His always interesting martial arts is the highlight of this piecs of fluff.

bad.......2007-03-23

On your website it was actually stated that it was acted by Alfred Cheung (Gui Meng Jiao) but after i have received the movie it was not.

So, i don't know how to rate.

I can't believe I actually bought this.......2004-06-23

I don't know what's written on the english box, but on the DVD-box I have it says "Amazing 30 minutes ending fight", but as the movie ended I still haven't seen that fight yet... During the whole movie there were like 2-3 fights, only one of the worth watching...
I don't count the fights against the mummy for fights, since all he did was jump around avoiding the mummy

If you like to watch two sourceres (sp?) keep throwing fireballs at each other, this movie might be something for you, but if you're looking for just a little bit horror, comedy or martial arts, then go look somewhere else, since this movie contains none of those elements :(

Sammo Hung is among the best martial arts actors in the world, so I can't believe he would ever do something like this :(

Encounters of the Boring Kind.........2004-06-22

Encounters of the Spooky Kind is Chinese Humorous Kung Fu comedy at its worst. Encounters features a repetitive plotline, uninteresting characters and a horrible long drawn out ending. I found this film tiresome rather than entertaining...

Sammo Hung stars as Courageous Cheung, a chunky 'everyman' whose beautiful wife is cheating on him with his own boss. When Cheung begins to suspect his wife's infidelity, the evil boss plans to kill Cheung, with somewhat humorous results.

When I checked out "Encounters" I expected it to be humor along the line of the Mr. Vampire series. Instead we get cheesy comedy with a lot of 'unfunny' scenes and terrible makeup. If you like characters with cheesy makeup and fake corpses crawling with maggots this is the film for you. If not, I'd skip this film and watch the first of the Mr. Vampire series. At least Mr. Vampire actually succeeds at being funny.

I swear this is the best movie ever !!!!!.......2004-06-12

Man!!!!This movie blew me away when i first saw it, just everything about it from start to finish it's just insane.
I thought when I saw it the first time I would just put it with my other dvd's. But it only got better with the second viewing.
This is the movie that made realize that Sammo Hung is the s***.
That's not to say that I did'nt know he was before, but this only solidifies it.I remember seeing a clip of this movie when i was little, ever since i've been looking for it but i did'nt know the name of it. Now that i've found it and i'm never lettin' it go. I miss movies like this, very inventive, great choreography I SAID IT BEFORE I'LL SAY IT AGAIN SAMMO HUNG IS THE BEST .But anyway like everyone else said the ending is just crazy.
Crazy in a good way, I dare anybody, genre fan or not to watch this movie and not like it. You show the person who does'nt like
this movie even a little i'll show you a freakin' psycho.
It don't get better than this. I've got nothin' else to say I love it. By the way is there anybody out there that wants to talk kung fu with me please let me know. I'm at (...)
Peace.

Sammo Hung: Action Collection (digitally remastered) 3 disc Boxset

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Sammo Hung: Action Collection (digitally remastered) 3 disc Boxset

Manufacturer: Fortune Star
ProductGroup: DVD
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Magnificent Butcher DVD
Knockabout DVD
Spooky Encounters (aka: Encounters Of The Spooky Kind) DVD
All fully re-mastered with enhanced video and audio quality.

ASIN: B000HZWXDK

Product Description

- Spooky Encounters (aka: Encounters Of The Spooky Kind) DVD - Magnificent Butcher DVD - Knockabout DVD - All fully re-mastered with enhanced video and audio quality. - Sammo Hung Interviews - Sammo Hung MV - Leung Kar Yan Interviews

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silliness abounds
bad
I can't believe I actually bought this
Encounters of the Boring Kind..
I swear this is the best movie ever !!!!!

Spooky Encounters
Starring: Billy Chan , Lung Chan , Ti-Hong Cheung , Fat Chung , and Ching-Ying Lam
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
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ASIN: B00004YZEI
Release Date: 2000-11-14

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Customer Reviews:

silliness abounds.......2007-05-07

Fortunately for the viewer, Sammo Hung is able to just barely rescue this film from oblivion. His always interesting martial arts is the highlight of this piecs of fluff.

bad.......2007-03-23

On your website it was actually stated that it was acted by Alfred Cheung (Gui Meng Jiao) but after i have received the movie it was not.

So, i don't know how to rate.

I can't believe I actually bought this.......2004-06-23

Sammo Hung is among the best martial arts actors in the world, so I can't believe he would ever do something like this :(

Encounters of the Boring Kind.........2004-06-22

I swear this is the best movie ever !!!!!.......2004-06-12

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