Hey look! It's classic character alert! Say hello to the unibrowed Taoist priest. He fights hopping vampires with the help of his two disciples. That's right. Hopping vampires. They hop because they have rigor mortis. They also have their own style of kung fu, with a pretty intense kung fu grip. If they bite you, you're done for. If they stab you with their long vampire nails, you're done for. Unless you have a large supply of uncooked sticky rice to stand on. That clears up a bad case of vampirirsm.
There's also a soul sucking ghost on the loose looking for a victim. She finds the unibrowed priest's disciple, and proceeds to feast on him night after night, a full two years before the Chinese Ghost Story films. It's up to the unibrowed priest to save his disciple, banish the ghost, fight the vampires, and be all around awesome. There's lots of speeded up fights, wirework, and cheap latex special effects. It's pretty awesome. Pretty much the only thing that's questionable about this movie is the instances of animal sacrifice. I can't say for sure that they didn't kill them - it's not Cannibal Holocaust, but it was a little surprising I wouldn't say that you shouldn't watch this movie because of 5 seconds of film, just be aware and close your eyes if it bothers you. Otherwise, this movie is extremely entertaining - even if you're not a kung fu fan or a foreign movie fan, you should check it out.
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