Archaeologist Kwok Tun Wong brings his two students with him in search of ancient artefacts. They stumble upon a cave and discover three "geung sis" (Chinese "hopping" vampires) — an adult male, an adult female, and a child male. The vampires are immobilized because they have Chinese talismans with spells written on them stuck to their foreheads. Kwok brings them back to his lab and decides to sell the boy vampire in the black market. While transporting the boy vampire, Kwok accidentally strips the talisman off its forehead and breaks the charm. The creature awakens and escapes. It enters a house by chance and befriends a little girl who mistakes the young vampire for an illegal immigrant boy. Meanwhile, back in the lab, one of Kwok's students mischievously removes the talismans from the adult vampires and revives them. The vampires start to "hop" around and attack people. It took the three men much trouble to put them back to rest temporarily. One of Kwok's students was bitten by the male vampire while fighting it so he goes to see Dr Lam for treatment. Lam recognizes the bite marks and concludes that there are vampires running loose in town. Together with his daughter Gigi and his prospective son-in-law Yen, Lam embarks on a quest to destroy the vampires. (Source: Wikipedia) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 殭屍家族
- Also Known As: Mr. Vampire Part 2 , Mr. Vampire II , Jiang Shi Jia Zu , Geung See Ga Zuk , Geung Si Sin Sang 2 , 殭屍先生續集殭屍家族 , 僵尸家族
- Director: Ricky Lau
- Genres: Action, Horror, Comedy, Supernatural
Cast & Credits
-
![Yuen Biao in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)]( "Yuen Biao in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)")
-
![Lam Ching Ying in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)]( "Lam Ching Ying in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)")
Lam Ching YingMaster GaoMain Role -
![James Tien in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)]( "James Tien in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)")
James TienOfficer TienSupport Role -
![Chung Fat in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)]( "Chung Fat in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)")
Chung FatKwok Tun Wong [Professor]Support Role -
![Billy Lau in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)]( "Billy Lau in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)")
Billy Lau"Chicken"Support Role -
![Ka Lee in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)]( "Ka Lee in Mr. Vampire 2 Hong Kong Movie (1986)")
Ka Lee"Sashimi"Support Role
Reviews
I wanted to hop away from this one
Aside from also starring Lam Ching Ying and featuring hopping vampires, Mr. Vampire 2 had little to do with the original Mr. Vampire. Mr. Vampire 2 seemed to think if 2 Idiot assistants were good in the first film, 3 or more would be even better. The relentless slapstick comedy dragged this movie down for me.Grave robbers come across 3 Jiangshi in a cave and take them back to their lab. They believe the hopping vampires will fetch a good price. In the process of transporting the little boy vampire, his talisman comes loose and he escapes. A little girl finds him and makes friends with him. The mother and father vampires are set loose first by Idiot #1 and then again with Idiot #3. “Hilarity” ensues.
The humor in this film didn’t work for me. Wanting to molest a frozen female vampire wasn’t humorous to me. A snake going up Idiot #1’s pants or Idiot #2 keeping a frog in his mouth didn’t tickle my funny bone. And once again a snake was killed, this time its heart was eaten by Idiot #2 as a tonic. Idiot #3 tried to convince Lam Ching Ying to let him marry his daughter by telling him he was already banging her. Who does that? How many times could people stupidly free the vampires while hamming it up for the camera? Each “hilarious” fight took around 10 minutes. Another thing that took away from my enjoyment was the terrible dubbing for the children. The little boy vampire was cute and because he couldn’t talk, didn’t have the bad dubbing by an adult. Despite the cute little vampire and the children taking him with them on outings, this shouldn’t be mistaken for a children’s show though it felt like they were trying to lean in that direction.
The best part of this film was Lam Ching Ying and his unibrow who appeared to be the only adult in the room. Moon Lee who was featured in the first film had a couple of small scenes in this sequel. Wu Ma made a brief appearance as a neighbor. James Tien who played in many kung fu movies showed up as an inept police captain. The three trouble-makers had me rooting for the hoppers who were far less annoying. The only other bright spot was when Lam Ching Ying’s character rattled off his credentials, such as---his master Sammo had Spooky Encounters and Lam had caught a Mr. Vampire last year. Speaking of Sammo, I missed the kung fu that took place in Mr. Vampire (1985).
Mr. Vampire 2 had possibilities by being set in the then present 1986. If you enjoy Hong Kong slapstick comedy you will likely enjoy this film far more than I did. I won’t be crypt-ic, there was nothing I could sink my teeth into and enjoy.
6 October 2024
