ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND (1980) Blu-ray Review

ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND (1980) d. Sammo Hung (Hong Kong)

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Welcome to Episode #17 of THE STACK!!

A defining film in Hong Kong genre cinema, Encounter of the Spooky Kind blends kung fu, special effects, and Chinese folklore to invent a whole new subgenre of Asian cinema, the jiangshi film, which only a few years later would spawn the iconic and hugely successful Mr. Vampire. Available now from Eureka!

A rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.

https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/encounter-of-the-spooky-kind/

HK action superstar Sammo Hung plays our hapless protagonist, directs, as well as co-writing the script and sharing action choreography credit with his fellow Peking Opera grad, Yuen Biao.

Here are five more titles - let us know what you'd like to see given The Stack treatment next!

TORMENTED (1961) (Film Masters)
ORPHAN (2009) (Shout! Factory)
BURIAL GROUND (1981) (Severin Films)
LYCAN COLONY (2006) (Visual Vengeance)
CUSHING CURIOSITIES (box set) Severin Films

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