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11 nominations and 1 win for the Hong Kong film awards. This movie has it all: gymnastics, martial arts, a vampire, ghosts and zombies.
Readers rated it very high in the comedy/action/horror genre:
A true classic for all lovers of film, 31 March 2006
10/10
Author: Knuckle from United States
"Mr. Vampire" is bar none one of the most imaginative, entertaining, and creative stories ever committed to film. In this movie, Master Gau (Ching-Ying Lam), and his two bumbling students, Chou (Siu-hou Chin) and Man (Ricky Hui), deal with the awakened corpse of a man whose body has been buried inauspiciously. The hopping ghost goes on rampage through the town, killing several innocent bystanders. Add to this mix a bumbling cop who, under pressure to apprehend this heinous murderer, decides that one suspect is as good as another and arrests Master Gau. Throw in a ghostly romance and a zombie-on-zombie mêlée and you have one of the East's cinematic masterpieces.
Aside from the truly awe inspiring wire work, gymnastics, acrobatics, and martial arts displays, Mr. Vampire also gives us characters whose company we truly enjoy. In another refreshing turn, verbal wit plays as much a role in the humor of this movie as the Buster Keatonesque slapstick.
Buy it, rent it, do whatever you have to in order to see this. One viewing will hardly be enough.
One hundred out of ten - quite possibly one of the best of its genre and no doubt one of the best ever.
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