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Traditional Chinese | 一眉道人 |
Simplified Chinese | 一眉道人 |
Hanyu Pinyin | yī méi dàorén |
Jyutping | jat1 mei4 dou3 jan4 |
Directed by | Lam Ching-ying |
Written by | Sam Chi-leung Chan Kam-cheong Sze Mei-yee |
Produced by | Chua Lam |
Starring | Lam Ching-ying Chin Siu-ho David Lui Sandra Ng Billy Lau Maria Cordero |
Cinematography | Cho On-sun Kwan Chi-kam |
Edited by | Peter Cheung |
Music by | Anders Nelsson The Melody Bank Alastair Monteith-Hodge Tim Nugent |
Production companies | Diagonal Pictures Paragon Films |
Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$11.19 million |
Vampire Vs Vampire (一眉道人;lit. 'One EyebrowDaoist Priest')[1] is a 1989 Hong Kongcomedy horror film directed by and starringLam Ching-ying. The title references the interaction in the film between ajiangshi child, a creature from Chinese"hopping" corpse fiction, and a British vampire based on Westernvampire fiction.[2]
Chinese exorcist One-Eyebrow Priest (Lam Ching-ying) leads a peaceful life with two disciples Ah Ho (Chin Siu-ho) and Ah Fong (David Lui) in a small town together with a mischievous miniaturejiangshi. While finding new water sources one day, the priest encounters a European vampire in the nearby church who is aided by a dead countess. Although the priest manages to get rid of the countess, his Chinese exorcism fails on the European vampire.
Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Catalog No | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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Unknown | Japan | N/A | Towa Video | CLV / NTSC | Cantonese | Japaneses | Audio Mono | [3] | |
1993 | Hong Kong | N/A | ML091 | CLV / NTSC | Cantonese | English / Chinese | Audio Mono |
Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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1 March 2000 | Hong Kong | N/A | Joy Sales (HK) | NTSC | Cantonese, Mandarin | English, Traditional Chinese | 2VCDs | [4] |
Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Region | Language | Sound | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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17 May 2002 | Hong Kong | N/A | Deltamac (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese | [5] | |
20 May 2003 | United States | Unrated | Tai Seng | NTSC | 1 | Cantonese, Chinese | Dolby | Chinese, English | [6] | |
4 July 2006 | Taiwan | N/A | Catalyst Logic | NTSC | 3 | Cantonese and Mandarin | Dolby Digital 2.0 | English, Traditional Chinese | [7] | |
2 February 2009 | Hong Kong | N/A | Joy Sales (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital 2.0 | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese | [8] |
Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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21 May 2023 | United Kingdom | 15 | Eureka Video | Region B | Cantonese | English | Included in set of four of theMr. Vampire sequels. | [9] |
The Chinese title: 一眉道人, literally means:One Eyebrow Priest, or actually,One Eyebrow Daoist Priest because dou3 jan4 meansDaoist Priest.