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Tag Archives: Ching-Ying Lam
Forced Nightmare AKA Hua gui lu xing tuan (1992) Sze Yu Lau, Michael Man-Kin Chow, Ching-Ying Lam, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
A female psychic (Sandra Ng) leaves her mainland home to visit Hong Kong. Read More »
Chinese Vampire Story AKA Xin jiang shi xian sheng (1992) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Ricky Hui, Siu-Ho Chin
Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires Read More »
Mr. Vampire III (1987) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Richard Ng, Billy Lau, Comedy, Horror
Expelled by a band of restless ghosts in his village, Taoist Priest Mao Ming, and his two spirit companions, visit another village to seek wealth. Read More »
Mr. Vampire II (1986) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Biao Yuen, Fat Chung, Comedy, Horror
Modern grave robbing “archeologists” find perfectly preserved specimens from the past of a man, a woman, and their child. Read More »
Mr. Vampire (1985) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A ghost sucks the life-force out of a one of Uncle Nine’s student. The other is slowly turned into a vampire. Read More »
Ren xia ren / The Dead and the Deadly (1982) Wu Ma, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Read More »
Banana Spirit / Jing ling bian (1992) Kin Lo, Collin Chou, Josephine Foo, Ching-Ying Lam, Comedy, Fantasy
Francis Ng stars as Chic, who helps his friend Che (Ngai Sing), a Taoist ghostbuster, with various assignments. They both owe gambling debts to the nasty mobster Rabid Hsiung (Tommy Wong), so they’re in desperate need of money, leading them to take on a request from the elderly Taoist master Tang (Richard Ng) to help him capture the Banana Spirit. On a late-night search, the trio is frightened by a demon as well as awakening the Banana Spirit, Muyung Yu-Yu, who takes the earthly form of a beautiful model and seduces Chic. Chic and the ghost become lovers, and she saves his life when he is shot at by mobsters as well as helping him win a great deal of money at one of Rabid Hsiung’s casinos. Hsiung figures out that Yu-Yu has special powers, which he attempts to use for his own benefit, but Chic kills him before he can realize his plans. Unfortunately, Hsiung rises from the grave as a clownish evil spirit looking for revenge, and Yu-Yu’s allotted time on Earth is quickly running out. Lam Ching-ying and Yip Wing-cho co-star in the lively romp.
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