Kaljug Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Fateh! Mr Vampire is one of the greatest horror movies of all time in Chinese cinema. Not only is the film great fun, it is also a repository of of Taoist folklore and contains a great deal of esoteric Taoist practices which are described through the form of a Taoist mystic doing battle with his Jiang Shi (stiff corpse, i.e. vampire) foe. You may notice that Chinese vampires are a bit different from their Western counterparts: they can only hop because they are stiff from rigor mortis, they can only see you when you breathe, their favourite weapon is their enormously long nails (nails continue to grow even after death), and they can be harmed by glutinous rice. See here: http://www.dramacrazy.net/chinese-movie/mr...e/mr-vampire-2/ There are 5 films in the series, but the first is the best. Enjoy, K. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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