Vampire vs Vampire

Vampire Vs Vampire
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
Release date	26 July 1989 (1989-07-26)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$11.19 million

Vampire Vs Vampire (一眉道人) is a 1989 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by and starring Lam Ching-ying. The title references the interaction in the film between a jiangshi child, a creature from Chinese "hopping" corpse fiction, and a British vampire based on Western vampire fiction.^[1]

Plot

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 miniature jiangshi. 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.

Cast

• Lam Ching-ying as One Eyebrow Priest
• Chin Siu-ho as Ah Hoo
• David Lui as Ah Fong
• Maria Cordero as Mother Superior
• Billy Lau as General
• Sandra Ng as General's Cousin
• Regina Kent as Nun
• Frank Juhas as European vampire

Home media

Laserdisc

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Catalog No	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
Unknown	Japan	N/A	Towa Video		CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	Japaneses	Audio Mono	[2]
1993	Hong Kong	N/A		ML091	CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	English / Chinese	Audio Mono

VCD

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
1 March 2000	Hong Kong	N/A	Joy Sales (HK)	NTSC	Cantonese, Mandarin	English, Traditional Chinese	2VCDs	[3]

DVD

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Region	Language	Sound	Subtitles	Notes	REF
17 May 2002	Hong Kong	N/A	Deltamac (HK)	NTSC	ALL	Cantonese, Mandarin	Dolby Digital	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese		[4]
20 May 2003	United States	Unrated	Tai Seng	NTSC	1	Cantonese, Chinese	Dolby	Chinese, English		[5]
4 July 2006	Taiwan	N/A	Catalyst Logic	NTSC	3	Cantonese and Mandarin	Dolby Digital 2.0	English, Traditional Chinese		[6]
2 February 2009	Hong Kong	N/A	Joy Sales (HK)	NTSC	ALL	Cantonese, Mandarin	Dolby Digital 2.0	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese		[7]

References

1. Hudson, Dale (2009). "Modernity as Crisis: Goeng si and Vampires in Hong Kong Cinema." Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-0-8108-6696-6.
2. "Vampire vs. Vampire (Yi men dao ren) [IV20]". urabanchou.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
3. "Vampire VS Vampire (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
4. "Vampire Vs Vampire DVD Region All". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
5. "Vampire Vs Vampire [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
6. "Vampire VS Vampire (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
7. "Vampire Vs Vampire (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

External links

• Vampire vs Vampire at IMDb
• Vampire vs Vampire at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Vampire Vs. Vampire at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• Vampire Vs. Vampire at Love Hong Kong Film