User:Kelvin 101/Encounters of the Spooky Kind

Literally translates as ghost fights ghost.

Directed, written and staring Sammo hung.

Described as a ground breaking film because it combines horror, comedy and martial arts in a successful package that has ever came out of Hong Kong cinema.

Released 24 December 1980. It played onto the new year. It became the 6th high grossing film of 1981. 5.7 million at the local box office. It has also done well throughout Asia. It also screened at the can film festival that year and had mixed response.

People in England didn't really like mixing horror, comedy and martial arts.

The actor who plays uncle fung his brother play the bad master in this movie.

Encounter of the spooky kind 2 ghost kill ghost.

When Sammo was making the movie he brought in genuine Taoist masters, ask them in instruct him and the set decorator and production designer to make sure it really conformed to the way that was actually practiced in the really world.

In the scene were a chicken is sacrificed they use a real chicken.

They used duck tape tip keep Sammo pants up.

Some scenes where film in golden harvest studios and some in the new territories in Hong Kong countryside.

In the final scenes were the to Taoist masters are fighting they used real fire on the actors. The actor actual did get burnt during filming. When the bad Taoist master is on fire it is shot in the exterior back lot of the golden harvest.