Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
December 24, 1980Release Date
Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
December 24, 1980Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Encounter of the Spooky Kind is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sammo Hung
Bold Cheung / Director / Writer / Martial Arts Choreographer
Paul Chung Fat
Priest Tsui
Wu Ma
Ah Chiu
Lam Ching-Ying
The Inspector / Martial Arts Choreographer
Peter Chan Lung
Priest Chin Hoi
To Siu-Ming
Ah Dooh / Ah To / Cocky
Huang Ha
Master Tam
Leung Suet-Mei
Cheung's Wife
Tai Bo
Adviser Lau
Chang Ching-Po
Uncle Fok
Yuen Miu
Ah Mu / Prison Guard
Ho Pak-Kwong
Peeping Tom
Fung Ging-Man
Peeping Tom
Ying Huang
Writer
Wellson Chin Sing-Wai
Policeman / Assistant Director
Ka Lee
Policeman
Ng Min-Kan
Policeman
Chow Gam-Kong
Policeman
Chi-Chung Liu
Producer
Pan Yung-Sheng
Prison Guard
Siu Tak-Foo
Prison Guard / Man at Inn
Benz Kong To-Hoi
Prison Guard
Pang Yun-Cheung
Hsiao Peng
Hui Ying-Ying
Cheung's Neighbor Testifies to Police
Billy Chan
Cart Driver Eating Tofu with Cheung / Martial Arts Choreographer
Cheung Chi-Hung
Cart Driver Eating Tofu with Cheung
Ricky Lau
Cart Driver Eating Tofu with Cheung
Yuen Biao
Vampire / Martial Arts Choreographer
Ha Kwok-Wing
Man at Inn
Cheng Wai-Ching
Man at Inn
Wong Ying
Writer
Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Editor
Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Producer
Louis Sit
Production Supervisor
Cheng Chung-Yiu
Script Supervisor
Wu Cheuk-Wah
Director of Photography
Li Yu-Tang
Director of Photography
Cheng Hui-Jan
Lighting Technician
Chu Sheng-Shi
Costume Design
Simon Chan Kwok-Hong
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 24, 1980
Original Name鬼打鬼
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$731,753
Genres
Wiki.
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Chinese: 鬼打鬼) is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film directed by and starring Sammo Hung, who also wrote the film with Huang Ying, and produced by Hung's production company Bo Ho Film Company. Released as Spooky Encounters in the United States and also known as Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind, the latter title more blatantly mimicking the title of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Encounters of the Spooky Kind was the progenitor of the jiangshi film genre and one of Hong Kong's first action horror comedies.In the film, a man is targeted for killing by his wife's lover. The lover employs a witch, who unleashes jiangshi, vampires, and spirits against the husband. The attacks are countered by a rival sorcerer, who takes the husband as his disciple. The events escalate to a battle between the sorcerers.
The film was followed by a stand-alone sequel starring Hung and Lam Ching-ying, Encounters of the Spooky Kind II (also known as Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2) in 1990, which has no relation to Encounters of the Spooky Kind. A soft reboot directed by Dick Wei was filmed in 2016.