Kung Fu Zombie (1982)

[Scott]

KUNG FU ZOMBIE (1982) - Kung Fu, Ghost, Hopping Zombies, and a Vampire are involved in this semi-entertaining Kung Fu Comedy/Horror. It's not my style of Martial Arts film, but it had its moments. A wacky wizard uses Chinese Black Majick to bring back the dead. This film is for the Zombie completist and for those who like hopping zombies. The Vampire uses flaming fist and feet in final battle. Check it out you might like it.



I heard someone once mention a Chinse film with "hopping" Vampires here on this board. Perhaps they were mistaken and meant "hopping" Zombies.



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[JohnL]

>I heard someone once mention a Chinse film with "hopping" Vampires here on
>this board. Perhaps they were mistaken and meant "hopping" Zombies.

I've never seen the movie, but several years ago, some show aired a clip of the Chinese hopping vampires. As I recall, they basically bunny-hopped in slow motion.

[Scott]

Oh, then this one is a different film. No slow motion hopping in this one and also not enough hopping scenes from the zombies. More hopping would have helped this film. The zombies did hop like Frankenstein bunnies with their arms straight out in front then were sent back to coffins in KUNG FU ZOMBIE.

[Yaddo42]

Maybe you're thinking of "Mr. Vampire", Dr. Freex has a review of it. He explains that though the undead in the film are called vampires, they are closer to zombies. They hop because that's the only way they can move the rest of their bodies have stiffened in death. They are blind, and home in on their victims' breathing.

I remember seeing an episode of "The Incredibly Strange Film Show" years ago about Chinese horror and ghost stories. Mixed in with clips of "Chinese Ghost Story" and "Bride with White Hair" were scenes of bunches of the hopping vampire/zombies dressed in Mandarin clothing, but I have no idea what film it was from.

[Scott]

Wow, it seems that Hong Kong really likes its "hopping"  monsters. Sounds like their are a few of these type films around made in Hong Kong.

[Max Gardner]

Chinese mysticism draws a far thinner line between vampires, ghosts and zombies than we're accustomed to.  So you could really say they're hopping vampires while someone else might argue that they're actually hopping zombies,and you'd both be sort of right.

[Scott]

Good insight Max as I think you may be correct.

[Chopper]

this one sounds like a winner. has anyone out there ever seen Crippled Masters? not quite a mixed-genre Kung-fu film. but still pretty violent and wierd.

[Scott]

Been wanting to see CRIPPLED MASTERS and FLYING GULLIOTINE.

[Chopper]

haha, catch them as soon as u can Scott, in my own opinion those are both the 2 best cheesy martial art movies ever! well the Street Fighter (w/ Sonny Chiba) also.

[jga5000]

wow, it has Kung Fu and Zombies...I want it!

I saw Crippled Masters, the fighting is impressive just cause they're real handicap people doing stuff. It was amazing when the one guy with no arms threw spears with his toes. I found it for $5.99 at Suncoast.