The Hong Kong zombie movies of the 1980s and 1990s are a mark of the times for movie fans. When you were a child, you might not dare to watch horror movies, but you loved zombie movies very much. This is the new wave of zombie movies in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong zombie movies in the 1980s and 1990s are a mark of the times for movie fans. When you were a child, you might not dare to watch horror movies, but you loved zombie movies very much. This is the new wave of zombie movies in Hong Kong.

Lam Ching-ying, a legend in the Hong Kong film industry, a famous Hong Kong action actor and martial arts instructor. When he was a child, he learned Peking Opera performance in the troupe of Master Fen Juhua. Later, with his good kung fu, he entered the film industry as a dragon and tiger martial artist and martial arts instructor. After many years of development in the film industry, Lin Zhengying finally relied on the image of Maoshan Taoist Priest in the mid-1980s. A film about Maoshan Taoist priests catching zombies during the Republic of China became popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asian film circles. Later, many zombie films were filmed and won recognition from the audience.

Lin Zhengying is a very hard-working person and never uses a stunt double in filming. In reality, Lin Zhengying is unsmiling and doesn't talk much. He works very seriously, but he has a clear distinction between love and hate. He will take good care of others if he likes you. But if it's someone he doesn't like, he will really scold or punch him in front of him when he passes by. He has an incomparable talent in action. No matter what kind of superstar actor he is, he can design actions and there will always be something new to do.

Lam Ching-ying is known as the founder of zombie films. He created a beautiful era of classic zombie films. Lin Ching-ying's contribution to Hong Kong zombie films will never be forgotten. His image as a zombie priest is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but unfortunately he died of terminal liver cancer in 1997. His death also marked the end of a glorious era of classic golden zombie movies in Hong Kong movies. The man has passed away, but time remains. Thanks to Lin Zhengying for his contribution and dedication, and to Lin Zhengying for letting us feel the charm of zombie movies again and again.

Today, the editor has selected ten classic zombie films by Lin Ching-ying for everyone, looking back at the wonderful and glorious "Lam Ching-ying Era". Which of Lin Ching-ying's films do you like? Which is Lam Ching-ying's most classic movie in your opinion? Everyone is welcome to leave comments.

TOP10, "Music Zombie"

Director: Tang Weicheng

Starring: Lin Zhengying / Li Lizhen / Li Jiasheng / Feng Suifan / Charlie Cao / Xiong Xinxin / Taibao

Maoshan Taoist priest Ma Ma Tei is at odds with his senior brother and takes the order to drive out corpses alone. The master thought that Ah Hao had learned the Maoshan technique, so he asked him to drive away the corpse alone. The master asked him to send the body of the director Tiantang back to Renjia Town. But on the way, he met Zhuzhu who was swimming in the pool and played with her for a while, which delayed his time. As a result, he was chasing corpses through the dark cave at night. The corpse stealers sent by foreign scientists knocked him unconscious and stole the corpse. , a foreign scientist conducted experiments on a zombie and injected a drug into him, making the zombie stronger than before. He bit the foreign scientist and his employer to death and fled in the wilderness. The zombies killed many people, and the whole town demanded to catch the murderer. Captain Cao had no choice but to arrest Mamadi's master and apprentice. Mamadi had to ask his senior brother to help him subdue the zombies. Master Lin accidentally encountered a zombie in the wild. He pretended to be a newly dead zombie and talked with Zombie Nintendo, and went to Renjia Town together. On the way, Master Lin repeatedly tried to subdue the zombies using the "Thunder Talisman", "Copper Coin Sword", "Bagua Mirror", etc., but to no avail. Master Lin forgot that the zombie did not urinate, and he was spotted by the zombie while urinating. He had a flaw and had to jump into the water to escape. Master Lin used his own "Five Elements Formation" to trap the zombies, inserted silver needles into 108 acupoints and the Tengu Moon Eclipse spell to subdue them.

In the play, the music played by the zombie granddaughter Zhuzhu's music pocket watch is a children's song, the Hong Kong translation of "A Sparrow Fell into the Water", and there is also an English song "London Bridge is Falling Down". Zhuzhu is played by Li Lizhen. In the film, Li Lizhen looks pure and charming.

The funniest scene in this film is undoubtedly Uncle Ying pretending to be a zombie and the zombie in the film can speak zombie language and walk step by step.

TOP9, "The Exorcist"

Director: Wu Ma

Screenwriter: Zhao Lujiang / Zheng Wenhua

Starring: Lin Zhengying / Wu Ma / Zou Zhaolong / Yang Ziru / Ye Rongzu / Yue Hong / Chen Jiajun

"The Exorcist" is a zombie-themed film Comedy horror film. The movie tells the story of an old priest of a church in Jiuquan Town who was impaled to death by a cross that was chopped off by lightning. The church has since been abandoned and closed. Twenty years later, Father Wu (played by Wu Ma) planned to reopen the church, but was strongly opposed by the priest Jiu Shu (played by Lin Zhengying), who said that the church was deeply evil.

"Taoist Exorcist" is a movie that combines Chinese and Western styles. It is somewhat similar to "Taoist with One Eyebrow", but the storyline is more complete. The biggest highlight of the film is that it is most difficult to distinguish between real and fake zombies and Chinese and Western zombies played by foreigners. The Maoshan technique is useless against Western zombies, and the cross is useless against Chinese zombies. The main theme is "the combination of Chinese and Western zombies makes the world invincible".

Yue Hong in the video was very beautiful. She was only 23 years old at the time and had plump breasts. After being bitten by a zombie, she had sex with the zombie.

The BOSS in the film is a vampire. The strange thing is that the vampire is a combination of Chinese and Western vampires. It can switch between vampire and zombie modes. The scenes are very mysterious and surprising, which is very different from previous fantasy films.

TOP8, "African Monk"

Director: Chen Huiyi

Screenwriter: Huang Bingyao

Starring: Li Su / Lin Zhengying / Chen Shanhe / Chen Long / Stephen Chow / Ng Meng Tat / Bao Dexi

This film is about the overseas Chinese Asen (played by Chen Shanhe) who invited Lin Daoshi (played by Lin Zhengying) participated in an auction in the UK. The two bought the zombies of the Assen family ancestors and prepared to transport them back to China for burial. Unexpectedly, the plane encountered thick fog halfway, and they lost direction and flew to Africa. During the skydiving and zombies scattered.

This film is narrated by Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat. It is a new look at old films and is very funny. Asen (played by Chen Shanhe), an American overseas Chinese, bought back the corpses of his ancestors from the Qing Dynasty at a high price, and was led by a Taoist priest (played by Lin Zhengying) back to his hometown for burial. Unexpectedly, the plane lost its direction and the corpse fell into the African grassland. He was discovered by the native Lisu and became friends with it. It turns out that this zombie is kind-hearted and even helps the natives deal with a group of invaders who want to occupy the diamond mine...

Aboriginal star Li Su, who became famous in "God Is Crazy", is a comedy film in Hong Kong. It is a crazy farce with a crude plot. , is nothing more than an imitation of the theme of the famous original work. Stephen Chow dubs this "world-famous" actor, and non-Cantonese-speaking audiences may not be able to appreciate the vocal grace.

TOP7, "Zombie Family"

Director: Liu Guanwei

Screenwriter: Huang Bingyao

Starring: Yuen Biao/Li Saifeng/Lin Zhengying/Lou Nanguang/Zhong Fa/Wang Yuhuan/He Jianwei/Wuma/Cao Dahua/Wen Jun/Feng Suifan

"Zombie Family" is Following the great success of "Mr. Zombie", Lin Zhengying then launched the second part. "Zombie Family" sets the story background in modern times, and the plot has nothing to do with the first part.

The biggest difference between "Zombie Family" and Hong Kong zombie movies of the same period is that the zombies have feelings. Zombies were originally described as monsters without any sense of humanity. In the film, the three zombies naturally lick their calves because they are parents and sons. Deep love. The little zombie fell into the world by mistake, and developed deep friendships with several children. They played some warm and interesting tricks, and the zombies also gained a little bit of family and friendship. However, it is a bloodthirsty walking dead after all. The highlight of the last scene where zombies wreak havoc in a bustling city was bizarre and interesting for Hong Kong audiences, but familiar to Japanese audiences. In addition, the little zombies with super powers fit the cultural taste of Fuso, which made "Zombie Family" an unexpected success in Japan. Later, there was a short-lived "zombie boom". At that time, Japan not only launched zombie games, but also Appearing in comics, I am afraid this is something that Hong Kong filmmakers did not expect.

In "Zombie Family", Lin Zhengying plays a fashion Taoist priest who can cast spells on zombies, and on humans, he uses a modern weapon such as a gun. In a scene involving inhaling a depressant, other actors such as Lam Ching-ying and Yuen Biao slowed down their performance and were full of creativity.

TOP6, "Zombie Supreme"

Director: Liu Weiqiang

Screenwriter: Luo Zezhi

Starring: Lin Zhengying / Qian Xiaohao / Wu Jiali / Liu Xun / Huang Bin / Huang Ziyang / Gu Feng

"Zombie Supreme" is directed by Liu Weiqiang, Liu Weiqiang has been in "Mr. Zombie" Serves as deputy photographer. This film mainly tells the story of several apprentices of the Maoshan sect who were deceived by ghosts and started many battles of wits and courage against the resistance in the world and the zombies in the underworld to rescue the apprentices.

There seems to be an inexhaustible supply of movies based on psychedelic themes. This film is based on the ghost troubles of Master Lin Zhengying's two masters and apprentices, and is shot with funny, suspenseful and weird materials. Compared with previous melodrama-like films such as "Mr. Zombie" and "Uncle Zombie", this film caused a sensation when it was released because it was the first to use large-scale special effects that were rare at the time. In the early 1990s, It has epoch-making significance.

This film is the one with the largest scenes in the zombie series. The scene where he fights with the zombie king to steal coffin fungi and hundreds of corpses worship the moon is a classic among zombie films. The scene where the senior brother makes a group of zombies attack Uncle Ying is simply a replica of European and American zombie movies. There are so many ghosts in the opening part, and then all the Taoist priests from Maoshan are gathered to catch the ghosts. The scene is also very grand.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Zhengying, who has always been alone, has a female companion in this movie. She is also a very beautiful female ghost, and there is even a kissing scene, which is full of benefits.

TOP5, "New Mr. Zombie"

Director: Liu Guanwei

Screenwriter: Lu Yongqiang

Starring: Qian Xiaohao/Lin Zhengying/Xu Guanying/Kwan Xiumei/Tan Kaixin/Xu Manhua/Sandra Ng/Lou Nanguang/Chan Huimin/Lin Baoyi/Shao Yinyin

Although this film is called "New Mr. Zombie" , and in fact zombies appear many times in the film, but the main subject of this film is the devil fetus. The synopsis of the story roughly tells the story of Taoist priest Lin Zhengying's old lover Guan Xiumei who is pregnant with a demon fetus. Lin, his two apprentices and his junior sister Wu Junru vowed to prevent the birth of the demon fetus. There are many funny details interspersed in it, including Sandra Ng seducing Lin Zhengying, Qian Xu causing trouble in Zombie Town, and the three masters and apprentices helping Lou Nanguang detoxify, etc., all of which were very lively. However, the structure of the entire movie still maintains the usual rough feel of Hong Kong movies of the year. Regardless of the scene layout and scene scheduling, everything is simple and simple, and there are no exquisite big scenes. However, the atmosphere of this scene was well controlled and the strange and strange effects were produced, which is one of the few masterstrokes in the film. One of the most classic scenes is when the red and white teams attack and seize the two people into the coffin and wedding sedan, which is strange and frightening.

One thing that is different from the original "Mr. Zombie" is that this sequel has a lot of funny scenes. If divided strictly, the funny time may be longer than the ghost hunting scene. The addition of Sandra Ng and Lou Nanguang greatly reduced the gloomy feeling of the film, such as the scene where Sandra Ng seduces Lin Zhengying. As a result, even the serious Lin Zhengying became very humorous. This may be a bit disappointing for viewers who are focused on watching the Celestial Master catching monsters. But when it comes to entertainment, this film is fast-paced and rich in content, and it is definitely more than qualified.

Lin Zhengying is the male protagonist of this film. His role is very important, from action to love, the plot always develops around him. Relatively speaking, Qian Xiaohao of the young group did not perform much. His role in the film is at most a thug, fighting zombies hand-to-hand. Xu Guanying, Wu Sandra and Lou Nanguang shared the responsibilities of clowns and were responsible for concocting funny scenes. Newcomer Tam Hoi-yan has a lot of roles, but he is just a typical flamboyant character who just goes about his business. There is no spark of love between him and Qian Xiaohao or Guan Ying.

TOP4, "Mr. Fantasy"

Director: Liu Guanwei

Screenwriter: Szeto Zhuohan/Lu Yongqiang

Starring: Lin Zhengying/Ng Yaohan/Lu Fang/Lou Nanguang/Wang Yuhuan/He Jianwei/Wu Ma/Sammo Hung/Yuan Kui

"Mr. Fantasy" Narration A story about the grudges between humans and ghosts. Jianghu warlock Mao Shanming (played by Wu Yaohan) is not good at magic and has endless tricks. He often brings Dabao (played by Lu Fang) and Xiaobao to cheat and drink. While exorcising ghosts for the rich man Tan Wanwan, he encountered a powerful ghost and escaped overnight. Late at night, Mao Shanming broke into the quiet village. At that time, the village was harassed by evil horse thieves and was heavily guarded. Mao Shanming was mistakenly captured by the security captain (played by Lou Nanguang) as a horse thief. Fortunately, Taoist Master Jiu Shu (played by Lin Zhengying) appeared in time and escaped.

Zombie Movies At this time, there are already many films of the same type on the market. Although the audience only recognizes Uncle Ying as the zombie Taoist priest, he has never stood still and has been seeking innovation! This film is the third part of the zombie series. In principle, zombies have been abandoned and other strange warlocks have been added. They are neither human nor ghosts, but they are like demons and demons, but they have a lot of corpse transformation, sorcery, and feng shui.

This film also attempts to present some folk ghost phenomena, such as fried ghosts, children's urine can drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, and the ghosts can no longer see people if they are painted black. Although the plot is different from previous zombies, the advancement of the film still revolves around the theme of Lin Zhengying's film, action + comedy + Taoism. The Taoist priest played by Uncle Ying in this film is still upright and full of momentum. This film is also one of the classic masterpieces of Maoshan Taoism in zombie movies.

TOP3, "The Exorcist Police"

Director: Dong Wei

Screenwriter: Zeng Jinchang/Shen Zhiliang

Starring: Lin Zhengying/Miao Qiaowei/Lin Junxian/Wang Meihua/Michiko Nishitaka/Wuma/Billy Zhou/Chen Zhiliang/Hou Huanling

"The Exorcist Police" is about It was Lin Junxian and Miao Qiaowei. They accidentally killed a mysterious woman during a drug investigation, and later found that the woman had been dead for a long time. Superintendent Wu Ma of the Crime Unit realized that the situation was serious, so he asked Lin Zhengying, who was proficient in magic, to join the investigation. He found that the leader of the group who used dead people to transport poison was Michiko Nisigyo, the leader of a Japanese cult, and the two sides started a fierce battle.

"Exorcist Police" is the debut film directed by martial arts director Dong Wei. It combines the most popular spiritual exorcism film in the late 1980s with the best police and gangster action film in the Hong Kong film industry. The hard-hitting action scenes in the film are also quite interesting. This film won quite a lot of box office that year and is well worth watching! The scene where

was fighting a Japanese cult was very interestingly designed. For example, Uncle Ying and the female boss did not fight directly, but the two fought through an intermediary. Every step was particularly clever. In addition to fighting skills, the film also adds a lot of action scenes. With the appearance of Billy Zhou, Uncle Jiu fights for the boxing championship with force on the one hand, and fights female ghosts with Taoism on the other. The action scenes are extremely rich in depictions.

This film is another classic work by Lin Zhengying. In order to make this film well, Mr. Lin Zhengying, in order to respect the history and facts of Maoshan Religion, traveled thousands of miles to invite a real Maoshan Taoist priest on the mainland to learn the magic and teachings of the Maoshan Sect. History and development, and based on the Maoshan jade pendant brought by the Maoshan Taoist priests in mainland China, this ghost-expelling artifact is shown in the movie.

TOP2, "One Eyebrow Taoist"

Director: Lam Ching-ying

Screenwriter: Shi Meiyi / Chen Jinchang / Shen Zhiliang

Starring: Lin Zhengying / Qian Xiaohao / Lu Fang / Sandra Ng / Lou Nanguang / Maria

In Hong Kong, the traditional Maoshan zombie film has been followed by many follow-ups. When repeated imitations failed to innovate and gradually lost the audience, Lam Ching-ying, in order to prevent Hong Kong zombie movies from running out of skills and ruining their own future, made such films without losing the local folk custom interest, integrating Western vampires and zombies into Hong Kong zombie movies.

The film "One Eyebrow Taoist" is funny and exciting. The "chicken-and-duck talk" between Maoshan Taoist priest and Christians, and the novel effects of Maoshan magic and Western zombies fighting together greatly impressed the audience. Although Lam Ching-ying's film "One Eyebrow Taoist", which focused on perfection regardless of cost, failed to make a profit, it opened the way for Hong Kong filmmakers to re-examine local zombie movies and became the best example of "combination of local and foreign".

The most important scene of the film is the battle with Western vampires. Uncle Jiu uses Taoist tools, such as yellow talismans and cinnabar nets. There is also the scene where tree vines draw talismans on the ground, which looks dazzling and magical.

Because the little zombie in "Zombie Family" is very popular, this film was inspired, so in the movie Uncle Ying raised a particularly smart and funny little zombie.

TOP1, "Mr. Zombie"

Director: Liu Guanwei

Screenwriter: Huang Ying/Situ Zhuohan/Huang Bingyao

Starring: Lin Zhengying/Xu Guanying/Qian Xiaohao/Li Saifeng/Lou Nanguang/Wang Xiaofeng/Huang Ha/Yuan Hua/Chen You

"Mr. Zombie" is The masterpiece of zombie movies, it is the pinnacle of Hong Kong fantasy kung fu movies, the initiator of Hong Kong's zombie movie craze, and the film that made Lin Zhengying the "Zombie Priest". The upright Ninth Uncle played by Lin Zhengying , he was calm and composed in the face of zombies, and the image of a Taoist priest was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so he became popular. Lin Zhengying's image of a Taoist priest has been imitated since then, but has never been surpassed. In "Mr. Zombie", the zombies wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms and the Taoist priests from Maoshan exorcising demons can be regarded as memories of a generation. It perfectly integrates action, comedy, horror, thriller, folk feng shui and other elements to form a classic zombie movie that is highly enjoyable to watch.

The box office of this film reached 20 million when it was released in Hong Kong. No film of the same type has ever broken this record, and it also attracted countless follow-up films. The success of this film started a new wave of "zombie films". According to statistics, from 1986 to 1991 In 2017, Hong Kong and Taiwan produced more than 100 supernatural movies about zombies, but none of them could reach the glory of "Mr. Zombie".

The filming of "Mr. Zombie" cost a total of 8.5 million. Golden Harvest Film Company bosses Ho Guanchang and Sammo Hung predicted that the film would only sell 6 million at most, with a loss of 2 million! Liu Guanwei was afraid that his career as a director would end. However, "Mr. Zombie" was an unexpected success when it was first released in Taiwan. It was soon released in Hong Kong and the box office exceeded 20 million.

Interestingly, Uncle Ying did not play the leading role in the film. The leading roles were his two apprentices, Qiu Sheng (Qian Xiaohao) and Wen Cai (Xu Guanying). Xu Guanying won the Hong Kong Film Gold Medal for playing the role of Wen Cai in "Mr. Zombie" Nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award. However, he insisted that he was the protagonist in the film and refused the Supporting Actor nomination, becoming the first actor to refuse an Academy Award nomination.

The plot of this film is compact. One of Uncle Ying's two untalented apprentices, one was obsessed with a female ghost, the other was bitten by a zombie, two parallel lines; plus scenes of fighting that the audience has never seen before, such as what Uncle Jiu said "Paper, pen, ink and sword", glutinous rice used to treat zombie poison, and ink fountains used to repel zombies all gave the audience great visual stimulation.

Not only was it exciting, but while watching the movie, I also learned some knowledge about "zombies", such as holding your breath when encountering a zombie, so that you can avoid disaster. Zombies are afraid of ink sticks, glutinous rice, etc. This is simply a popular science film about zombies. As a result, when watching zombie movies in the future, my understanding of zombies will come from this film. In the film, Lin Zhengying's image of a Taoist priest, such as the yellow Taoist robe, peach wood sword, unibrow, etc., all conform to the audience's imagination of a ghost-catching Taoist priest.

Jiushu, Wencai and Qiusheng, these three names have already penetrated into the hearts of countless fans with the film and become indelible memories...