In 1985, Qian Xiaohao left Shaw Brothers' and collaborated with " Hong Jia Ban " in "Mr. Zombie". The film's popularity in the Asian film market made the master-disciple duo of Qian Xiaohao, Lin Zhengying, and a hit.
After "Mr. Zombie", although Lin Zhengying has been active in "psychic zombie films", Qian Xiaohao has also cooperated with "Hong Family Ban" in many films. However, Lin and Qian never appeared on the big screen of Hong Kong movies as "master and apprentice" again. This situation lasted until 1989's "One Eyebrow Taoist Master".
This story of "Eastern Taoist priests" fighting "Western vampires" has been loved by many viewers. With the popularity of the film, the market for "psychic zombie films" has also seen a brief recovery.
As the market picked up, Qian Xiaohao and Lin Zhengying collaborated for the third time on "psychic zombie films" in 1991, and jointly filmed " Zombie Supreme ". Today we will talk about the movie "Zombie Supreme" and the interesting anecdotes behind the movie.
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This "Zombie Supreme" continues the consistent style of "Lin's zombie movies", the story still revolves around the structure of "the apprentice gets into trouble, the master saves the day".
July 15th is the day of "reincarnation of wandering souls". Uncle Jiu (played by Lin Zhengying)'s apprentices Qiu Sheng (played by Qian Xiaohao) and Wencai ( played by Huang Bin) were bewitched by the "female ghost" Xiaoli and used talismans to The four "ghost agents" who were guarding the wandering spirits were immobilized, and the wandering spirits took the opportunity to escape.
After the ghosts escaped, four "ghosts" found Uncle Nine to hold them accountable. In order to "wipe the butts" of two unlucky apprentices, Uncle Jiu summoned his brothers from the Maoshan Sect, hoping to cooperate with everyone to conquer these wandering souls.
The senior brother of the Maoshan sect, Shi Jian (played by Liu Xun ), has always been at odds with Uncle Jiu, but due to the reputation of his fellow sect, Shi Jian agreed to cooperate with everyone.
When Shi Jian was conquering the wandering souls, Shi Jian became violent and ended up having a dispute with Uncle Jiu, and the conflict between the two intensified.
Shi Jian's apprentice Xiao Jian used the "extraordinary spirit technique" to tease the waitress in a western restaurant, but was discovered by Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai. In order to teach Xiaojian a lesson, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai stole his body. However, due to a strange combination of circumstances, Xiao Jian's body was destroyed and his "soul" was scattered.
After getting into trouble, the two apprentices came to their master again for help. Uncle Jiu cast a spell to seal Xiao Jian's "soul", and also allowed Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng to recover Xiao Jian's body.
When Shi Jian learned that something had happened to Xiao Jian, he originally wanted to settle the score with Uncle Jiu, but Xiao Jian had done evil before, and Uncle Jiu took the initiative to apologize. For the sake of face, Shi Jian could only forgive generously. But in order to retaliate against Wencai and Qiu Sheng, Shi Jian asked them to go to the "Zombie Forest" to find "coffin fungi" to help Xiao Jian return to life.
Wencai and Qiu Sheng rushed to the "zombie forest", but Shi Jian secretly cast a spell to control the "zombies" to attack them. Fortunately, Uncle Jiu and Xiaoli helped, and Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai were able to escape safely.
Xiao Jian is actually Shi Jian's illegitimate son. In order to save his son, Shi Jian refined Xiao Jian into a "corpse demon". As long as the "corpse demon" continuously sucks the "blood of Yin", it can "return to Yang and be resurrected" after 7749 days.
Xiaojian, who has become a "corpse demon", is causing trouble everywhere, causing panic in the town. Uncle Jiu led Wencai and Qiu Sheng to capture Xiaojian and beat him back to his original shape. As Xiao Jian was subdued, the relationship between Uncle Jiu and Shi Jian was completely broken.
In order to avenge his son, Shi Jian started a battle with Uncle Jiu. After a fierce fight, Uncle Jiu, Wencai, Qiu Sheng, and Xiaoli joined forces and defeated Shi Jian. And the story of "Zombie Supreme" also came to an end at this time.
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Although "Zombie Supreme" still stars Lin Zhengying, the production team behind the scenes is no longer the "Hong Family Ban" who worked closely with him.
In 1985, "Mr. Zombie" produced by the "Hong Family Ban" officially opened the era of Lin Zhengying's "zombie movies". In the subsequent " Zombie Family " and " Mr. Phantom ", Lin Zhengying has always been the unbeatable leading actor, and Liu Guanwei has also been the unbeatable director choice.
But in 1988, the film cooperation between Lin Zhengying, Liu Guanwei and the "Hong Family Ban" began to change.
This year, Lin Zhengying tried to transform into a director, directing and acting in "The Taoist Master". And Liu Guanwei also directed and filmed " zombie uncle " without Lin Zhengying.
In the late 1980s, zombie movies began to decline. After the release of "Uncle Zombie" and "One Eyebrow Master", although they both exceeded the box office mark of more than 10 million, compared with the previous "Mr. Zombie", "Zombie Family" and "Mr. Phantom", But it seems a little unsatisfactory.
After "Uncle Zombie" and "The Taoist Master with One Eyebrow", the three top actors Lin Zhengying, Liu Guanwei and Sammo Hung joined hands to film "The Ghost Bites the Ghost " in 1989. This "Ghost Bites Ghost" had a luxurious cast and was scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year in 1990, but its box office performance after its release was still not ideal.
realized that film cooperation had entered a bottleneck period. 's Liu Guanwei chose to leave the "Hongjiaban" and tried to cooperate with a new team to seek new development directions.
With Liu Guanwei's departure, Lin Zhengying also chose to fly solo. In 1990, Lin Zhengying cooperated with "Yineng Film" in " exorcism police ". In 1991, he collaborated with "Eagle Films" on "Zombie Supreme".
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In fact, from the action scenes of the movie, we can clearly feel the changes of , the behind-the-scenes production team of "Zombie Supreme".
In the "psychic zombie film" co-produced by Lin Zhengying and "Hong Family Ban", in addition to the integration of special effects scenes, the fist fights between characters are also the focus of the film's shots.
But in this "Zombie Supreme", because there is no outstanding action team like "The Hong Family", the movie also weakens the performance of fist fights and uses special effects lenses to complete all the action scenes in the film. The villain's "Lightning Thunder Fist" and Uncle Nine's "Bat Dart" also left a deep impression on a large number of movie fans.
Although in terms of action scenes, this "Zombie Supreme" is not like similar works of the "Hong Family Class" in terms of special effects and punches. However, the excellent atmosphere creation and tight rhythm control have also earned the film high praise from many audiences.
Of course, director Liu Weiqiang must also contribute a lot to the excellent performance of "Zombie Supreme".
Yes, it is the same Liu Weiqiang who directed and filmed "Young and Dangerous" and "Infernal Affairs".
In 1990, Liu Weiqiang was appreciated by Lee Xiuxian , the boss of "Universal Pictures", and turned into a director and filmed the movie "The Party".
After the release of "Party", although the box office response was mediocre, the film's compact story structure and excellent camera skills earned Liu Weiqiang high praise from many people in the industry.
In 1991, "Eagle Movie" invited Lin Zhengying, who was flying solo, to shoot a movie with the theme of "psychic zombies". Liu Weiqiang was also appreciated by Huangying , the owner of "Eagle Film", and served as the director of the film.
Huang Ying originally thought that this "Zombie Supreme" could save the declining "zombie film market" and at the same time make "Eagle Films" famous in the film industry. But what he didn't expect was that 's "Zombie Supreme" would become his final work.
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Audiences who like martial arts novels should be familiar with the name Huang Ying. In the late 1970s, Huang Ying became famous in the literary world for ghostwriting "Six Chapters of Fright" for Gu Long.The "Shen Shengyi" series and the "Celestial Silkworm Transformation" series after
also allowed Huang Ying to quickly grow into a generation of literary giants in the martial arts literary world, and became a representative figure of the "supernatural reasoning school" martial arts style.
As his fame grew, Huang Ying began to transform into the film and television screenwriting industry in the early 1980s. In 1980, Huang Ying was invited by "Jiahe" to serve as screenwriter for Sammo Hung's "鬼打鬼". As for the 1985 "Mr. Zombie", the script and story were also written by Huang Ying.
So in 1987, Huang Ying established his own "Eagle Film Production Company" and filmed his entrepreneurial work "The Devil's High" that year.
Although Huang Ying is very good at writing novels, he is an amateur when making movies. After experiencing several losses, Huang Ying's "Eagle Movie" fell into a debt crisis.
In order to turn the company around in adversity, Huang Ying planned the "Zombie Supreme" in 1991. In order to complete the filming of the film, Huang Ying did not hesitate to borrow a "loan shark".
html In the early 1990s, the market for "psychic zombie movies" was in decline. "Zombie Supreme" also suffered a heavy box office setback after its release. "Eagle Films" went bankrupt because of the film, and Huang Ying was forced by his creditors and eventually died.
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