History Film / MrVampire

''Mr. Vampire'' (Also known as ''Hold Your Breath for a Moment'') is a 1985 UsefulNotes/HongKong supernatural horror comedy, directed by Ricky Lau, and produced by Creator/SammoHung. It was notable for helping the supernatural / vampire genre into the whole Asian Film Industry. The film was an immediate success and was followed by three sequels, a 1992 remake (with Hung producing again) and several spin-offs.

Taoist priest Kau (Lam Ching Ying) is asked by rich businessman Yam (Huang Ha), to organize a reburial for Yam's father (Yuen Wah[[note]]Yuen was also one of the action directors of the film alongside Lam Ching Ying[[/note]]), to prevent his corpse from coming back to life as a ''geung-si'' (or simply a ChineseVampire). However, things go wrong as expected, the corpse comes alive, and creates havoc in the village.

* SpinOff: Lam Ching Ying would also star in several films with similar plot such as: ''Encounters of the Spooky kind'' and ''Crazy Safari.''

''Mr. Vampire'' (Also known as ''Hold Your Breath for a Moment'') is a 1985 UsefulNotes/HongKong supernatural horror comedy, directed by Ricky Lau, and produced by Sammo Hung. It was notable for helping the supernatural / vampire genre into the whole Asian Film Industry. The film was an immediate success and was followed by three sequels, a 1992 remake (with Hung producing again) and several spin-offs.

Taoist priest Kau (Lam Ching Ying) is asked by rich businessman Yam, to organize a reburial for Yam's father (Yuen Wah[[note]]Yuen was also one of the action directors of the film alongside Lam Ching Ying[[/note]]), to prevent his corpse from coming back to life as a ''geung-si'' (or simply a ChineseVampire). However, things go wrong as expected, the corpse comes alive, and creates havoc in the village.

Taoist priest Kau (Lam Ching Ying) is asked by rich businessman Yam, to organize a reburial for Yam's father, to prevent his corpse from coming back to life as a ''geung-si'' (or simply a ChineseVampire). However, things go wrong as expected, the corpse comes alive, and creates havoc in the village.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The [[CuteGhostGirl female ghost]]; she can take on the appearance of a mortal woman dressed in Chinese attire, becomes invisible at will, levitates, and even ''fly'' like [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Raiden]].

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The [[CuteGhostGirl female ghost]]; she can take on the appearance of a mortal woman dressed in Chinese attire, becomes invisible at will, levitates, and even ''fly'' like [[VideoGames/MortalKombat Raiden]].

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!! Tropes:

* KillItWithFire: The bodies of the victims of the vampire are burned, to prevent a vampire outbreak.

* SternTeacher: It's easy to see why Uncle Kau can be a cranky guy who comes down hard on his students, considering his two students are constantly goofing off, screwing up on the job, getting him injured in some of their pranks, and generally being TooDumbToLive by getting themselves either possessed by ghosts or turned into a vampire.

* JerkAss: Wai.

* OneWingedAngel: The Vampire returns for the final confrontation this way; its clothes are in tatters, its hair stringy, more decay present and much more vicious than before.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The [[CuteGhostGirl female ghost]]; she can take on the appearance of a mortal woman dressed in Chinese attire and can also become invisible at will.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: These are the ChineseVampire variety which hop, have stiff limbs and act differently than Western vampires.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* OurVampiresAreDifferent

* SpinOff: Lam Ching Ying would also star in several films with similiar plot such as: ''Encounters of the Spooky kind'' and ''Crazy Safari.''

''Mr. Vampire'' (Also known as ''Hold your breath for a moment'') is a 1985 Hong Kong supernatural horror comedy directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung. It was notable for helping the supernatural/vampire genre into the whole Asian Film Industry. The film was an immediate success and was followed by three sequels, a 1992 remake (with Hung producing again) and several spin-offs.

Taoist priest Kau (Lam Ching Ying) is asked by rich businessman Yam to organize a reburial for Yam's father to prevent his corpse from coming back to live as a ''geung-si'' (or simply a ChineseVampire). However, things go wrong as expected and the corpse comes alive and creates havoc in the village.

* CoolOldGuy: Uncle Kau
* JerkAss: Wai
* KillItWithFire: The bodies of the victims of the vampire are burned to prevent an vampire outbreak.
** Vampire-Yam and eventually The Vampire itself are killed when the heroes set them afire.

* SpinOff: Lam Ching Ying would also star in several films with similiar plot such as ''Encounters of the Spooky kind'' and ''Crazy Safari''.

''Mr. Vampire'' (Also known as ''Hold your breath for a moment'') is a 1985 Hong Kong supernatural horror comedy directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung. It was notable for helping the supernatural/vampire genre into the whole Asian Film Industry. The film was an immediate succes and was followed by three sequels, a 1992 remake (with Hung producing again) and several spin-offs.

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Toaist priest Kau (Lam Ching Ying) is asked by rich businessman Yam to organize a reburial for Yam's father to prevent his corpse from coming back to live as a ''geung-si'' (or simply a ChineseVampire). However, things go wrong as expected and the corpse comes alive and creates havoc in the village.

* Spin-Off: Lam Ching Ying would also star in several films with similiar plot such as ''Encounters of the Spooky kind'' and ''Crazy Safari''