Vampire vs Vampire

Vampire Vs Vampire
Vampire Vs Vampire
Traditional Chinese	一眉道人
Simplified Chinese	一眉道人
Hanyu Pinyin	yī méi dàorén
Jyutping	jat1 mei4 dou3 jan4
Directed by	Lam Ching-ying
Written by	Sam Chi-leung; Chan Kam-cheong; Sze Mei-yee
Produced by	Chua Lam
Starring	Lam Ching-ying; Chin Siu-ho; David Lui; Sandra Ng; Billy Lau; Maria Cordero
Cinematography	Cho On-sun; Kwan Chi-kam
Edited by	Peter Cheung
Music by	Anders Nelsson; The Melody Bank; Alastair Monteith-Hodge; Tim Nugent
Production; companies	Diagonal Pictures; Paragon Films
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date	26 July 1989;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$11.19 million

Vampire Vs Vampire (一眉道人; lit. 'One Eyebrow Daoist Priest')^[1] is a 1989 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by and starring Lam Ching-ying. The title references the interaction in the film between a jiangshi child, a creature from Chinese "hopping" corpse fiction, and a British vampire based on Western vampire fiction.^[2]

Plot

Chinese exorcist One-Eyebrow Priest (Lam Ching-ying) leads a peaceful life with two disciples Ah Ho (Chin Siu-ho) and Ah Fong (David Lui) in a small town together with a mischievous miniature jiangshi. While finding new water sources one day, the priest encounters a European vampire in the nearby church who is aided by a dead countess. Although the priest manages to get rid of the countess, his Chinese exorcism fails on the European vampire.

Cast

Lam Ching-ying as One Eyebrow Priest
Chin Siu-ho as Ah Hoo
David Lui as Ah Fong
Maria Cordero as Mother Superior
Billy Lau as General
Sandra Ng as General's Cousin
Regina Kent as Nun
Frank Juhas as European vampire

Home media

Laserdisc

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Catalog No	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
Unknown	Japan	N/A	Towa Video		CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	Japaneses	Audio Mono	^[3]
1993	Hong Kong	N/A		ML091	CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	English / Chinese	Audio Mono

VCD

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
1 March 2000	Hong Kong	N/A	Joy Sales (HK)	NTSC	Cantonese, Mandarin	English, Traditional Chinese	2VCDs	^[4]

DVD

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Region	Language	Sound	Subtitles	REF
17 May 2002	Hong Kong	N/A	Deltamac (HK)	NTSC	ALL	Cantonese, Mandarin	Dolby Digital	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese	^[5]
20 May 2003	United States	Unrated	Tai Seng	NTSC	1	Cantonese, Chinese	Dolby	Chinese, English	^[6]
4 July 2006	Taiwan	N/A	Catalyst Logic	NTSC	3	Cantonese and Mandarin	Dolby Digital 2.0	English, Traditional Chinese	^[7]
2 February 2009	Hong Kong	N/A	Joy Sales (HK)	NTSC	ALL	Cantonese, Mandarin	Dolby Digital 2.0	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese	^[8]

Blu-ray

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
21 May 2023	United Kingdom	15	Eureka Video	Region B	Cantonese	English	Included in set of four of the Mr. Vampire sequels.	^[9]

References

^ Djeng, Frank (21 May 2023). Audio commentary. Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels (Media notes). Eureka Video. 0:00:39. The Chinese title: 一眉道人, literally means: One Eyebrow Priest, or actually, One Eyebrow Daoist Priest because dou3 jan4 means Daoist Priest.
^ Hudson, Dale (2009). "Modernity as Crisis: Goeng si and Vampires in Hong Kong Cinema." Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-0-8108-6696-6.
^ "Vampire vs. Vampire (Yi men dao ren) [IV20]". urabanchou.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Vampire VS Vampire (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Vampire Vs Vampire DVD Region All". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Vampire Vs Vampire [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Vampire VS Vampire (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Vampire Vs Vampire (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels". eurekavideo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

External links

Vampire vs Vampire at IMDb
Vampire vs Vampire at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Vampire Vs. Vampire at Hong Kong Cinemagic
Vampire Vs. Vampire at Love Hong Kong Film

[WorthDjeng-1] Djeng, Frank (21 May 2023). Audio commentary. Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels (Media notes). Eureka Video. 0:00:39. The Chinese title: 一眉道人, literally means: One Eyebrow Priest, or actually, One Eyebrow Daoist Priest because dou3 jan4 means Daoist Priest.

[2] Hudson, Dale (2009). "Modernity as Crisis: Goeng si and Vampires in Hong Kong Cinema." Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-0-8108-6696-6.

[3] "Vampire vs. Vampire (Yi men dao ren) [IV20]". urabanchou.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

[4] "Vampire VS Vampire (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

[5] "Vampire Vs Vampire DVD Region All". Retrieved 3 December 2011.

[6] "Vampire Vs Vampire [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

[7] "Vampire VS Vampire (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

[8] "Vampire Vs Vampire (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

[9] "Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels". eurekavideo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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