09-10-2012, 10:36 AM
You've discovered one of the greatest kung fu/ghost story hidden treasure flicks of all time. Kung fu ghost stories are a huge genre because there are a lot of ties between martial arts and mysticism. Chinese culture is extremely superstitious and the role of the exorcists fell upon martial arts masters, particularly Taoist priests. 7BmD was an attempted crossover flick back in the 70s, an unprecedented cooperation between the leading kung fu flick grindhouse, Shaw Brothers, and Hammer, which I'm sure you already know. Not only does it star Cushing, it has David Chiang, one of the lead martial arts stars in the Shaw Bro stable. And it is awesome. This film will melt your brain.
If you like this sort of stuff, kung fu ghost stories comprise a huge genre. The classic started is Mr. Vampire, which spawned countless sequels, but the first one is outrageous fun. There's also the FantASIA Chinese Ghost Story trilogy by Tsui Hark, which is excellent. Sammo Hung did Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind, which is a lot of fun, if just for the title alone. And I reviewed Painted Skin 2 here (<!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1425">viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1425</a><!-- l -->).
Here's another great one - The Gods Must Be Crazy 3. It stars !Nixau! - the bushman from the first two tGMBC flicks and Lam Chingying, who was the original Mr. Vampire. It was retitled Crazy Safari because of rights issues, but it's totally the 3rd installment to that trilogy. It's so awesome that I'm going to spoil it for you and post the vid of the finale fight here. Watch if you dare.
[youtube]IZmui8obGS4[/youtube]
If you like this sort of stuff, kung fu ghost stories comprise a huge genre. The classic started is Mr. Vampire, which spawned countless sequels, but the first one is outrageous fun. There's also the FantASIA Chinese Ghost Story trilogy by Tsui Hark, which is excellent. Sammo Hung did Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind, which is a lot of fun, if just for the title alone. And I reviewed Painted Skin 2 here (<!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1425">viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1425</a><!-- l -->).
Here's another great one - The Gods Must Be Crazy 3. It stars !Nixau! - the bushman from the first two tGMBC flicks and Lam Chingying, who was the original Mr. Vampire. It was retitled Crazy Safari because of rights issues, but it's totally the 3rd installment to that trilogy. It's so awesome that I'm going to spoil it for you and post the vid of the finale fight here. Watch if you dare.
[youtube]IZmui8obGS4[/youtube]
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