Category:Mr. Vampire
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Articles related to the Hong Kong comedy horror film Mr. Vampire (1985), its sequels, and its adaptations. The vampire of the film is based on the jiangshi, the hopping corpses of Chinese folklore (similar to both zombies and vampires). The film was the breakthrough success of the jiangshi genre, a trend popular in Hong Kong during the 1980s, and established many of the genre's recognisable tropes.