After Mr. Zombie, although Ching-Ying Lam has been active in ghost zombie films, Siu-ho Chin has also cooperated with Hong Jiaban in several films. However, Lin and Qian have never appeared on the big screen of Hong Kong movies as "apprentices". This situation continued until 1989' s "one eyebrow is dominant".
In the late 1980s, the "zombie movie market" began to decline. In order to seek the innovation of theme, Ching-Ying Lam transformed the director, directed and performed A Word with an Eyebrow.
This story of "Oriental Taoist" against "Western Vampires" has been loved by many audiences. With the popularity of movies, the "ghost zombie film" market has also seen a short-term recovery.
With the recovery of the market, in 199 1 year, Xiao Haoqin and Ching-Ying Lam collaborated on the third Ghost Zombie Film and jointly filmed Zombie Supreme. Let's talk about Zombie Supreme today, and at the same time talk about the anecdote behind it.
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This zombie supreme continues the consistent style of "forest zombie film", and the story still revolves around the structure of "the apprentice makes trouble and the master saves the scene".
July 15 is the day of "reincarnation of wandering souls". The apprentices Qiu Sheng (played by Xiao Haoqin) and Cai Wen (played by Huang Bin) of Jiu Shu (played by Ching-Ying Lam) were confused by the female ghost Xiao Li, and they fixed the four "ghosts" who took care of the wandering souls with paper, so the wandering souls took the opportunity to escape.
After the wandering souls fled, the four "ghosts" found Jiu Shu's accountability. In order to "wipe the ass" for these two unlucky disciples, Jiu Shu called other disciples of the Maoshan Sect, hoping to cooperate with others and soothe these wandering souls together.
Shi Jian (played downstream), the eldest brother of Maoshan School, has always been at odds with his ninth uncle, but because of his classmates' face, Shi Jian agrees to cooperate with you.
At the time of appeasing the wandering souls, Shi Jian was fierce, and as a result, he had an argument with his ninth uncle, and the contradiction between them intensified.
Shi Jian's apprentice, Xiao Jian, used the "Yuan Shen OBE" to flirt with the waitress in the western restaurant, and was discovered by Huang Qiusheng and Cai Wen. In order to teach Xiao Jian a lesson, Anthony wong and Cai Wen stole his body. However, due to mistakes, Xiao Jian's body was destroyed and his "soul" was scattered.
After the accident, two disciples came to ask Master for help again. Nine uncles cast spells to seal Xiao Jian's "soul" and let Cai Wen and Anthony wong find Xiao Jian's body.
Knowing that Xiao Jian had an accident, Shi Jian wanted to settle accounts with Jiu Shu, but Xiao Jian did evil first, and Jiu Shu took the initiative to apologize. Because of face, Shi Jian can only forgive him generously. However, in order to get revenge on Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng, Shi Jian sent them to the "zombie forest" to find "coffin bacteria" to help Xiao Jian resurrect.
Wen Cai and Anthony wong rushed to the "zombie forest", while Shi Jian secretly cast a spell to control the "zombies" to attack them. Fortunately, with the help of Jiu Shu and Xiao Li, Anthony wong and Cai Wen were able to get away with it.
Xiao Jian is actually the illegitimate child of Shi Jian. In order to save his son, Shi Jian turned Xiao Jian into a "corpse demon". The "corpse demon" can be "resurrected" after 7749 days as long as it continuously sucks the "most yin blood".
Xiao Jian, who became a "corpse ghost", made people in the town panic. My uncle led Anthony Ho, arrested him and returned to his original form. As Xiao Jian was appeased, the relationship between Jiu Shu and Shi Jian was completely broken.
In order to avenge his son, Shi Jian fought with his uncle. After fierce fighting, Uncle, Literary Talent, Anthony Wong and Xiaoli defeated Shi Jian together. The story of Zombie Supreme also came to an end at this time.
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Although the movie Zombie Supreme still stars Ching-Ying Lam, the behind-the-scenes production team is no longer the "Hong Family Office" that works closely with him.
From 65438 to 0985, Mr. Zombie, created by Hongjiaban, officially opened the era of "Zombie Film" in Ching-Ying Lam. Later, in Zombie Family and Mr. Ling Hu 'an, Ching-Ying Lam was always the leading actor and Liu Guanwei was always the director.
However, in 1988, the film cooperation between Ching-Ying Lam and Liu Guanwei and Hongjiaban began to change.
This year, Ching-Ying Lam tried to change the direction, and directed and performed A Word with an Eyebrow. Liu Guanwei also directed Uncle Zombie without Ching-Ying Lam.
In the late 1980s, zombie films began to decline. After the release of Uncle Zombie and Master One Eyebrow, although they both broke through the box office mark of more than 10 million yuan, they are still somewhat unsatisfactory compared with the previous Mr. Zombie, The Zombie Family and Mr. Ghost.
After Uncle Zombie and Yimeilong, Ching-Ying Lam, Liu Guanwei and Sammo Hung joined hands to shoot Ghost Bite on 1989. The movie "Ghosts Bite Ghosts" has a luxurious lineup and was also selected for release at 1990, but the box office performance is still not satisfactory after the release.
Realizing that film cooperation has entered a bottleneck, Liu Guanwei chose to leave Hongjiaban to try to cooperate with a new team and seek a new development direction.
With the departure of Liu Guanwei, Ching-Ying Lam also chose to fly solo. From 65438 to 0990, Ching-Ying Lam cooperated with Yi Neng Film Co., Ltd. in Exorcism Police. 199 1 cooperated with eagle film Zombie Supreme.
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In fact, from the action scenes of the film, we can clearly feel the changes in the behind-the-scenes production team of Zombie Extreme.
In the "Ghost Zombie Movie" produced by Ching-Ying Lam and Hong Jiaban, besides the integration of special effects scenes, the fist fight between characters is also the focus of the focus plane.
However, in the film Zombie Supreme, because there is no such excellent action team as Hong Jiaban, the film also weakens the performance of boxing, and almost all the action scenes in the film are completed with special effects lenses. The big villain's "Lightning Rushing Thunder Boxing" and Uncle Jiu's "Bat Darts" also left a deep impression on a large number of fans.
Although in the performance of action scenes, this "Zombie Supreme" is not as special as the similar works of Hong Jiaban. However, the excellent atmosphere and tight rhythm control have also made the film well received by many viewers.
Of course, the film "Zombie Supreme" can have such excellent performance, and the director Liu Weiqiang naturally contributed.
Yes, it is Liu Weiqiang who directed and filmed Young and Dangerous and Infernal Affairs.
In 1980s, Liu Weiqiang was always the photographer behind Hong Kong films.
1990, Liu Weiqiang was appreciated by Li Xiuxian, the boss of Universal Studios, and transformed into a director, making the film "Tongdang".
After the release of Friends, although the box office response was dull, the film's compact story structure and superb skill of moving mirrors made Liu Weiqiang win praises from many people in the industry.
199 1, "Eagle Shadow" was invited to fly solo in Ching-Ying Lam to make a movie with the theme of "Ghost Zombies". Liu Weiqiang was also appreciated by Ying Huang, the boss of Eagle Film Company, and served as the director of this film.
Ying Huang believes that Zombie Supreme can save the declining zombie movie market, and at the same time, it can make Eagle movie famous in the film industry. But what he didn't expect was that this "Zombie Supreme" turned out to be his death.
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The audience who mentioned Ying Huang's name and loved martial arts novels should be familiar. In the late 1970s, Ying Huang became famous in the literary world by writing six novels, Crying for Gu Long.
After that, the series of Shen and Tian Can Bian also enabled Ying Huang to rapidly grow into a generation of writers in the martial arts literary world and become a representative figure of the "Xuanyan School" martial arts style.
With his growing fame, Ying Huang began to transform into a film and television screenwriter industry in the early 1980s. 1980, Ying Huang was invited by Jiahe as the screenwriter of Ghost of Sammo Hung. And Mr. Zombie in 1985, the script story was also written by Ying Huang.
In the middle and late 1980s, the Hong Kong film market flourished. At this time, Ying Huang also had the idea of setting up a film company and investing in the film industry.
So in 1987, Ying Huang set up his own "Eagle Film Production Company", and in this year, he filmed the pioneering work "Amazing Fly".
Although Ying Huang is good at writing novels, he is a layman in making movies. After several losses, Ying Huang's "Eagle Movie" fell into debt crisis.
In order to turn the company around, Ying Huang planned Zombie Supreme in 199 1. In order to complete the filming of this film, Ying Huang also borrowed "usury".
In the early 1990s, the "ghost zombie film" market declined. After the release of Zombie Supreme, it also suffered a box office setback. "Eagle Movie" went bankrupt because of this movie, and Ying Huang was forced by creditors and finally died.