Mr. Vampire IV

Mr. Vampire IV
Original Hong Kong film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese殭屍叔叔
Simplified Chinese僵尸叔叔
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāngshī Shūshū
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingGoeng1 Si1 Suk1 Suk1
Directed byRicky Lau
Screenplay byLo Wing-keung
Story by
  • Ricky Lau
  • Lo Wing-Keung
  • Shut Mei-yee
  • Sam Chi-Leung
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Abdul M. Rumjahn
  • Tom Lau
  • Bill Wong
Edited by
  • Peter Cheung
  • Keung Chuen-tak
Music byStephen Shing
Production
companies
  • Bo Ho Films Co., Ltd.
  • Paragon Films Ltd.
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 12 December 1988 (1988-12-12)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$14,038,901

Mr. Vampire IV, also known as Mr. Vampire Saga Four (Chinese: 殭屍叔叔) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung and Jessica Chan. The film is the fourth of a series of five films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise. Mr. Vampire and its sequels were released as part of the jiangshi cinematic boom in Hong Kong during the 1980s.[1] The Chinese title of the film literally translates to Uncle Vampire.

  1. ^ Lam, Stephanie (2009). "Hop on Pop: Jiangshi Films in a Transnational Context". CineAction (78): 46–51.