Original
Hong Kong Title: SHAO LIN JIANG SHI [Shaolin Against the Dead]
director: Douglas Kung
starring: Gordon Liu · Louis Fan · Jacky Woo ·
Shannon Yeh · Kit Cheung · Shi Xiao Hu
Martial arts vet Gordon
Liu plays a Taoist priest on a mission to bring comfort to the souls of
dead people who need to prepare for reincarnation. He and his assistant
wander around the countryside with a pack of hopping zombies under their
control. Periodically they are attacked by the 'evil dead' (angry dead)
and are forced to invoke Shaolin magic to achieve their goal. Their mission
is thwarted by an evil priest who wants to completely destroy the zombies
and create chaos in the afterlife.
A few of the more
unusual moments:
· Gordon
Liu uses the urine of a virgin to protect himself from zombies (good to
remember, just in case)
· The
evil priest demands ownership of all the virgin boys in a village and
turns them into his brainwashed slaves
·
A boy kid accidentally eats a spirit, becomes pregnant and then gives
birth to another kid in an outhouse
A Hong
Kong production in English language; widescreen format (16:9), uncut (95
minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include
theatrical trailer.
