Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
| Encounters of the Spooky Kind | |
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Hong Kong Film Poster
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| Traditional | 鬼打鬼 |
| Simplified | 鬼打鬼 |
| Mandarin | guĭdáguĭ |
| Cantonese | gwai2 daa1 gwai2 |
| Directed by | Sammo Hung |
| Produced by | Chan Pui-wah Raymond Chow Lau Chi-chong |
| Written by | Sammo Hung Huang Ying |
| Starring | Sammo Hung Wong Ha Dick Wei Lam Ching-ying Wu Ma |
| Music by | Frankie Chan |
| Cinematography | Lee Yau-tong Ng Cho-wah |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung |
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Bo Ho Films Co Ltd
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Release date
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$5.675 million |
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Chinese: 鬼打鬼) is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the lead role. The film was produced by Hung's production company Bo Ho Film Company. It was released as Spooky Encounters in the US. It is sometimes listed as Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind, more blatantly mimicking the title of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). The film was the progenitor of the jiangshi film genre and one of Hong Kong's first kung fu horror comedies.
There is one other stand-alone sequel starring Hung and Lam Ching-ying Encounters of the Spooky Kind II (aka Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2) which has no relation to Encounters of the Spooky Kind. The Chinese name for the movie literally translates as ghost fights ghost.
The film starts with Bold Cheung having a nightmare about two ghosts, an elder and the young adult, first in a wine jar and then as a human. Cheung narrowly escapes the two ghost, but they still pursue him.
Bold Cheung is challenged to spend the night in an abandoned house where he must peel an apple in front of a mirror. If he breaks the skin then something bad will happen. Upholding his mantle as the boldest he accepts. However, that night whilst peeling the apple his friends trick him. Whilst scolding his friend for the prank a real ghost appears and snatches Cheung's friend away. The ghost reaches for Cheung but he cuts its hand off and then quickly shattering the mirror, causing the house to collapse.
The next day Cheung overhears a story about a promiscuous wife from a sweet tofu seller (Who admits that something similar happen to him and his wife); he goes to his home to check on his wife and finds two peeping toms outside his door. He scolds them, causing his wife and employer, Master Tam, to hear. Tam escapes but leaves his shoe which Cheung finds and confronts his wife with. His wife pulls a tantrum and makes Cheung feel guilty.
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