![]() Which brings us to the latest entry, that comes in the form of Vampire Cleanup Department, the directorial debut of screenwriters Chiu Sin-Hang and Yan Pak-Wing. It wasn’t an approach that would catch on though, and only a year later the genre was dragged back to the realms of banal comedy, with the release of the Yuen Biao starring Sifu vs. ![]() Like the hopping vampires themselves though, it didn’t stay dead forever, with director Juno Mak’s 2013 movie Rigor Mortis providing a surprisingly effective more serious approach to proceedings. After being a mainstay of Hong Kong cinema during the 80’s, when you never had to look too far to find a Taoist priest (usually Lam Ching-Ying) dealing with a member of the undead, by the time the 90’s came around it was a genre in the process of fading away. In 2017 the hopping vampire genre continues to hang on by a thread. Terrifier 2 will continue its unprecedented theatrical run this coming HALLOWEEN WEEKEND.“Vampire Cleanup Department” Chinese Theatrical PosterĬast: BabyJohn Choi, Chin Siu-Ho, Lin Min-Chen, Richard Ng, Lo Meng, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Siu Yam-Yam, Bonnie Chiu, Jiro Lee, Eric Tsang, Jim Chim Sui-Man, Stephen Au Kam-Tong, Hana Tam Hang-Lam The universe is unfolding in ways that are unnaturally succinct and simply too coincidental to be ignored… This was always meant to be and I truly believe that. Most of us weren’t old enough to enjoy the birth of Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Chucky, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, or even Pinhead, and yet here we all are as witnesses to Art the Clown officially cementing himself as an elite horror icon. There’s something special about being a part of this movement and being able to say you were there when Art the Clown announced himself to the world. Terrifier 2 is nothing short of anti-Hollywood and is the kind of film that’s rejected by the system. Thus, we delivered a completely uncut and uncompromised 138-minute horror epic into theaters with all odds stacked against us. ![]() From the day we acquired the movie to the moment it hit theaters, the entire team behind Terrifier has delivered a single marching order: do it right and do it for the fans. This release is entirely fan-driven and completely organic. ![]() This is a whopping $2,511 per theater average! Yes, the Cinedigm/Bloody Disgusting/SCREAMBOX gross-out ultra slasher has actually ballooned +84% this weekend, pulling in an estimated $1.8M for a new total of $5.2M. Weeks later, Terrifier 2 continues to defy all odds and actually increase its weekend gross at the box office. 6) leading into its SCREAMBOX release before arriving on Digital and Blu-ray. And yet, in the 20+ years of Bloody Disgusting, I have never quite seen anything like what is happening with Terrifier 2.ĭamien Leone‘s slasher epic was supposed to celebrate a weekend in theaters (Oct. I thought I had seen it all – The Blair Witch Project, Hostel, SAW, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Conjuring – you name it, I’ve covered it from inception to its release. distribution as it’s for sale by mm2 Asia. We’ll keep you posted if the film finds U.S. Eventually, he violates VCD’s command and ends up living with her, triggering an attack from the Vampire King…. Owing to his unlimited potential, Team Captain Chau (Chin Siu- Ho), Magic Maoshan-taoist Ginger (Yuen Cheung-Yan), technical support specialist M (Bondy Chiu), and weapon expert Kui (Law Mon) teach him all their knowledge and skills in order to turn him into the next Vampire Hunter! However, Tim comes to feel sympathy for a pretty lady vampire called Summer. The department advisor Uncle Chung (Ng Yiu-Hon) discovers his immunity against the vampire toxin. One day, a nerdy geek Tim Cheung (BabyJohn Choi) is accidentally rescued by VCD. ![]() The ordinary garbage station is their secret headquarter! The street cleaners out at night are actually vampire hunters, their giant garbage bins containing the captured vampires. Because of this, hidden in this city is an official special action unit coping with them – the “Vampire Cleanup Department (VCD)”. The film explains that vampires have been haunting Hong Kong for centuries. THR called it “an old-schol genre comedy” with “suitably cheesy” special effects. Hailing out of Hong Kong, Sin-Hang Chiu and Pak-Wing Yan’s Vampire Cleanup Department has been screening at the ongoing Filmart while it opens in its home country this Friday. ![]()
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