# Mr. Vampire II (僵尸家族)
**Mr. Vampire II** (殭屍家族, *Vampire Family*) is a 1986 Hong Kong horror comedy directed by Ricky Lau and produced by [Sammo Hung](https://www.edgepedia.org/sammo-hung), the first sequel to the hit jiangshi (hopping vampire) film *Mr. Vampire* (1985). It moves the series from a Republican-era setting to modern-day Hong Kong, where grave-robbing antique dealers accidentally revive a family of three vampires kept inert by paper talismans pasted on their foreheads.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%83%B5%E5%B0%B8%E5%AE%B6%E6%97%8F/0?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [2](https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels/) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mr_vampire_ii)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 殭屍家族 (Cantonese: *Geung see ga zuk*), also released as *Mr. Vampire 2* and *Vampire Family*[4](https://fareastfilms.com/review/mr-vampire-ii/) |
| Release | August 15, 1986 (Hong Kong); December 20, 1986 (Japan)[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091293/) • [6](https://kungfutube.info/5577) |
| Director / producer / writer | Ricky Lau; Sammo Hung; Barry Wong[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%83%B5%E5%B0%B8%E5%AE%B6%E6%97%8F/0?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [4](https://fareastfilms.com/review/mr-vampire-ii/) |
| Cast | Yuen Biao, Moon Lee, Lam Ching-Ying, Billy Lau, Chung Fat[7](https://cmgo.com/web/en-US/m/movie/cmgo641_Mr-Vampire-II) |
| Hong Kong box office | HK$17,072,137, 8th highest-grossing Hong Kong film of 1986[6](https://kungfutube.info/5577) |
| Setting | Modern-day Hong Kong, unlike the period settings of the other series entries[2](https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels/) |
| Audience rating | 5.7/10 on IMDb[8](https://www.playpilot.com/us/movie/mr-vampire-ii-ppti5lR/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The antique dealer Kwok Tun-wong (Chung Fat) and his two apprentices break into an ancient tomb and steal three corpses, a father, a mother, and a child, each immobilized by a paper spell on the forehead. Kwok intends to sell them as antiques, but the talismans come off: the child vampire escapes, and the father and mother awaken as well.[9](https://kowlooncitywalk.hk/en/story/mr-vampire-ii/) • [10](https://bgm.tv/subject/533803)
One apprentice is bitten and develops corpse poison (尸毒), which brings in the Chinese medicine practitioner played by Lam Ching-Ying. He teams up with his daughter (Moon Lee) and her reporter boyfriend ([Yuen Biao](https://www.edgepedia.org/yuen-biao)) to hunt the vampires down.[9](https://kowlooncitywalk.hk/en/story/mr-vampire-ii/) Meanwhile a young girl, Chia-chia, mistakes the child vampire for an illegal immigrant from the mainland, takes him home, and befriends him; when her father discovers the visitor and calls the police, the parent vampires break into the family's home.[9](https://kowlooncitywalk.hk/en/story/mr-vampire-ii/)
## Production and place in the series
**A modern-day sequel.** *Mr. Vampire* (1985), directed by Ricky Lau from a Sammo Hung production, had been a box-office success that started a wave of Hong Kong jiangshi films mixing horror, comedy, and kung fu.[11](https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/professionalism-and-the-body-in-hong-kong-jiangshi-films-from-mr--4/) *Mr. Vampire II* kept Lau as director and Hung as producer, with action choreography by Hung's stunt team and cinematography credited to Andrew Lau, Cho Wai-Kei, Peter Ngor, and Arthur Wong.[4](https://fareastfilms.com/review/mr-vampire-ii/) Lam Ching-Ying returned, playing a Taoist priest and vampire hunter of the same type as his Uncle Kau from the first film, this time in contemporary Hong Kong; the other films in the series are set in the early twentieth century.[2](https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels/)
The film's most distinctive choice is the child-vampire subplot. Reviewers have compared the scenes of the child vampire and his schoolkid friends to *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*, with gags and set pieces that pay homage to Spielberg's film; the children smuggle him into hospitals to find blood while pretending he is an illegal immigrant.[12](https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2023/05/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels-eureka/) • [13](https://fanac.org/fanzines/Vector/Vector210.pdf) Another signature sequence has the vampires and their pursuers moving in slow motion under the influence of a "retarder" liquid, a sedative-style gag that drives the film's centerpiece fight.[12](https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2023/05/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels-eureka/) • [8](https://www.playpilot.com/us/movie/mr-vampire-ii-ppti5lR/) Part of the action was filmed at Tai Wo Tang, a ground-floor shop at 24 Nga Tsin Long Road in [Kowloon City](https://www.edgepedia.org/kowloon-city), where Lam's character discusses the succession of the Chinese medicine clinic with his daughter's boyfriend.[9](https://kowlooncitywalk.hk/en/story/mr-vampire-ii/)
## Reception
The film earned HK$17,072,137 in Hong Kong, placing 8th in the 1986 yearly box-office ranking, and its Japanese release in December 1986 produced a brief vampire boom there.[6](https://kungfutube.info/5577) • [14](https://public.yyhn365.com/linzhengying/) Critical and audience response has been cooler than for the original: IMDb lists 5.7/10,[8](https://www.playpilot.com/us/movie/mr-vampire-ii-ppti5lR/) and the Eureka Blu-ray reviewer notes that *Mr. Vampire II* "got the weakest reviews of the four films everywhere I looked," while still praising the physical comedy.[12](https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2023/05/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels-eureka/) Common criticisms target the corny children's scenes and the sense that the film plays as two or three loosely joined movies rather than one sequel; defenders point to the slow-motion set piece and the novelty of the modern setting.[12](https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2023/05/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels-eureka/) • [15](https://embed.letterboxd.com/andrewfm1987/film/mr-vampire-ii/)
## Home media and streaming
In the United States the film is currently available on the Criterion Channel with a subscription; it is not on Netflix.[16](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mr-vampire-ii) • [17](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/mr-vampire-ii/ZSjMkvj3WIMwkhyJw64Y84/where-to-watch/) In 2023 Eureka Entertainment released the *Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels* Blu-ray set, which includes *Mr. Vampire II* (subtitled *Vampire Family*) with an alternate English dub and commentary tracks by Mike Leeder and Arne Venema and by Asian film expert Frank Djeng.[18](https://scifibulletin.com/film-reviews/horror/review-hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels/)
## References
1. [僵尸家族, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%83%B5%E5%B0%B8%E5%AE%B6%E6%97%8F/0?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
2. [Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels, Starburst Magazine](https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels/)
3. [Mr. Vampire II, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mr_vampire_ii)
4. [Mr. Vampire II (1986) Review, Far East Films](https://fareastfilms.com/review/mr-vampire-ii/)
5. [Mr. Vampire II (1986), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091293/)
6. [霊幻道士２ キョンシーの息子たち／殭屍家族（1986）, Kungfu Tube](https://kungfutube.info/5577)
7. [Mr Vampire II, CMGO](https://cmgo.com/web/en-US/m/movie/cmgo641_Mr-Vampire-II)
8. [Mr. Vampire II, PlayPilot](https://www.playpilot.com/us/movie/mr-vampire-ii-ppti5lR/)
9. [Mr. Vampire II, Kowloon Citywalk](https://kowlooncitywalk.hk/en/story/mr-vampire-ii/)
10. [殭屍家族, Bangumi](https://bgm.tv/subject/533803)
11. [Professionalism and the body in Hong Kong jiangshi films, EdUHK Research Repository](https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/professionalism-and-the-body-in-hong-kong-jiangshi-films-from-mr--4/)
12. [Hopping Mad: The Mr. Vampire Sequels, Blueprint: Review](https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2023/05/hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels-eureka/)
13. [Vector 210 (2000), fanac.org](https://fanac.org/fanzines/Vector/Vector210.pdf)
14. [林正英纪念馆, 永远怀念](https://public.yyhn365.com/linzhengying/)
15. [Mr. Vampire II review by Andrew Moncrieff, Letterboxd](https://embed.letterboxd.com/andrewfm1987/film/mr-vampire-ii/)
16. [Mr. Vampire II streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mr-vampire-ii)
17. [Mr. Vampire II Where to Watch, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/mr-vampire-ii/ZSjMkvj3WIMwkhyJw64Y84/where-to-watch/)
18. [Review: Hopping Mad: The Mr Vampire Sequels, Sci-Fi Bulletin](https://scifibulletin.com/film-reviews/horror/review-hopping-mad-the-mr-vampire-sequels/)
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