''Vampire Expert'' is 1995 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV and starring

Lam Ching-ying Lam Ching-ying (; born Lam Gun-bo (); 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director. As a practitioner of martial arts Lam starred in a number of notable films that found recognition o ...

. The two-season series served as a transition from film to television for the 1980s Hong Kong Chinese vampire film franchise. A third season was planned, but due to the poor health and subsequent death of lead actor Lam Ching-ying, the series was cancelled in 1996.

Synopsis

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priest Mo Siu-fong (

) and his apprentice Ma Fan (Yung Kam-cheong) travel to

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in pursuit of an ancient vampire.

Cast

as Mo Siu-fong *

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as Zung Gwan *Yung Kam-cheong as Ma Fan (Season 1) *

Frankie Lam Francis Lam Man-lung (born 19 December 1967) is a Hong Kong actor. He entered a singing contest and subsequently, signed a contract with TVB. He left TVB in 2011 to join HKTV. Lam married Hong Kong actress Kenix Kwok on 10 March 2004. Their ...

as Mo's apprentice (Season 2) *

Mang Hoi Mang Hoi ( zh, 孟海; 1 May 1958 – 9 October 2023) was a Hong Kong actor and action director. He won the Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards for ''Yes, Madam''. Personal life and death Mang dated American actress and mar ...

as Mo's apprentice (Season 2)

Development

Following the popularity of various Chinese vampire films in the 1980s, Hong Kong television network

ATV World ATV World, was one of two free-to-air Hong Kong English, English language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival TVB Pearl. Its sister station, ATV Home, broadcast in the Hong Kong Cantonese, Cantonese language. It ...

made plans to create a similar television series starring

, who was a familiar face in the genre and often typecast. Lam signed on to the film for HK$1 million, and filming started in early 1996.

Number of episodes

References

External links

Vampire Expert Series 1 - iQiyi (Chinese)

僵尸道长 at Mtime

1995 Hong Kong television series debuts 1996 Hong Kong television series endings 1990s Hong Kong television series Cantonese-language television shows Asia Television original programming {{HongKong-tv-stub