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film directed by Ricky Lau. The film is the fifth of a series of five jiangshi films directed by Ricky Lau in the ''

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'' franchise. The Chinese title of the film literally translates to ''New Mr. Vampire''. ''Mr. Vampire 1992'' is considered to be the true sequel to the original 1985 ''Mr. Vampire'', as the main cast (

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and

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) in the first film reprised their roles. ''Mr. Vampire 1992'' is also set directly after the events in ''Mr. Vampire'', with some references to the first film, such as Man-choi commenting on how he felt after being infected with the " hopping corpse virus". New characters were introduced in ''Mr. Vampire 1992'', and some actors from the first film, such as

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, were recast in new roles.

Plot

The film is based on the concept of the souls of aborted fetuses who reside in statues awaiting

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. One of these is a particularly nasty soul who possesses a nanny. She in turn sets to work to find the suitable host pregnant lady, which turns out to be Priest Kau's childhood sweetheart, Mai Kei-lin. The other storyline involves a General (who is married to the aforementioned Mai) who was infected by the vampire virus from his dead father and seeks Kau's help in healing him. This involves grinding the fangs of his vampiric father to make the antidote. After failing in the task, Kau's disciples are sent to hunt out a group of vampires to obtain their fangs. Both storylines converge at the finale with the demon child taking full possession of Mei and the group of vampires seeking revenge in a final all-out battle at the General's residence.

Cast

as Master Kau (九叔) *

as Man-choi (文才) *

as Chau-sang (秋生) *

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as Kwan-yue *

as the General * Suki Kwan as Mai Kei-lin (米淇蓮) *Tam Hoi-yan as Mai Nim-ying *Tsui Man-wah as Mai Kei-lin's nanny * Yu Miu-Lin as the female jiangshi *Si Gai-keung as Darn *Goo Wai-jan as Wai-heung *Lee Hin-ming as Wai-heung's husband *Tse Wai-kit as Kiu *Lee Chi-git as a jiangshi victim *

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* Michael Chan

Guest stars

*Yip Wing-cho as the General's sushi chef * Siu Yam-yam as the retarded boy's mother

External links

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