Encounters of the Spooky Kind

Dec 24, 1980

1h 42m

★ 6.8

Overview

"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Bo Ho Films

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Paragon Films

Encounters of the Spooky Kind Trailers

Cast

Bold Cheung

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Priest Tsui

Paul Chung Fat

Ah Chiu

Wu Ma

The Inspector

Lam Ching-Ying

Priest Chin Hoi

Peter Chan Lung

Ah Dooh / Ah To / Cocky

To Siu-Ming

Master Tam

Huang Ha

Cheung's Wife

Leung Suet-Mei

Adviser Lau

Tai Bo

Uncle Fok

Chang Ching-Po

Ah Mu / Prison Guard

Yuen Miu

Peeping Tom

Ho Pak-Kwong

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