The Era of Vampires

The Era of Vampires
Singaporean DVD cover

Traditional Chinese	千年殭屍王
Simplified Chinese	千年僵尸王

Hanyu Pinyin	Qiān Nián Jiāng Shī Wáng
Jyutping	Cin1 Nin4 Geong1 Si1 Wong4


Directed by	Wellson Chin
Written by	Tsui Hark
Produced by	Tsui Hark
Starring	Danny Chan Michael Chow Ken Chang Lam Suet Yu Rongguang
Cinematography	Joe Chan Sunny Tsang Herman Yau
Edited by	Marco Mak
Music by	J.M. Logan
Production companies	Film Workshop Hark & Co. Fortissimo Films
Release date	2002 (2002)
Running time	94 Minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

The Era of Vampires is a 2002 Hong Kong martial arts horror film directed by Wellson Chin and written and produced by Tsui Hark. An edited version of the film was released in North America under the title Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters. The film lacked comedy, a departure from earlier jiangshi films like Mr. Vampire that were popular in the 1980s.^[1]

Cast

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan as Choi
Michael Chow as Fat
Ken Chang as Hei
Lam Suet as Kung
Yu Rongguang as Master Jiang
Anya as Sasa
Horace Lee as Dragon Tang
Ji Chun-hua as Master Mao Shan
Chen Kuan-tai as Zombie wrangler
Lee Kin-yan as Geomancer
Lee Lik-chi as Butler
Wong Yat-fei as Undertaker
Sze Mei-yee as Clothing salesman
Zou Na as Ling

References

^ Hudson, Dave (2009). Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-8108-6923-3.

External links

The Era of Vampires at IMDb
The Era of Vampires at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
HK cinemagic entry

v t e Films by Tsui Hark
Films directed	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer) Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer) All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Working Class (1985, also produced) Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced) King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced) The Master (1992, also produced) Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced) The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced) The Blade (1995, also writer and produced) The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced) Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced) Tristar (1996, also writer and produced) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced) The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced) Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced) Missing (2008, also writer and produced) All About Women (2008, also writer and produced) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)
Films written	A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced) Swordsman II (1992, also produced) New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced) The Wicked City (1992; also produced) The East Is Red (1993; also produced) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced) The Magic Crane (1993, also produced) Iron Monkey (1993; also produced) Black Mask (1996; also produced) The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced) Sword Master (2016; also produced) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Films produced only	A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) The Big Heat (1988) I Love Maria (1988) The Killer (1989) A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990) The Swordsman (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Shanghai Grand (1996) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) The Climbers (2019)
Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)

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