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The Era of Vampires (2002)

The Era of Vampires poster
Original title
殭屍大時代
Directed by
Wellson Chin
Genre
action film, horror film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 19th century China, a group of Taoist priests and warriors hunt down a powerful vampire terrorizing a village. They must use martial arts and ancient magic to stop the creature.

fast-pacedviolentdarkatmosphericintensegrittyserious

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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