Is the "red and white double evil spirits" in Ching-Ying Lam's movies actually an access control technique in Maoshan? Are the props real?

1985 Mr. Zombie was jointly produced by Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-ho Chin and Xu Guanying. Before filming, Liu Guanwei, as a director, was ready to pack up and leave, because the total investment of Mr. Zombie was as high as 8.5 million, which was five or six times that of an ordinary film at that time. If he loses it, I'm afraid he will never be able to afford it. But unexpectedly, the film not only didn't lose money, but also made 20 million at the box office. More importantly, he became the first work of a Chinese zombie movie. Ching-Ying Lam, with a word eyebrow, a moustache, gray hair, a peach wooden sword in hand and a Taoist robe, also became the first impression of most audiences on Taoist priests.

Why do you still feel classic when you look back at Ching-Ying Lam's zombie movies 30 years later? Very simple, two words, "ingenuity", when shooting this film, they can shoot one shot for one day, and the three-meter-high real estate jumps around. In the muddy lowlands, tossing and turning tirelessly. In addition to the requirements for actors, they have also made great efforts in the script. Everyone did a lot of reading and interviews before shooting, just to get close to the most real "demon-killing". Here I have to mention the seal of Uncle Jiu and the fragments of his practice. We lit a spell with a grain of rice, blessed chicken blood with a mirror of Yin and Yang after burning it, and finally poured it into Mo Dou. This passage is great.

I believe many friends who watch this clip for the first time will have the same questions as me. Does Ching-Ying Lam really know magic? The answer is no. Although he doesn't know magic, the gestures and spells printed on these pages are real. In order to respect the history of Maoshan Mountain and make the film more realistic, they invited a real maoshan taoist to teach Ching-Ying Lam these kung fu skills, and the props such as glutinous rice peach wooden sword, chicken blood and black dog blood used by Ching-Ying Lam in the film were not fabricated. These things do have the function of exorcism. When filming "Exorcism Police" in those days, one side used to deal with Japanese witches was the letters of Daoism, and the other side was Mao, who was a late teacher of Yin and Yang, and was also the real guy borrowed by the client from Real maoshan taoist.

But sadly, with the popularity of Mr. Zombie, too many people began to imitate each other, so that zombie films went to the point of bad streets. Until 1989, Ching-Ying Lam released "One Eyebrow Road flyover", which blended western vampires and oriental zombies and rekindled the audience's interest in zombie films. In order to revive the reputation of zombie films, in 1992, Ching-Ying Lam once again teamed up with Siu-ho Chin and Xu Guanying to produce the new Mr. Zombie. Although the overall creation of the film is original, the effect is not ideal.

Perhaps the audience has become numb and even disgusted with zombies. Finally, Ching-Ying Lam stopped making movies and turned to TV series. 1995, he participated in the TV series "Zombie Master", and achieved good results at that time, but perhaps he didn't even know that this TV series would be the last highlight of Chinese zombie films. 1997, Ching-Ying Lam was diagnosed with liver cancer while preparing to shoot Zombie Master 3, but he didn't tell anyone, but chose to bear it alone. In order not to drag pomegranate elder sister King-Tan Yuen down, Ching-Ying Lam forced her to break up with herself. Ching-Ying Lam refused to let anyone visit him before he died. He doesn't want everyone to see himself suffering from the disease. 1997 10 10 On 8 October, Ching-Ying Lam died in St. Teresa's Hospital in Kowloon at the age of 45.

Uncle Jiu's departure marks the complete end of the zombie film era in Hong Kong. Thank you, Uncle Jiu, for bringing us surprises and happiness in childhood. "Half a bowl of clear water shines on Kun, giving orders to ghosts and gods, stepping on the steps of Yin and Yang, holding and slaying the demon soul, and offering aloes and sake offerings. The Taoist spirit has spread all over the world, especially the red rope glutinous rice today, and there is no ghost catcher in those days. "