Mr. Vampire III

Mr. Vampire III, (Chinese: 靈幻先生) also known as Mr. Vampire Part 3, is a 1987 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung. The film is the third of a series of five films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise. The Chinese title of the film literally translates to Mr. Spiritual Fantasy.

Mr. Vampire III
Original Hong Kong film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	靈幻先生
Simplified Chinese	灵幻先生
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Línghuàn Xiānshēng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ling4 Waan6 Sin1 Sang1
Directed by	Ricky Lau
Written by	Lo Wing-keung Sze-to Cheuk-hon
Produced by	Sammo Hung
Starring	Lam Ching-ying Richard Ng Billy Lau David Lui Pauline Wong Chow Gam-kong Tam Yat-ching Hoh Kin-wai Cheung Wing-cheung Ka Lee Sammo Hung Wu Ma Corey Yuen Teddy Yip
Cinematography	Andrew Lau
Edited by	Peter Cheung Keung Chuen-tak
Music by	Anders Nelsson Stephen Shing
Production companies	Bo Ho Films Co., Ltd. Paragon Films Ltd.
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date	17 December 1987 (1987-12-17)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$19,460,536.00

In the film, a wandering exorcist and two ghosts who serve as his spirit companions face an evil witch doctor and her gang of bandits. The exorcist is forced to team up with one of his rivals in order to end the supernatural threat.

Plot

One dark night, Uncle Ming attempts to exorcise angry spirits in a haunted house but is unsuccessful and he narrowly escapes. He brings his two ghostly companions (Big Pao and Small Pao) with him to a nearby town. The town is under attack by a group of bandits with supernatural powers. The thugs are led by Devil Lady, a powerful evil witch doctor.

When Ming and the Paos are having dinner in a restaurant, Captain Chiang comes to harass them, and the Paos take revenge by playing tricks on Chiang. Just then, Chiang's master, Uncle Nine, appears and he subdues the two ghosts and traps them inside a wine jar. As Ming is no match for Nine in magic powers, he pleads with Nine to release the Paos. Nine agrees to set the ghosts free but warns Ming that he must part ways with them. Big Pao is captured by Devil Lady later due to Chiang's act of mischief. Devil Lady casts a spell on Big Pao, making him see people dressed in Taoist robes as monster birds, and sends him to attack the town.

During the chaos, Devil Lady breaks into the town prison to free two of her bandits who were captured earlier by the townspeople, but falls into a trap instead. Uncle Nine defeats Devil Lady in a fight and the evil sorceress falls into a well and dies. However, the spirits of the two bandits escape and possess two men, and go out to cause trouble again. Nine and Ming combine forces to contain the evil spirits in wine jars and fry them in hot oil.

Just then, the coin sword binding Devil Lady shatters and the sorceress' spirit is set free to take revenge. Eventually after a long battle, with the help of the Pao ghosts, Nine and Ming succeed in destroying Devil Lady once and for all.

Cast

• Lam Ching-ying as Uncle Nine, a unibrowed Taoist priest
• Richard Ng as Uncle Ming, an inept Taoist priest
• Billy Lau as Captain Chiang, Uncle Nine's student
• David Lui as Big Pao, one of Uncle Ming's two ghost companions
• Pauline Wong as Devil Lady, a powerful evil witch doctor
• Chow Gam-kong as Shou, one of the two possessed men
• Tam Yat-ching as the haunted house's owner
• Hoh Kin-wai as Small Pao, one of Uncle Ming's two ghost companions
• Cheung Wing-cheung as Eagle Head, one of the bandits
• Ka Lee as a townsman
• Baan Yun-sang as Te, Uncle Nine's student killed by Devil Lady
• Lee Chi-git as Fu, one of the two possessed men
• Chu Tau as Wild Boar, one of the bandits
• Gam Biu as a drunk villager
• Pang Yun-cheung as a townsman
• Siu Hung-moi as the female ghost in the wine jar set free by Uncle Ming
• Yip So as a ghost in the haunted house
• Chun Kwai-bo
• Ha Kwok-wing
• Lau Fong-sai
• Lam Foo-wai

Guest stars

• Sammo Hung as Hung, one of Uncle Nine's birthday guests
• Wu Ma as Uncle Nine's birthday guest
• Corey Yuen as Uncle Nine's birthday guest
• Teddy Yip as Uncle Nine's birthday guest

Box office

Mr Vampire 3 ran 17 December 1987 to 6 January 1988 and grossed HK$19,460,536.00 at the box office.^[1][2]

Home Media

VHS

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
Unknown	United States	Unknown	Rainbow Audio and Video Incorporation	NTSC	Cantonese	English		[3]
1999	France	Unknown	HK Video	NTSC	Cantonese	English		[4]

Laserdisc

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Catalog No	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
Unknown	Japan	N/A	Pony Canyon LD		CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	Japanese	Audio Mono	[5]
1988	Japan	N/A			CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	Japanese	Audio Mono	[6]
1989	Hong Kong	N/A	Unknown	M0030C88	CLV / NTSC	Cantonese	None	Ratio: 1.66:1 (Widescreen), Audio Channel: Mono, 2 Sides	[7] [8]

VCD

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Language	Subtitles	Notes	REF
Unknown	Hong Kong	N/A	Megastar (HK)	NTSC	Cantonese	English, Traditional Chinese	2VCDs	[9]
5 December 2003	Hong Kong	N/A	Joy Sales (HK)	NTSC	Cantonese, Mandarin	English, Traditional Chinese	2VCDs	[10]

DVD

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Region	Language	Sound	Subtitles	Notes	REF
Unknown	Japan	N/A	Universal Pictures Japan	NTSC	2	Cantonese, Japanese	Dolby Digital Mono	Japanese	Digitally Re-mastered Box-set	[11]
31 December 2002	Hong Kong	N/A	Deltamac (HK)	NTSC	ALL	Cantonese, Mandarin	Unknown	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese		[12]
19 February 2004	France	N/A	HK Video	PAL	2	Cantonese	Dolby Digital	French	Box-set	[13]
4 July 2006	Taiwan	N/A	Catalyst Logic	NTSC	3	Cantonese, Mandarin	Dolby Digital 2.0	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese		[14]
11 October 2007	Japan	N/A	Geneon Universal Entertainment	NTSC	2	Cantonese	Unknown	Japanese	Digitally Remastered Edition	[15]
19 November 2007	Hong Kong	N/A	Joy Sales (HK)	NTSC	ALL	Cantonese, Mandarin	Dolby Digital 2.0	English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese		[16]
21 December 2012	Japan	N/A	Paramount Home Entertainment Japan	NTSC	2	Cantonese, Japanese	Dolby Digital	Japanese	Digitally Re-mastered	[17]

Blu-ray

Release date	Country	Classifaction	Publisher	Format	Region	Language	Sound	Subtitles	Notes	REF
21 December 2012	Japan	N/A	Paramount Home Entertainment Japan	NTSC	A	Cantonese, Japanese		Japanese	Digitally Re-mastered	[18]
22nd May 2023	United Kingdom	18	Eureka Entertainment	N/A	A	Cantonese	Cantonese	English	Part of the Hopping Mad box set	[19]