
Encounters of the Spooky Kind(1980)
"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.


Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.

Yuen Biao
Chiu Chi-Lung

Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
Ng Kuai-Tak

Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Uncle Chiu

Lam Ching-Ying
Tak's father

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Waterloo Tai

Lily Li
Auntie Pearl

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Fernando Ng

Wu Ma
Ah Ma

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Movie director

Moon Lee Choi-Fung
Fung
Those Merry Souls is a comedy, fantasy, action, horror film released in 1985. Directed by Lau Kar-Wing, it stars Yuen Biao, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Stanley Fung Shui-Fan. Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.
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