Hong Kong Synopsis
鬼打鬼
Sammo is Courageous Cheung, a pedicab driver in a rural community who is known around town as the man who fears nothing. Well, this is proved false before the opening credits finish when he endures a particularly frightening nightmare of flesh-eating zombies. But, that's just the beginning of his run-ins with the supernatural.
Other Titles From Bo Ho Films
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Encounter of the Spooky Kind itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Encounter of the Spooky Kind. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1979–1981 Hong Kong Window
Encounter of the Spooky Kind holds position #23 of 54 Hong Kong films in the 1979–1981 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Encounter of the Spooky Kind premiered alongside 13 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 13 other Hong Kong films in 1980.
The 147th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
71 audience reviews — more than 76% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Encounter of the Spooky Kind, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- test of courage · 1
- black magic · 17
- possession · 15
- martial arts · 369
- zombie · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #282 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #179 of 516 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Bo Ho Films, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Paragon Films Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | December 24, 1980 |
| IMDb | tt0080827 |