Jiangshi--Chinese Hopping Vampires--are more like zombies or revenants than straight up Draculas. Sometimes they come about when a taoist priest enchants the bodies of the dead to hop (because corpses are stiff and can't walk easily) back to their hometown for burial. If the corpses get loose from the priest guiding them home then they can cause havoc. Sometimes they pop out of their graves to take revenge because of grave desecration or because their family isn't giving proper honor to their memory. They got mixed up with the Western vampire somewhere along the line. Their rules are different than Dracula-type vampires. Hopping vampires can be stopped by pinning a paper spell on their heads. Sticky rice can be used to pull the evil out of them (I guess like kind of like how dry rice pulls water out of a cell phone that fell in the toilet) If you hold your breath then they can't see you. Some GOOD hopping vampire movies include Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980), Mr. Vampire (1985), and Rigor Mortis (2013). Sorry for the tl:dr and for being that "actually," guy. I just like this sub-genre of vampire movies. They're wacky and they usually have kung fu and slapstick comedy, so they're fun.

@elephant_888

Жыл бұрын

No need to apologize, the rundown was very much appreciated!! 🙏👍

@evilswissy

Жыл бұрын

completely useless information...I bet you used all of your brain capacity to comment that. a typical brainless mainstream media fed sheeple

@joshshin6819

11 ай бұрын

i legit was about to go into what kind of vampire they shown in this film but saw your post and was like YASSSSSS :)

@Mattastrophic1

11 ай бұрын

@@joshshin6819 Happy to help. If you want to see a good hopping vampire movie, then look for Mr. Vampire

@alexspindler1

11 ай бұрын

Fantastic post! I was aware of hopping vampires in the most basic sense so I understood as the boys were watching it but this added a ton to my understanding.

"undead or alive, you are coming with me" - robot cop

@ImSoOld2007

2 жыл бұрын

Robert Cop

The hopping vampires are a mythical being called Pionpi - according to Chinese folklore. They were featured in Super Mario Land

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation. Doesn't make for the scariest of horror villains, haha.

@DeanS946

2 жыл бұрын

Pionpi is the Mario name, they are called Jiangshi in Chinese folklore and are more akin to Zombies than vampires.

@sneakysnake7695

2 жыл бұрын

@@WatchItWaste that game is so underrated

@seanharrison933

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant worked better in Rigor Morris.

@ZeyTheDaemon

2 жыл бұрын

@@sneakysnake7695 This times 100. It was SUCH a good game. I didn't play a lot the first time, but then went back to it years later. I loved every second of it when I played it last year.

“On the one hand, I was entertained the entire way through. On the other hand, I don’t know why…” has got to be the greatest movie review line ever!!!

This movie has the greatest line of dialog ever put on film: "Since Tom's dead I want to make use of his body to create an android-like robot, Mr. Glen. I would appreciate you approving my application!"

"He short-circuited." And the Titanic had a minor plumbing issue.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Hah!

The Chinese character for "jiang" (殭/僵) in "jiangshi" literally means "hard" or "stiff". It is believed that the jiangshi are so stiff that they cannot bend their limbs or body, so they have to move around by hopping while keeping their arms stretched out for mobility.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info.

@melanisticmandalorian

2 жыл бұрын

Jiangshi hard stiff would make a fantastic porn movie name.

I like how the opening title card reads, "All rights reserved" as if someone might steal it. I'm trying to imagine the conversations that led to the actors signing on to the project. "Wanna be in movie...like really, really bad?"

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

All Rights Reserved, even though they stole Robocop's likeness for the poster 🤣

Ho used scenes from one of his earlier movies called Devil's Dynamite (the part about the drug dealers and the vampires) for this movie, so this another one of his cut-and-paste jobs. In this case he cannibalized one of his own movies. BTW: the vampires hop around because their legs are bound together (a Chinese burial custom).

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, that makes it a little more sensible. Not much, but a little.

@das81

2 жыл бұрын

That one (Devil's Dynamite) is far worse... Any how, Try Godfrey's Ho Crocodile Fury... Is considered his worst Flick... if you dare!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Just put it on the list. If it's worse than this, then I can't even imagine what it's like.

@das81

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant Crocodilles and Chinese vampires... I wont spoil the rest.

@torarinvik4920

2 жыл бұрын

@@das81 Wow, as a big Ho fan, I cant beleive he made something more crazy than Robo vampire. I have to get this movie now! My personal favorite is Ninja in the killing fields.

I should have known that the low budget Chinese Robocop would look like that! For a second I actually thought they got ahold of a proper Robocop costume. Lol

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

I was expecting it to look better than it did too. That was so crappy, haha.

The common name of the vampire type is the Jiangshi--their rigor mortis is so advanced that they can only hop, arms outstretched for balance. They are caused by an improper burial, or raised by some evil sorcerer, or just the soul refusing to leave and just wanting to cause trouble. Their outfit is a ceremonial burial shroud, not a royal garb as a lot of people think. Their weird color, sometimes depicted as actual fur, is apparently from fungus growing on the corpse. The scroll on them is a Taoist Fulu charm, apparently used by sorcerers to seal the bad spirit into the body. Lots of religions in Eastern culture use some kind of written seal or scroll--you see it a lot in Anime. According to legend and about a million Chinese movies on the subject (if anyone can find some, sent to Jason Brant) certain types of mirrors scare them off, or throwing sticky rice at them--which apparently draws out their evil. Or, apparently, rice powder works fine as well. :) The pionpi, as D S says, is the Mario version, but definitely based on the legend. Hey, for Mario, a hopping vampire/zombie is perfect casting!

The guy at 17:14 chain casting sparkler hands had me in stitches! Thanks for bringing us this masterpiece.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

That part sums up the movie well. We'll do more by this director for sure.

Always bring a a Six Demon Bag when dealing with Taoist sorcery and black magic. Especially coked up, hopping vampires!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 Good call.

"This was released...somewhere" "aaahhhh...I dunno about that." You guys continue to deliver on the trainwreck films!

That + - heart/pulse diagnosis machine is the best pre-tech/steampunk/early tech ever! :DDDD

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Such futuristic tech 🤣

Fighting sitting in a chair! “Who do you think you are, Steven Seagal”! I love your channel! 😂👍🏻

Another perfectly timed release. This should help with my Sunday hangover. That cover art is so bad ass! Thanks again guys!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Hope some laughs help with that hangover! This one is pretty nuts.

Well, that is fucking genius- employ some dude to train vampires fight DEA. Mafia is really gotten creative.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

True genius. No one would see that plan coming.

@buckelism

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant I am almost sold to watch this shit , and i will go further - i will show it to my wife

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@buckelism Do you have a prenup?

@buckelism

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant no , but it will worth it :D

15:42..those two guys/zombies/vampires hopping around in circles had me splitting my sides with laughter,well done Jason for showing us another great movie.

The big German from Raiders, played by Pat Roach, was also the chief guard in Temple of Doom and was listed as Gestapo in the Last Crusade.

Jiang Shi, the Chinese vampire. It’s what Hsien-ko/Lei-Lei is from the Darkstalkers fighting games.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info.

"If I showed you a Spielberg film and a Godfrey Ho film you couldn't tell the difference." Cannot let that stand unchallenged. You couldn't pay me to watch Spielberg's sentimental pablum and I would (and have) paid for Godfrey Ho's insanely fun movies, at least on DVD.

All Godfrey Ho movies are anomalies of "filmmaking". Just like your "Steven Segal addiction" I was addicted to his movie for a while. But like Eckhart Tolle says "All addiction starts with pain and ends with pain" 😂

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

That definitely sums up the Seagal addiction.

@torarinvik4920

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant Im glad you got that monkey off your back :D

The strap across the mouth and the silver jacket make robo warrior the ultimate badass! 😂

Yah, as other have said, the hopping vampire/zombies are very common in Chinese mythology and are in some of the very worst kung fu movies. A Chinese audience wouldn't think twice about it.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

So strange and not scary 🤣

@musicmnw1982

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant I was going to say the same thing. I had an NES game called "Phantom Fighter" I think. The game was based in China and you fought off those hopping zombies They had spells written on signs hung around their necks that bound them to a place or person. The story line in the game explained enough that I immediately recognized them in this shitty flick. I'm glad you found out because it actually helps you understand what was in the movie.... the Robocop bit is explainable.

@musicmnw1982

2 жыл бұрын

In looking into this it turns out the game made in 1988 was based on a 1985 movie called "Mr. Vampire". The 1988 film you saw was a cheap knock off of Mr. Vampire and stared a guy in silver hockey pads. The trailer for Mr. Vampire is awesome. You should take a look. Apparently it "caused a string of popular vampire movies throughout the 80's and 90's."

@musicmnw1982

2 жыл бұрын

This movie looks legit good. The trailer on IMDB.... at least four stunt guys eat shit. I have to find a copy NOW.

@musicmnw1982

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah! They got it here on youtube. kzread.info/head/PLRF47w2gzxKuKBDxwDn77bUAnfUnRZVq5

As a massive fan of actual RoboCop, seeing the equivalent abomination in this movie honestly hurt every fiber of my soul.

Can’t make a great bad movie without a boat load of cocaine! This movie was awesome! Cheers!🍺

Sometimes a bad movie is just bad. So I assume you haven't seen much of this kind of "vampires" in other movies. For more of the stiff hopping Chinese zombie-vampire living dead, and how they work, I recommend the horror comedies Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) starring Sammo Hung, Mr. Vampire (1985) and Mr. Vampire II (1986) starring Ching-Ying Lam sporting the fiercest unibrow in Hong Kong cinema. Not sure if I'd call them so bad they are good. I think they are just good, at least compared to other Hong Kong movies of the time. But OK, today they are pretty funny for other reasons than just the intended comedy. I'm not an expert, but the more I've seen of this in Chinese movies, I've concluded that it's very much dependent on the view on Taoism. In "anti Taoism movies" the Taoist priests are depicted as wild corrupted degenerates on the side of evil, but in "pro Taoism movies" they are the champions of good, one with nature and the only thing defending us from chaos and destruction. Or sometimes a little bit in the middle. The hopping corpses apparently has to do with the tradition that you have to be buried where you were born to be at peace after death. This and the fact that other things can delay a burial makes for a lot of corpses in "storage". The Taoist priests can control the corpses until they are buried, so they could be seen as either people keeping the zombie apocalypse at bay, or creepy powerful necromancers you should be afraid of. Trailers: Encounters of the Spooky Kind - kzread.info/dash/bejne/c2yYyNyJm66Wps4.html Mr. Vampire - kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYajrZqCXbK0lpM.html Mr. Vampire II - www.dailymotion.com/video/x22p07e There are more sequels, but these are the only ones I can recommend.

So that's where RoboCop writer got the idea from.this masterpiece most be kept in the same shelf as Flight of Fury and Belly of the Beast,which you haven't reviewed and yes our great hero Mr Seagal is in it.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man. I'm sure those are great.

Godfrey Ho movies are like that in general. My favorite of his is Ninja Terminator, which has a ninja robot, killer crabs, and an evil gang lord wearing a lady's blonde wig. You can find this on KZread.

Mr Vampire is a classic in this hopping vampire genre

Omg I saw this 20 years ago! Thanks guys !

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

It's wild.

Colander + Michael Jackson jacket + silver duct tape = Robovampirekiller. This is just brilliant. My brain is not capable of comprehending this sh*tfest. How is it I've never heard of this? How was it not nominated for an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Romper Room gold star?

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

It's a special movie, isn't it? I believe the whole thing is available on KZread.

@JohnDoe-sr1dd

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant Movies on KZread is sort of like your grandparents' attic. Generally full of shite no one wants but a couple of weirdly cool things here and there. I found Edison's 1910 version of Frankenstein. Crude but oddly interesting. Like Brian Bosworth.

Still better Robcop 3 and the remake.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

It's way more entertaining than those.

@doctorthirteen5499

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant "I'm going to train vampires to deal with him" is now my go-to response to stressors.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@doctorthirteen5499 🤣🤣 that's a great idea

"How much beer did you bring?" "Not enough" Loved it but I dont think you could ever bring enough beer to get through this film. You wouldn't have a blood stream by the end of it but more of a beer stream.

I thought the name was familiar, Godfrey Ho directed two of the Men Behind The Sun films, these were well know within the extreme underground cinema genre, which was 'my thing' back in the early 2000's. My god this guy was prolific, I counted on IMDB that he was credited with directing 24 films in 1987 alone... That's fucking nuts.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus. How is that even possible?

Looks like you guys fell for the old 'Lets make the cover of the VHS tape look totally fucking awesome and absolutely nothing like the actual movie itself' trick . I too fell victim to this many times throughout my youth.

Omg lol. "I have an idea. Let's make a You tube channel based on watching bad movies" *Proceeds to torture self forever

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Not my best idea 🤣

Been waiting for another upload. I've been watching you guys on repeat lol. Funniest shit ever. You guys have jokes for days without even trying. Keep up the good work.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We're uploading a video a week now, usually on Sundays. We have some really wild movies coming up that we go nuts over.

@jackgill6519

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant the hype is real

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackgill6519 Wait till you see our Christmas episode.

@jackgill6519

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant Can’t wait, I respect you guys’ sacrifice for our entertainment, very fitting with the Christmas spirit

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackgill6519 🤣

I've been watching these for hours today and I'm dieing laughing. please keep this content coming. cheers

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Plenty more on the way!

if i had that much coke i would probably hop everywhere too! LOL

That guy with the glasses looks like a low budget Ron Jeremy

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

Keep doing what you are doing guys ...just found the channel and started binging, hope y'all blow up soon

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! From your lips to KZread's algorithm.

I LOVE your videos. keep up the great work!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, bud! I appreciate that.

15:40 Robocop 3 all over again, hahaha!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

This was so many layers of cheese I lost count 🤣😂😂

In Chinese folklore, zombies hop because rigor mortis has set in, and they cannot bend. It's actually kinda terrifying.

I remember those jumping vampires from Super Mario Land on the Gameboy xD

Original RoboCop titanium and Kevlar This RoboCop bulletproof foil with stabproof tape

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

I can barely tell the difference between the two. They're almost mirror images.

Nice electric tape on his mask. Lol I'm cryin.... this is sooo bad.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Shockingly bad, isn't it?

Can’t stop binge watching these 🤣

whatever the whole movie crew was inhaling all along wasn't rice powder.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Hah, no doubt!

Best part about this is now I have a few hilarious gifs to spread around. The hopping vampire zombies are hillarious.

What beer did you bring?! Enough...

wtf?😂🤣 this Production Kills Me Right Away

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

"as for our FLOURISHING drug business" - amazing that you can just keep finding such quality films

That’s how a lot of military’s wear their dress cover chin straps, just under the bottom lip. Don’t ask me why!

Hello. I'd like to doff my cap to you guys for watching these films. It's like some sort of community service. Taking hits for the team and sparing the rest of us. Well done to KZread for suggesting I watch your videos. Very entertaining stuff. Thanks for the laughs. 🤣👍😎

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I appreciate ya.

The only movie as incomprehensible as this is Plan 9 From Outer Space. This is worse but so bad it's good 100 percent

Yes he can fly he can fly, he can fly, he can fly he can fly, he just had to think happy thoughts

The description has me roooooolling! Bahahahahhahaha "breasticles"! Hahahahahaha

The hopping ninja-pires are awesome.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

They're... something.

Another suggestion: The Room 2003 with Tommy Wiseau. You’ll have no trouble finding plenty to comment about…

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Love that movie! I've seen it a lot though, so my reaction wouldn't be genuine if we watched it.

Ok so I haven’t even seen ur video yet just saw the thumbnail and I just keep think what What WHAT WHATTTTTT ok ok I have to see this now I’m so excited. Thank you gentlemen for making my night

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Your initial confused reaction was spot on. I still don't know what the hell happened during most of this movie. Hope you enjoyed the video!

Robocop waddles and fights like seagull in his recent films

First thing first, I want I want to compliment you guys for this channel. You bright light my existence in this awfulness days. I've been watching your videos and, it was a first time, in all those "So Ba d It's Good" I've been lost. In a moment when the guy trying to kiss the girl, it's really looks like another movie. I've never see this movie, but, the cut in your video was magnificent!!! I'm not use to comment, but it was necessary... Sorry for the bad "Englisher",... Hail from Brazil and Israel!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words!

Anyone that has played Super Mario Land on the Gameboy knows this type of Vampires and how to handle them.

Oh my god, i watched this movie with a bunch of friends in college, it was a wild one.

@bryanferratt6598

4 ай бұрын

This movie reminded me of "Brandy and Mr Whiskers" 😊.

i am honestly surprised that even though its a crappy movie that they showed off a Jiangshi on screen :). this is such an uncommon portrayal of vampires. this movie was so bleh though lol. glad to have watched this and loved this episode of So bad it's Good ;)

Woooooow, that was glorious Aaaand another purchase

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

It's a wild movie.

Its very rare for hk movies, action movies in particular, to have plot. Action they have in spades

Jiangshi vampires with the laziest design I've ever seen...

Godfrey Ho would literally make 20 movies in one year.

Remember when people thought Plan 9 was the worst movie ever made? Well, some of these movies make Ed Wood look like fuckin' Kubrick of George Miller

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 🤣 So true.

Wow! Just wow! Hopping vampire/zombies??? And that robot cop costume.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Wow is a good word to describe the entire movie. Just... wow.

Why do they hop around like kangaroos? Lool 😭😭😂😂😂

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

It's so strange!

I completely missed this. My bad. Brilliant video though!

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Lol- I’ve been trying to get people to watch this forever! It’s seriously so bad that it is good! 🤣

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

It really is. The movie is beyond comprehension.

I loved this movie, it went around a place worked at, we all loved how unusually bad it was.

THIS IS MADNESS love that line

Samurai Robocop, zombies/vampires, and some sort of martial arts stunts at the same time, I can't tell if it's 'Fantasy' or 'Fuckery'.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Fantasy Fuckery sounds like a great genre.

@miskatonic_alumni

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant Sounds like Deathstalker.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@miskatonic_alumni I haven't seen any of those. Are they so bad they're good?

@miskatonic_alumni

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant I've only seen the first one and it may qualify. But it's bad, and the sequels might be worse.

This is better than the matrix, robocop and terminator combined

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

The scary thing is how accurate that first one is. In Asia vampires are literally described as bouncing around like that.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

So strange.

@inthedeadhours

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant there's a whole mythology to it. It has to do with rigormortis and monks transporting dead bodies. It's all pretty interesting.

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@inthedeadhours It makes for hilarious movies too.

You've got to love Godfrey Ho! Somehow he always finds a couple of crappy movies to Frankenstein together and ship to the U.S.! At least this one had hopping vampires to make it more enjoyable than his typical ninjas in a backyard mixed with Asian gangster films.

The vampires are a type of hopping vampire from china called Jiangshi

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

The hopping is hilarious.

@TCFan25

2 жыл бұрын

I thought they were Pionpi

@syd_1222

2 жыл бұрын

@@TCFan25 I had no idea what that was, but google says that they are based on the jiangshi

Yes, sunday is safe! Thx and cheers from Germany...... can't stand how u guys over there can drink "pumpkin Pie" beer :D

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

You don't like pumpkin beer?

@GruniLP

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonBrant have to say: never drank it. But i am german and born with a beer bottle and sorry i need pure and good quality beer in my veins 🤣🤙 If u need some Tipps for good german beer, ask for it......

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@GruniLP I'll always take beer suggestions! But man, there are some great pumpkin beers.

Classic Chinese films like Mr. Vampire features Jiangshi as well, aka hopping vampires (they hop because of rigor mortis). You should check on that movie, the stunts and fight choreo are CRAZY. Regarding to burning paper and stuff - in Chinese culture, the dead needs money, clothes in afterlife so their relatives burn paper stuff for them because those burnt papers will later transform into spirit paper money/clothing if that makes sense.

They were some of the worst chest compressions ever. No wonder he died

Jack burton just wants his truck back

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

He should call the insurance company.

Their vampires are a little stiff, all they can do is hop. 😆

I bought a set of 50 old movies from 30's to 90's and this one was in there

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

Did you watch it?

I've seen those Asian vampires before somewhere...I totally forgot about them hopping around. Haha. I always thought that was weird...like...Y?

Those vampires reminded me of The Gods Must be Crazy movies. Ah the memories.

What beer is the pumpkin pie with whhhhhhiptt cream? tia lol

"No end credits because nobody wanted their name on that." - credit to my friend Chelsea for that one

16:35 The TP Witch? How dare you. Everyone knows scarves are the deadliest weapon... LOOK! THE EAST IS BURNING RED!🕺

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

Charles Band's unmade sequel to Eliminators.

Mom, I want Doom! We have Doom at home. Doom at home.

Robo what? ahhaa make me🤣for real love you guys

@JasonBrant

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 Thanks!

"That's how you know you're old; you don't put booze in yer ass." That was the only place to end this.