Is the Lam Ching-ying movie series your favorite ghost movie as a child?
When I was a child, my favorite movies were Lin Zhengying’s ghost movies, especially his zombie movies, which were particularly funny. Every time he has that unique unibrow, and talks seriously, and the most important thing is his weird Taoism. Anyway, I was crazy about him when I was a kid.
I remember that my favorite thing to watch at that time was "Yimei Taoist". The little zombies in it were super cute. I liked it very much. I remember that I was still jumping around like that little zombie. Especially when the little zombie was playing with the copper coin sword, it was so cute, I still remember it now.
"The Exorcist" is also quite good. It seems to be about using corpses to transport drugs. I remember there was a police officer there, and I was obsessed with him when I was a kid. The whole story has a relaxed atmosphere, and the ghosts and stuff are not very scary.
There is also a movie I don’t remember the name of, but it was also starring Lin Zhengying. But I remember that Lin Zhengying had an apprentice named Qiu Sheng, and he was attracted by a female ghost. Then there was another apprentice named Wencai, and Wencai was very funny.
Especially when Lin Zhengying was going to have afternoon tea, when he was afraid of embarrassing himself, cheated his apprentice and then talked nonsense seriously, I almost laughed like crazy. This movie is very exciting. In addition to zombies, there is also a romance between humans and ghosts. The plot is very novel.
Among Lam Ching-ying's films, the one that impressed me most was probably "The African Monk". At that time, I remember that when I saw the name of the movie, I rejected it because I didn’t want to watch it. Because I subconsciously thought that a movie about Africans would not be good to watch, let alone one about African monks.
But because I saw that the starring role was Lin Zhengying, I still chose to watch it. It turned out that the movie was not what I imagined. On the contrary, the idea of the movie was very unique and novel. With Africa as the background and some Chinese elements incorporated into it, the movie is very interesting.
Lin Ching-ying's zombie movie is really good. It's a pity that such a talented person died young. God is jealous of the talent. But I think these works of his will become classics that can never be surpassed and will be passed down to future generations.