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Do you know who the spookiest
monster in Hong Kong's

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Halloween is?

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It's Mr. Vampire.

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Around 1985, there was a
huge trend of vampire movies,

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especially in Hong
Kong and Taiwan.

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The most famous film
being Mr. Vampire.

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The vampires in the movie
wore Qing Dynasty robes,

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and their faces were sickly
white with yellow fangs.

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After sleeping in
coffins for a long time,

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their bodies had turned
stiff, and they could not

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bend their arms and legs.

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So they would raise their
arms, jump, and then bite.

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The only way to stop
them from attacking

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was to write down
a spell on a paper

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and stick it on their foreheads.

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So check out Mr. Vampire, and
experience the horror and fun

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of Hong Kong in the 80s.

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