In the 1980s and 1990s, zombie films were once an important genre of Hong Kong movies. Many zombie films are the common memory of many generations of people born in the 70s, 80s and 90s. The series of zombie movies starring Lin Zhengying as the "Dao Chang" is the most popular, but now it is "the yellow paper and wood sword is still there today, I don't see the stupid people in the past."
Lin Zhengying was born in 1952, formerly known as Lin Genbao, was originally a Peking opera actor and studied under Fenju. At the age of 17, he entered the movie circle as a dragon and tiger martial artist. He was once Bruce Lee's right-hand man (the other was Chen Huiyi). After Bruce Lee's death, he joined the Hong Family Class. At that time, Sammo Hung intended to create a Kung Fu comedy movie and tried to shoot the "Ghost Fighting Ghost" series of movies.
Lin Zhengying was widely acclaimed for playing the second uncle of the old Taoist priest in 1982's "Scary Man". Sammo Hung decided to create a "Taoist Catching Zombie" movie around Lin Zhengying.
And the finalized work of this zombie genre film is 1985-"Mr. Zombie". The
movie script was co-written by three golden screenwriters Huang Ying, Huang Bingyao and Situ Zhuohan, all of whom are heavyweights in the Hong Kong film industry.
is also under the co-creation of these three screenwriters, the film "Mr. Zombie" has been further artistically processed and has become a default setting for the zombie genre. The story of the
movie takes place in the Republic of China. The father of the rich and wealthy country gentry used to coerce and lure him to obtain a treasure of geomantic omen. According to Feng Shui's instructions, the grave must be relocated after twenty years of burial in order to be buried. Ren Fa invited the Taoist Jiushu played by Lin Zhengying and his two apprentices to relocate. Unexpectedly, the corpse had turned into a zombie, and a fierce battle started.
In fact, zombie films are action films wrapped with magical elements such as Taoism and ghosts, but it is the addition of these spiritual elements that make the movie exude unique charm. The role of the zombie Ren Weiyong is Sammo Hung's junior, Yuan Hua, who played against Lin Zhengying and Qian Xiaohao in the film, which is still an action film routine.
"Mr. Zombie" invested 8 million Hong Kong dollars at the time. Originally, Sammo Hung and Golden Harvest executives thought they would lose money after watching the film, which made Liu Guanwei jittery, thinking that his career as a director would have ended.
did not expect the film to be an unprecedented success after it was released, with a box office of 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Since then, it has set off a zombie film craze in the Chinese-speaking region, and even Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore have the same theme movies.
and Lin Zhengying later starred in a series of movies such as "Exorcist Daoist", "Zombie Family", "One Eyebrow Daoist" and became a professional Daoist.
In fact, there are many records about zombies in ancient books, especially "Liao Zhai Zhiyi" recorded too many "zombie incidents". The setting of letting zombies wear official uniforms in the Qing Dynasty can be traced back to "Maoshan Zombie Boxing" directed by Liu Jialiang in 1979, but it was not until "Mr. Zombie" that it "carried forward", and it has since become the standard for zombie films.
And those "artifacts" that appeared in the movie will continue to appear in subsequent movies, regardless of whether there is a zombie film in which Lin Zhengying participates, they will follow these settings.
Although Lin Zhengying passed away in 1997, his image as a Taoist leader has become a unique mark of a generation and is remembered by the world.
