Encounters of the Spooky Kind
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind is a 1980 Hong Kong horror-comedy film that pioneered the jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire) genre and showcased Sammo Hung’s blend of martial arts, slapstick, and supernatural thrills.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Encounters of the Spooky Kind canonical | 4 |
| Encounters of the Spooky Kind II | 1 |
| Spooky Encounters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4090504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Encounters of the Spooky Kind Context triple: [Sammo Hung, notableWork, Encounters of the Spooky Kind]
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A.
Los Espookys
Los Espookys is a Spanish-language HBO comedy series that follows a group of friends who turn their love of horror into a quirky business creating staged supernatural events.
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B.
Spooky Island
Spooky Island is a fictional horror-themed amusement park and tropical resort that serves as the main setting of the 2002 live-action film "Scooby-Doo."
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C.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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D.
The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 science-fiction movie serial featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who unleashes deadly inventions in a bid for world domination.
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E.
Night Monster
Night Monster is a 1942 American horror film directed by Ford Beebe, featuring a mysterious series of murders at a secluded mansion and starring Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Encounters of the Spooky Kind Target entity description: Encounters of the Spooky Kind is a 1980 Hong Kong horror-comedy film that pioneered the jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire) genre and showcased Sammo Hung’s blend of martial arts, slapstick, and supernatural thrills.
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A.
Los Espookys
Los Espookys is a Spanish-language HBO comedy series that follows a group of friends who turn their love of horror into a quirky business creating staged supernatural events.
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B.
Spooky Island
Spooky Island is a fictional horror-themed amusement park and tropical resort that serves as the main setting of the 2002 live-action film "Scooby-Doo."
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C.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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D.
The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 science-fiction movie serial featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who unleashes deadly inventions in a bid for world domination.
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E.
Night Monster
Night Monster is a 1942 American horror film directed by Ford Beebe, featuring a mysterious series of murders at a secluded mansion and starring Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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film ⓘ horror-comedy film ⓘ martial arts film ⓘ supernatural film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gui da gui
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind ⓘ
surface form:
Spooky Encounters
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| cinematographyBy | Cheung Yiu-cho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
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| director | Sammo Hung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
Chinese hopping vampire
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jiangshi ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
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| genre |
horror comedy
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martial arts ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II
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| influenced |
Mr. Vampire
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subsequent jiangshi films ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Bold Cheung ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
comedic horror
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martial arts heroism ⓘ supernatural possession ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frankie Chan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining martial arts with slapstick comedy and supernatural elements
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pioneering the jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire) genre in Hong Kong cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Cantonese ⓘ |
| partOfFilmMovement | Hong Kong New Wave era context ⓘ |
| producer | Sammo Hung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bo Ho Films ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 98 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
|
| starring |
Huang Ha
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Lam Ching-ying NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Chan Lung NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammo Hung NERFINISHED ⓘ To Siu-ming ⓘ Wu Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | jiangshi film ⓘ |
| writer |
Huang Ying
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Sammo Hung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Encounters of the Spooky Kind Description of subject: Encounters of the Spooky Kind is a 1980 Hong Kong horror-comedy film that pioneered the jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire) genre and showcased Sammo Hung’s blend of martial arts, slapstick, and supernatural thrills.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sammo Hung Kam-bo (Sammo Hung, birth name Hung Kam-bo, but often associated with Jackie Chan as fellow Hong Kong action star)
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notableWork
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind
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subject surface form:
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung Kam-bo (Sammo Hung, birth name Hung Kam-bo, but often associated with Jackie Chan as fellow Hong Kong action star)
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directed
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind
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subject surface form:
Sammo Hung
this entity surface form:
Spooky Encounters
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
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hasSequel
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II