Mister Vampire In Africa Aka The Gods Must Be Crazy 3 Aka Crazy Safari [subtitled]

About this film

Among the most oddball but beloved cult movies from Hong Kong, Crazy Safari is a double sequel to both Mr. Vampire (1985) and the South African satirical surprise hit The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). At an auction in South Africa, Sam ( Chan Saan-Hiu ) recruits Taoist priest Lam ( Lam Ching Ying , reprising his stock role for the umpteenth time) to help buy back the mummified corpse of his ancestor. To seal the deal Sifu Lam works his magic to reanimate his ancestor as a hopping Chinese vampire ( Peter Chan Lung )! En route to Hong Kong their plane goes haywire. Forced to bail out the pair strap a parachute onto the vampire. Whereupon it lands in the midst of an African tribe led by N!Xau (reprising his screen persona from The Gods Must Be Crazy). Despite having enough problems convincing skeptical tribal elders a Coca-Cola can is a mystical artifact and fighting off a husband-and-wife team of slave traders, N!Xau and his friends grow fascinated with the pasty-faced stranger. After misadventures involving mischievous monkeys, a rampaging rhino and a ravenous lion, Sifu Lam and his hapless ward reach N!Xau's village where they find the locals are quite taken with their new hopping vam…

Directors & creators

KonCATIII

Subjects

HoppingVampiresInAfrica

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