10 Even More Insane Over The Top Horror Movies

In kung fu horror Mr. Vampire, the citizens of a rural Chinese town are attacked by vampires. But these are no ordinary bloodsuckers. In Chinese mythology, these creatures, known as jiangshi, cannot walk since rigor mortis has left their joints too stiff to bend. As a result, the undead chase their prey by vigorously hopping. 

The jiangshi may sound silly (and they are), but these reanimated fiends are far more resilient than regular vamps. More often than not, it takes up to four martial artists to eliminate one of these revenants, which often leads to an astoundingly choreographed fight sequence. And just when it seems like things couldn't get more peculiar, Mr. Vampire's climax hurls in a psychic ghost who can chuck her own head as a projectile.

What makes Mr. Vampire even stranger is how a sizeable chunk of the run-time involves a Taoist priest and a buffoonish cop trying to win the affections of a beautiful woman, Ting. These scenes play out like a romantic comedy, which makes it more jarring when porcupine-headed spirits and leapfrogging vampires are inexplicably thrown into the mix.