"This cave is called the dragonfly point water cave, the length of the cave is only four feet useful, and the width of a sheet is only three feet useful, so the coffin can not be buried flat, it must be buried." Dear fans, is it familiar to see this line, yes, this passage is the line of the movie Mr. Zombie, and the thick and righteous voice is also impressive.
(Lin Zhengying film and television image)
Mr. Zombie is a landmark, symbolic film, invested by Hong Kong's Jiahe Film Company, produced and supervised by Hong Kong Jinbao, directed by Lau Guanwei, and co-starring Lam Cheng-ying and Hui Guanying, (later, the two died on the same day, although not in the same year). The total investment of this film is nearly 10 million, although in today's view, this film investment is not large, but it opened a new era of Hong Kong horror films, ghost films, and is also a classic that fans talk about.
However, at that time, the investor He Guanchang was not optimistic about this movie, because there was no precedent for the fire of the film and television drama on the theme of zombie films at that time, and it was not known whether the audience liked such a style of film. Because capital does not allow for risks, examples like unpopular themes earning big box office are actually rare in film history. (The zombie film was actually starred by Hong Jinbao in 1980 as a ghost fight, but the response was not enthusiastic.)
Because he was afraid that the audience would be disgusted by this new genre film, his heart did not give him a high expectation of the box office.
"Mr. Zombie" at the beginning of filming, the crew also specially prayed for a blessing, but also held some doors, as well as feng shui ceremonies, this tradition in the future of the supernatural film crew imitation, there is also a "boot burning incense" this saying, and even became some unwritten rules, in fact, in the beginning, the film is not optimistic about investors, investors only half of the investment, but for such a large shooting workload and post-production, this is undoubtedly not enough.
Sure enough, when the film was nearly halfway through the film, the funds were used up, and the director was very anxious to see that he could not continue to shoot down due to financial problems, so he remembered Hong Jinbao, because Hong Jinbao had starred in similar supernatural films before, and maybe he would be interested in him, so he wanted to turn to him with the mentality of trying it out.
The director called Hong Jinbao for help, on the phone, Hong Jinbao learned of the difficulties of the crew now, and also heard the director's determination to this film on the phone, and under some words, Hong Jinbao also became interested in this movie, and the two also chatted along with the interest, and finally Hong Jinbao supported the director for more than four million yuan. After getting the funding, the crew continued to start shooting in the second half, this drama invited Lin Zhengying of hongjiaban to participate in the shooting, and also invited Xu Guanying, both of whom were tepid at the time, got the opportunity to shoot, and naturally filmed very carefully.
After filming, the show was released in Hong Kong and directly won more than 20 million at the box office, and the actors, investors, and directors were all shocked, which far exceeded the box office targets they had given before shooting.
Investor He Guanchang also made a lot of money because of the popularity of the film's box office, and his fame and fortune were both.
After the fire of this drama, Lin Zhengying also won the title of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor with this movie, starting his career as a "zombie Road Chief". (Yes, it is a supporting role, the tour guide originally envisioned Xu Guanying as the protagonist).
Xu Guanying was also blown up by this outlet, and his career went to a new level, and then he was invited by many crews because of this drama, although he played some unknown small roles in the play, but he often brought a lot of joy to the audience with his funny, superb and attentive performances. After the explosion of "Mr. Zombie", Hong Kong set off a "Dao Chang fever", and "Uncle Nine" also hit the iron while it was hot, taking advantage of this momentum to continue to interpret, shoot or direct and produce more than 100 films of the same theme, setting off a zombie fever. (The Japanese-Korean horror movie fever only arose after the midnight fire in 1999.)
However, when the "Ninth Uncle" Lin Zhengying film and television career was in full swing, he unfortunately suffered from cancer, and he died at the age of 45, and before his death, he entrusted his master brother Hong Jinbao to deal with his own affairs.
Lin Zhengying died in 1997, and then Xu Guanying suffered from depression, died at home in 2011, at the age of 65, unfortunately, he was found many days after his death at home, and the time of his death was also November 8, because both of them had filmed supernatural movies, plus they tried the same date, which could not help but attract a lot of reverie. What do you think about that? Welcome to leave a message below