Eureka Add Sammo Hung’s The Dead And Deadly To Their Classics Range

Criminally unseen in the West, The Dead and the Deadly is a horror-action-comedy-special effects extravaganza in the in the same vein as Mr. Vampire and Encounters of the Spooky Kind. Directed by Wu Ma (one of Hong Kong cinema’s most beloved multi-hyphenates; over a 50-year career he was hugely successful in writing, directing, producing, and acting) in perhaps his best directorial effort, and also starring Sammo Hung.

Wu Ma also stars as a man who fakes his death in order to steal his family’s funeral treasure. When the treasure is instead bequeathed to Ma’s unborn son, his co-conspirators kill him (for real this time). His vengeful spirit seeks out the help of his friend (played by Sammo Hung) and together they seek revenge on his murderers.

Also starring Lam Ching-Ying (as a Taoist priest, foreshadowing his future role in Mr. Vampire) and Cherie Chung…

SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES
Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase (First print-run of 2000 copies only) | Original Cantonese mono audio | Optional English dubbed audio | Optional English Subtitles, newly translated for this release | New feature length audio commentary by Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) & Michael Worth | New feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Archival interview and audience Q&A with Sammo Hung, filmed in 2016 at the Udine Far East Film Festival | Original Hong Kong theatrical trailer | PLUS: A Limited-Edition Collector’s Booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver

1982 | 99 MIN | 2.35:1 OAR | HONG KONG | MARTIAL ARTS / ACTION / COMEDY/ HORROR | COLOUR | CANTONESE

You can Pre-Order/Buy from the Eureka Store.

The Dead And The Deadly will be released on Blu-Ray from 21st November, as part of the Eureka Classics range.