1980 - ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND, trend setting horror, action, comedy

Actor, director and co writer Sammo Hung practically invents the martial arts horror film with this rather idiotic comedy.  Sammo plays a man doing battle with ghosts in a haunted house while simultaneously dealing with a cheating wife.

The film has lots of very silly scenes and for such a famous film, it plays a lot more goofy than I was expecting. The film ends with Sammo being possessed by a monkey god while he fights his wife's lover who is also possessed by some ancient Chinese warrior. 

 

There's lots of fighting towards the end of the film and a lot of it is just really foolish even for my low brow taste. I know that a lot of these Asian action films like to combine humor with action but in this case "oh come on."

Sammo Hung is a very talented guy and the film was a big hit for him so this probably puts me in the minority opinion on this film.  The film was written by Sammo and Huang Ying, the running time is 98 minutes.