The Vampire Returns (1993)
A generation of ghost-hunting master Zhang Ke came to Hong Kong from Beijing with two apprentices Zhang Beiping and Zhang Nanjing because of avoiding the war .
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 1993-03-22Mr. ROBINSON buys BO KWOK ON's corpse from the thief. He regards his corpse as an antique. He even ships it to Hong Kong. ROBINSON is so naughty that he takes away the pill from the mouth of the corpse. The pill is used to suppress the restoration of the vampire. He makes ON become a vampire. The vampire suckles BING's blood and kills people. The ship is then sunk. BING floats to Hong Kong and is saved. However, he has already become half human half vampire. He needs to suckle blood in the mid-night. ON saves his wife and daughter. The family of four move to Hong Kong. CHEUNG HO YI brings CHEUNG BUG PING and CHEUNG NAM KING to Hong Kong. YI runs a harsh livelihood, PING and KING complain about that. WAT YAN is the new government official. He squeezes his subordinates in favour of himself. CHOI and TUNG flatter him immediately. However, WAI is so honest and simple that he does not flatter him. Thus, YAN is dissatisfied with WAI……
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 1993-03-23PING and KING save YI in time. However, YI has fainted. They find that he has some gold blocks. They then send him to a hotel and find a doctor to look after him. YI wakes up three days later. He finds that PING and KING have spent most of his saving, he feels very painful. PING and KING also feel sorry for YI. MAN FU holds a banquet for LAI. YAN attends the party with his protectors. He deliberately toadies LAI. However, LAI cannot control her temper and makes YAN very embarrassed. YI, PING and KING pass by WAT's house. They find that BING is a vampire. They then chase him. BING escapes away. YAN even misunderstands that YI is a lecherous guy. He arrests YI and extorts PING and KING fifty teals. They have no other way out and ask HO OI for help. YU MON wins a lot of whoremongers with the help of PILL SUET who used some ghost magic. Other prostitutes feel strange for MON who has so many brothers……
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 1993-03-24OI bails YI out and lets him stay in her brothel. YI ,refuses. OI then arranges YI and his two apprentices to take accommodation in the storeroom. YI agrees. YI sets up a stall outside the brothel. However, there is no business. OI witnesses the situation and introduces YI to ‘beat the villain' and ‘cry for haunts'. In order to earn a living, YI has no other alternatives and agrees. MON wins a lot of money in FU's casino with SUET's help. FU thinks that there must be something wrong regarding the Feng-shui. OI recommends FU to appoint YI in investigating the Feng-shui. YI finds SUET and beats her away. FU misunderstands that YI wants to make the casino into a mess and teaches him a lesson. YI returns to the brothel. He again finds SUET who is helping MON to find some brothelers. YI destroys SUET's magic. MON is then very embarrassed. She wants to kill herself. YI saves her. MON hates YI a lot……
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 1993-03-25PING is hurt. YI thinks that he is hit by a ghost. Thus, he protects PING with a spell. Meanwhile, HUNG arrives. She takes revenge for MON. She again hurts PING. HUNG visits SUET in the ghost village. She then knows that PING has had saved SUET. She feels sorry for what she has done to PING. She also finds that PING is good-looking and handsome. She cannot help to admire him. She takes the initiative to reconcile with PING. PING is willing to make friend with HUNG. FU wants to set up a brothel. He wants to monopolize the brothel business and orders YAN to close other brothels. YAN follows FU's instruction. YAN arrives the Tsui Hung Brothel and arrests all people. YAN hates YI, PING and KING a lot and keeps them in the prison. PUI YEE orders BING to go out with her. They wander around and arrive the prison. They want to suckle their blood. YI transforms himself into an ancient God and drives the two ghosts away……
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 1993-03-26OI cannot sustain their livelihood with her own effort. She wants YI, PING and KING to work as Carmen. They have no choice and follow her order. During SUET's death date, PING goes to her tomb and offers sacrifices. He wishes to see SUET again. SUET is affected with his sincerity and wants to see him. However, other female ghosts warn SUET. SUET then cancels the idea of meeting PING. One night, PING meets ON's wife. She wants to suckle his blood. SUET appears during the emergency and saves PING. She even cures his wound. After the incident, PING misses SUET more. He is even sick. HUNG visits him. She feels very distasteful when she has known that he misses SUET. WAI is patrolling at night. He meets BING. BING wants to suckle his blood. YI passes by and catches BING. They send BING to the police station. They want to prove to YAN that BING is a vampire. However, AH WONG carelessly let BING expose under the sun……
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 1993-03-29YI confronts against SUET. PING begs YI to let SUET free. YI refuses. He locks SUET up in cucurbit. PING suffers a great blow and faints. YI agrees to let SUET free with the condition that she will never see PI NG again. SUET promises YI. However, SUET begs HUNG to meet PI NG and disguises herself as SUET in order to cure PING. Though HUNG is reluctant to do this, she agrees for the sake of PING. HUNG disguises as SUET to meet PING. SUET expresses she could only stay with PING for seven days as she has to be born after seven days. PING treasures those days. HUNG gradually develops some interest on PING. PING by chance knows their plot. He is very angry. He scolds them. He even rebukes YI and HUNG. He turns a cold shoulder to YI and even stops their master-apprentice relation. PING wants to kill himself so that he could meet SUET after he had died. SUET appears in time and stops him. She tells him the story……
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 1993-03-30WAI is order to hunt the tiger. He believes that it is done by the vampire. He knows that this adventure is very dangerous. Thus, he asks YI for help. YI agrees. When the Tiger Hunting Group is going to set off, LAI appears. She wants to go with them. YAN is forced to action together with LAI. WAI cooperates with YI. YI and KING enter the cave to catch the vampire. Unexpectedly, there is really a tiger in the cave and attacks. them. LAI cannot escape in time. PING shoots the tiger during emergency. However, he also hurts LAI at the same time. PING fears that LAI will blame him. He apologizes to LAI. However, LAI feels grateful with PING who has saved her from danger. She advises FU to reward PING. PING is then promoted. YAN is very jealous. PING backs to Tsui Hung Brothel happily. He sincerely begs YI to forgive him. YI advises PING not to be corrupted. He wants PING to work as a righteous policeman……
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 1993-03-31PING lives in the police dormitory. HO orders his subordinates to send PING some luxurious furniture. PING wants to return the furniture. However, he has no other way out. Meanwhile, HUNG and MON KOO visits PING, PING requests them to keep their mouths shut before YI. LAI forces PING to go sight-seeing with her. LAI encounters some danger when she is riding horse. PING saves her bravely but he is hurt. After this incident, LAI loves PING more. YAN misunderstands that PING is competing with him for LAI. He then warns PING. PING expresses that he has no special feeling on LAI. YAN is in doubt. LAI holds a party during her birthday. She invites PING to attend. PING refuses. LAI forces PING to go. Meanwhile, PING has just swallowed some pills. He claims that he wants to go to bed. LAI misunderstands PING's intention. YI also hears their conversation, he thinks that PING has become bad……
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 1993-04-01PING arrives the pier in time, he begs YI to stay. YI is affected by PING's sincerity. He decides to stay in Hong Kong. In order to gain LAI's favour, YAN cooperates with CHOI and TUNG to set a plot. They pretend that there is again a tiger troubling the village. YAN puts himself forward to catch the tiger. Unexpectedly, they have attracted the vampires instead. ON's family appear and attack the villagers. It leads to a lot of injuries. The inspector discusses with the police about the method of catching the vampires. PING recommends YI. The inspector agrees. YI leads PING and KING to confront against ON but they are defeated. They escape to the police station. ON's family chase them and arrive the police station. During the emergency, ON and his family suddenly leave the police station after ON has seen a photo. They feel very strange and find that POTINGEER is in the photo. They think that ON is afraid of POTINGEER……
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 1993-04-02ON attacks PING. Fortunately, PING is protected by a spell and could escape from the danger. ON again bursts into the police station. He captures WAI and brings him to their cave. ON recognizes WAI. WAI also recognizes ON and his family. WAI feels sorry for ON and his family. Later, ON lets WAI go. WAI tells everyone the story. In fact, ON and his family came to Hong Kong years ago. He aimed at discussing the anti-pirate policy with the government. Unfortunately, they had met a plague and the whole family died. WAI has employed somebody to send their corpses back to their country. However, WAI does not know why they have become vampires. WAI then asks the corpses-caretaker and knows that the caretaker has mistakenly thrown their corpses into a marshy place. In order to confront against the vampires, the inspector asks FOK ON NING for help. NING reports his duty……
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 1993-04-05The inspector invites YI to deal with the vampire in person. YI agrees. YI decorates the Tsui Hung Brothel to be a palace. Others pretend to be the servants of the palace. WAI then tempts ON to the palace so as to question him. ON then tells them how FU harmed their family. YI agrees to take revenge for them He even arranges them to live in the house for the dead. YAN divulges FU the case. FU immediately bribes the inspector. The inspector then orders them to stop investigating the case. YI and PING are very angry. PING does not listen to the inspector's warning, he suppresses FU's illegal business. FU puts pressure on the inspector. He then transfers PING to locate in the reservoir. The inspector then appoints NING to deal with the vampire. NING then burns ON and his family. YI cannot stop him in time. He feels very sorry. PING is angry with NING who has destroyed ON and his family. He then tears his ’long robe' off……
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 1993-04-06Through dreams, SUET tells PING that she will be born after five days. She asks PING to see her during the birth day. PING is very excited. NING deals with SUET. SUET is seriously hurt. The female ghosts help SUET to escape but NING chases her vigorously. SUET has no other alternative and hides herself in a picture. The female ghosts ask YI for help. YI goes everywhere to search SUET's trace. However, he cannot find SUET and is very disappointed. HUNG by chance gets that picture. YI immediately releases SUET. SUET goes to transmigrate at once. The demon officer requests SUET to bring him a scapegoat before she transmigrates. Meanwhile, FU has ordered his subordinates to beat PING and throw him down to the river. SUET finds that PING is the scapegoat. She is reluctant to hurt him and helps PING to escape. SUET and PI.NG back to the brothel. YI tries to delay the demon officer. However, MON does not cooperate and ruins their plot……
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 1993-04-07YI and KING go to the hell. They check the live and death record and find that the scrape goat should be CHEUNG BUG GONG instead of CHEUNG BUG PING. They then complain to the judge in purgatory. Unexpectedly, GONG is the judge's nephew. The judge even puts them into the prison. The judge is attracted by SUET's beauty, he wants SUET to be his concubine. He threatens SUET with PING's safety. In order to save PING, SUET agrees to be his concubine with the condition that he has to send PING, YI and KING back to world. PING who only possesses part of the spirit escapes away. He goes to find FU and asks him for money. FU knows the reason why PING has changed a lot through NING. FU is happy to cooperate with him. PING takes the initiative to approach LAI. He tempts her with some sweet words. He has eventually affected LAI. He aims to squeeze FU's money. YI is angry with the judge who has been corrupted……
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Episode 14 - Episode 14
Release Date: 1993-04-08In order to stop PING and LAI getting married. HUNG waits upon a chance to hit PING and locks him up in the brothel. YI devises to make the King of Spirit to investigate PING's case. In order to remove their grievance, the King of Spirit agrees to let them go. He even allows SUET to transmigrate. PING takes the opportunity to escape. He forces HUNG to extinguish YI's life candle. HUNG pretends that she has already extinguished the candle but carelessly burns her hand. YI and KING back to the world. When they know that PING and LAI are going to get married, they urge PING unite his spirit and soul. PING's mind is then clear. He wants FU to cancel the wedding. LAI is so angry that she shoots PING. PING leaves with wound. SUET tells PING that she could transmigrate through dreams. PING goes to the hospital according to her advice. However, SUET is transmigrated to be a boy. PING's dream is shattered. He is very disappointed……
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 1993-04-09FU is reluctant to see LAI died by violence, thus, he accuses PING to be the murderer. Fortunately, Gentleman Pak helps PING to remove the charges. LAI has become a ghost. She wants to kill PING. However, she is caught by the demon officer as she is a new ghost. YUK loves HUNG a lot. He asks KING to help him. He aims to steal HUNG's embroidered shoes and makes a magic curse on it. YI sees through his plot. He then sets a plot to play trick on YUK. YUK is sad and drowns in wine. He meets PING. They sympathize and encourage each other. The Judge sentences LAI never to be born again and sends her to the ghost path. LAI is reluctant to accept his decision and bribes the Judge. The Judge then teaches LAI how to become a super vampire so that she could return to the world and take revenge on PING. FU is instructed by LAI through dream. He then arranges LAI to be buried in the good marshy place for corpse……
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 1993-04-12YI fights hard with LAI. He could eventually catch her. However, YAN has already injured and infected by the vampire. YI brings him home to cure his wound. YI orders PING to burn LAI's corpse. LAI makes PING fainted. Meanwhile, FU arrives and saves LAI. PI NG thinks that LAI's corpse has already been destroyed when he has awakened. FU brings LAI's corpse home. He follows LAI's instruction and provides her some young men to maintain the vampire's life. PING successfully persuades YAN to be the witness in charging FU. They immediately arrest FU. PING is then promoted to be Chief Inspector. PING holds a banquet. With MON's encouragement, HUNG appears in the banquet with a lady? look. PING laughs at her. HUNG leaves angrily. YUK comforts HUNG and tells her that he will back to NING's place. He even blesses PING and HUNG. HUNG is affected by his gratitude……
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Episode 17 - Episode 17
Release Date: 1993-04-13HUNG drowns care in wine and is very drunk. PING meets her and sends her home. He puts her in bed. MON witnesses the situation and thinks that they have an affair. YAN fears that FU will take revenge on him. Thus, he works in the police station as an odd-job man so as to keep himself away from FU. CHOI orders YAN for this and that. YAN tolerates. PING's new superior DAVID LEE reports duty. He is WAI's relative. He chats with WAI. PING finds that DAVID is charming and good-looking. He wants to match DAVID with HUNG. PING makes an appointment with HUNG. HUNG is very happy. Unexpectedly, PING aims to introduce DAVID to her. HUNG is. very disappointed. When MON has known the case, she rebukes PING. PING then gets to know that HUNG has secretly fallen in love with him. However, he loves SUET only. HUNG is very upset and moves out from the Tsui Hung Brothel. NING arranges YUK to marry TANG SIU WAI. YUK refuses……
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Episode 18 - Episode 18
Release Date: 1993-04-14DAVID misses HUNG a lot since he has met her. He asks PING about HUNG's where about. However, PING does not know HUNG's trace. PING cannot help to miss HUNG. HUNG goes to Central. She eventually finds a job in a bank. YUK also goes to Central to find HUNG. His money is robbed and has no money to pay the rent. Thus, he is forced to wander in the street. The bank is robbed. HUNG arrests the robbers bravely. The boss, Uncle HOI, thanks HUNG as his adopted daughter. He even helps her to reform herself. HUNG by chance meets YUK in the street. She then arranges him to work in the bank. Meanwhile, NING arrives and forces YUK to go with him.
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Episode 19 - Episode 19
Release Date: 1993-04-15When HUNG finds that YUK has disappeared, she worries a lot about him. She guesses that NING has caught YUK and sends him back to Kowloon City. She then asks PING for help. PING is jealous and refuses to help. HUNG then finds NING with MON. HUNG requests NING to release YUK. NING refuses. PING arrives with a group of cops. By the time his group is confronting against NING's group, YUK tries to kill himself. They save him in time. YUK begs HUNG to marry him. HUNG is affected by YUK and agrees to marry him. PING is sad about that. NING has no alternative and sets YUK free. NING has angered the King as YUK refuses to marry TANG SIU WAI. The King orders to kill all the member of the NING's family. When YUK has known the case, he saves NING. However, NING is loyal to the King blindly, thus, he tries to kill himself. YI saves him in time and teaches him a lesson. NING then gives up to kill himself for the King……
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Episode 20 - Episode 20
Release Date: 1993-04-16YI decides to invite the King of Four to deal with LAI. He wants HUNG, KING , MON and OI to cooperate and let the King of Four attached to their souls. MON and OI are very nervous. The corpses attacks the police station. They bite YAN. YAN escapes away and is hurt. He finds YI. YI let him stay but does not know that YAN is injured. LAI leads the corpses to attack them. HUNG, KING, MON and OI are not concentrated and cannot let the King of Four attached to them. YI and NING join force to deal with LAI. The situation is very dangerous. Meanwhile, YAN also becomes a corpse and attacks them. The situation is very bad. HUNG, KING, MON and OI could eventually concentrate and invite the Kong of Four to help. They could then exterminate the corpses but they cannot defeat LAI. LAI even catches PING. LAI brings PING to a cave. She wants to kill him after absorbing his energy. NING is bit by LAI……