Star Treasure HK DVD Synopsis: After four vampires invaded a police camp, Tutor Chan (Wu Fung) and Officer Tong (Eddy Ko) recruited 9 student cops who were born in Year of Dragon, in order to train them to array the position of Nine Dragon Chasing Spell, which was helpful to resist the ghosts. After the student cops knew their officer's intention, they all want to ask for resign. After the whole camp was occupied by the ghosts, however, they decided to stay to offer help. On the night of 14th July in Lunar Calendar, at the very time when Tutor Chan failed to dispel the vampires, madam Lee (Sandra Ng) showed the enemies her final weapon, which made her transform into the Fairy Eyebrow and carried on the battle. Under the help of the wizard, they finally got rid of all the ghosts.

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Views: Four mischievous vampires settle on a police cadet camp in Hong Kong, intent on killing Officer Tong who suffers from recurring nightmares. We soon find out that they have been after him from a past life – not the one when he was a chicken or the one when he was a whore, but an older past life when he lived as a corrupt official. In this life, Tong framed a family for the theft of some treasures before sentencing them to death – an act that has now haunted him for centuries. As the hauntings progress, a band of new cadets (who were all born in the year of the dragon) are brought together to help get rid of them!

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I'm a big fan of Vampire Settle On Police Camp. Its mindless fun that plays like a blend of The Inspector Wears Skirts and Mr. Vampire (or any amount of Lam Ching Ying-inspired antics). and while the film does offer some gore and horror, it's very little in comparison to the silly antics, police training, and fantastic martial arts action on offer. Directed by the wonderful Chen Chi Hwa, who is well known for his off-the-wall movies, the film is typical of the many Hong Kong comedies that were coming out around this period. Starting life in the industry alongside a young Jackie Chan, Chen directed a number of the Lo Wei classics as well as The Face Behind The Mask, Ape Girl, Dance Of Death, and 36 Crazy Fists. As the years went on, the relationship between Chan and Chen held strong with the latter becoming the executive (or assistant) director on many of Jackie's biggest hits including The Young Master, Police Story 1 & 2, Project A 2, Miracles, Armour Of God 2: Operation Condor, and Drunken Master 2. Of course, Chen would continue to helm his own titles which included Kung Fu Kids 2, Young Taoism Fighter, Retreat Of The Godfather, and Red Pirate starring Jonathan Ke Quan of The Goonies and Indiana Jones fame. Vampire Settle On Police Camp is far from his best work, but it does entertain and makes for a fun watch thanks to a great cast.

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The great Eddy Ko stars as Officer Tong, the man with a wicked past life who is being haunted by the family of vampires. I've long been a fan of Ko's from his early appearances in kung fu classics such as A Tooth For A Tooth, The Avenging Eagle, Thundering Mantis, Tsui Hark's Butterfly Murders and We're Going To Eat You, through to his roles in Duel To The Death, A Punch To Revenge, Dreaming The Reality, Heroes Shed No Tears, The Bride With White Hair, and more. I was so excited to see him appear in Lethal Weapon 4 with Jet Li upon its release way back when and pleased that the guy was getting a bit more attention on a global scale after all his years in the industry. The hilarious Billy Lau reprises a role very similar to that of his in The Inspector Wears Skirts as does his co-star, the handsome Alex To, from the same film. Although this was only To's fifth film, Lau had already starred in almost 60 productions including horror-based comedies such as Those Merry Souls, Mr. Vampire 1, 2 & 3, Haunted Cop Shop, Spooky Spooky, Vampire Vs Vampire, Here Comes A Vampire, and Funny Ghost with the wonderful Wu Fung who stars here as one of the officers. Fung is another face I just love seeing pop up in any film, and with almost 400 titles to his name since the early 1950s, it's hard to ignore the man. The delightful and hilarious Sandra Ng stars as Madam Lee, training officer to the crew and piling on the laughs in a role similar to her own in the aforementioned Inspector Wears Skirts series, and Operation Pink Squad (which, in turn, was somewhat of a spin-off to the same series). I adore Sandra and think she is one of the funniest people in the business, as well as a genuinely great actress when she needs to be. The first movie I ever saw her in was Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars quickly followed by Top Squad (the UK video release of The Inspector Wears Skirts) and ever since then, I've went out of my way to catch her in whatever I could. Since then I've enjoyed her in the continuation of The Inspector Wears Skirts series, Operation Pink Squad, Crazy Companies, Return Of The Evil Fox, Alls Well Ends Well '92, Holy Weapon, Black Rose 2, the Golden Chicken Trilogy, and so much more. Here, Sandra gets to don the usual garb of Lam Ching Ying's vampire busters – complete with monobrow – and pulls of her best Taoist spells to put the vampires to rest. The great Lee Man Tai from films such as The Fate Of Lee Khan, The Valiant Ones, Killer Meteors, Prodigal Son, Millionaires Express, Last Hero In China (and a host of other Chen Chi Hwa titles), stars as the grandpa vampire along with Wong Mau Chow, from many early Alexander Lo Rei classics, who stars as daddy vampire. The rest of the cast is filled out with plenty of familiar faces including the wonderful Lo Hoi Pang as a monk, Alvina Kong, Anglie Leung, and Cheung Yuen Man as female cadets, with the awesome Jack Wong, Charlie Cho, Cho Yuen Tat, and Douglas Kung Cheung Tak appearing as the horny male cadets alongside Billy Lau and Alex To. Douglas Kung, of course, has made a name for himself as an action choreographer on films such as The King Boxer, Wushu, City Cops, Princess Madam, and Mission Of Condor, while helming many of his own films including the fun Chinese Heroes, Undiscovered Tomb, and Shaolin Vs Evil Dead 1 & 2 with Gordon Liu and Fan Siu Wong.

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The crazy stunt work and brilliant fight choreography is handled by the very talented Shaw Brothers superstar Hsiao Ho, who starred in many great movies including Heroes Of The East, Disciples Of The 36th Chamber, Dirty Ho, My Young Auntie, Legendary Weapons Of Kung Fu, and into more modern hits such as Millionaires Express, Eastern Condors, Pedicab Driver, and Iron Monkey. He is joined by kung fu actor and choreographer Pan Yung Sheng, who appeared in over 120 films since the early 70s including many early projects alongside a young Sammo Hung, as well as a host of Shaw Brothers titles before rejoining Hung for films like Prodigal Son, Winners & Sinners, Owl Vs Bumbo, Mr. Vampire 1, 2 & 3, Pantyhose Hero and more. As a martial arts director, Pan only worked on a few titles including this, but he was clearly watching the master at work over the years when on set with Sammo and would have worked with Hsiao Ho a number of times also. Between them both, the pair deliver a host of exciting, quirky, and fun fight scenes – most of which involve some sort of painful-looking stunt work. Again, it will never go down in history as one of the best Hong Kong films ever made, but Vampire Settle On Police Camp does entertain on many levels and mostly because of the action. It's such a shame that this DVD version of the film is so badly cropped and scuffed, as I'd like to see a cleaner version of it at some point...

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Overall: Short and sweet, action packed and funny, Vampire Settle On Police Camp is harmless fun and worth a watch!