The Chinese movie tradition of the hopping vampire (jiang shi or geung si) is one of the odder strains of vampirism. I saw Ricky Lau's Mr Vampire (1985) in London's Chinatown before the film and its many spinoffs, sequels and variants had made much impact outside its home territory. A lingering aftereffect of this cycle is that, from Buffy and Blade on, even Western vampires tend to know kung fu.
(p. 433)
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How is it that Vampires
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By books and movies?
Who decided?
How did this come to be?
True Vampires
I'm talking the real thing
Not seen on television
But Flesh and Blood Vampires
That stalk the dark shadows
True Vampires
Do they exist in the flesh
I've had it on good authority
That they are no joke
No Twilight, Buffy, Lestat game
True Vampires
Don't need Kung Fu
Are not beautiful
But they do smell strongly
Of Putrid Rotting Flesh
True Vampires
They are out there
Watching and Waiting
Patient in their hunger
Seeking their prey
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