For 50 years, a gang of vampires (led by Lonk Ying-Kwan) was imprisoned
in an old black and white photography, but now a peeping tom who likes to
peep on his neighbours Sandy (Chingmy Yau) and Yummy (Mui Siu-Wai) has
accidently set them free, and they promptly push him into the photograph
in their stead and take over his appartment. At first, nobody seems to
notice much that the neighbours are supernatural beings, and Sandy and
Yummy's cop brother Dragon (Chan Pak-cheung) even falls in love with one
of them, Siu Sin (Sharla Cheung) - who is only eventually revealed to be
not a vampire but a ghost forced to do the vampires' bidding. Siu Sin
however calls Biggie (Amy Yip), Dragon's ex, onto the scene, who soon
finds out there's something wrong with Dragon's new love, and she teams up
with Kau (Chung Fat), Dragons partner who's versed in all things
supernatural, to fight the neighbouring vampires, while Dragon is still
romancing his (ghost-)lady. Somehow, Kau and Biggie manage to suck the
vampire brood back into the black and white photography, but the vampires
have managed to take Sandy and Yummy hostage and bring them with them.
Dragon only now finds out there's something supernatural going on, but
hero that he is, he promptly jumps into the picture to save Sandy and
Yummy - but he gradually turns black and white while doing so, and if he
fully turns colourless, that means he'll never be able to leave the
picture again. This is when Siu Sin, who has long switched her
alleagiances from the vampires to the humans, comes to the rescue, turning
him back to colour, even if that means that she'll be captured in the
photograph in his stead. And once he's out with his sisters, she even
burns the photograph (and herself with it) to ensure the vampries will
never be set free on our world again ... Pointless vampire
comedy that might feature some decent action and even a few good ideas -
but way too much sloppy slapstick and cheap jokes to really convince.
Sure, the film is well enough made to not be a total failure, but it's
also a film nobody really needs to see, and the average viewer will
probably have forgotten in a couple of days (if even).
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