Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)

Directed by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo · Cinematography by Wu Cheuk-Wah, Danny Lee Yau-Tong

R102 min49 frames

ActionComedyFantasyHorror

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What is Encounter of the Spooky Kind about?

"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.

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What does the cinematography of Encounter of the Spooky Kind look like?

Sampled across 49 frames, the coverage of Encounter of the Spooky Kind leans on medium shots (51% of the sample) and close-ups (27%). Cinematographer Wu Cheuk-Wah keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 65% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Encounter of the Spooky Kind?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980) are #322d2c, #080909, #d2b190, #4d352b, #ae8f72, #2a231d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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