Chinese Zombies/Vampires, Jiang Shi Thread

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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-01-28 02:23

Basically Kitae's thread on the addition of Chinese zombie Hsien Ko revitalized the cat's interests in Chinese zombies/vampires
http://mabination.com/threads/18923-Marvel-Vs-Capcom-3-adds-two-more-characters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi

Basically they're Chinese zombies but they have the power to suck "life essence" from victims and also possess supernatural strength

Jackie Chan Adventures happened to have a quite accurate depiction of these creatures

[video=youtube;OGGPAjaWf0g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGGPAjaWf0g[/video]

[video=youtube;tHhQs9UknIE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHhQs9UknIE[/video]

[video=youtube;4L7B9i0xx1g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7B9i0xx1g[/video]
Chromatic wrote on 2011-01-28 02:32

i used to watch that when i was kid, the nostalgia D:
Meikeru wrote on 2011-01-28 02:37

Same, that one episode freaked the crap out of me. Never was scared of the dark, but after that...
Time wrote on 2011-01-28 02:43

I REMEMBER THAT EPISODE! Great show. And these things are creepy.
abc33kr wrote on 2011-01-28 02:49

u know those cursed mushrooms in maple? those r mushroom form of jiang shi. owo
Tedio wrote on 2011-01-28 02:54

Quote from Meikeru;307498:
Same, that one episode freaked the crap out of me. Never was scared of the dark, but after that...

Remember the show "Are you afraid of the dark?"
Tokiko wrote on 2011-01-28 02:56

I hated that show.
No offense.
Kueh wrote on 2011-01-28 03:00

A friend of mine from Macau thinks Jiang Shi are some of the funniest things ever.