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Prologue. In 17th century rural China during the Ching dynasty, whena dead body isn't resting in peace, chemical and physical changes canbuild up, allowing it to leave the grave in the form of a zombie, feedingon the flesh of humans. Over time, the zombie will turn into a vampire. Ifyou are bitten or scratched by a zombie, you can recover. But if you arebitten or scratched by a vampire, you will become a vampire. Only ahandful of skilled warriors dared to challenge these mystical demons ofthe night. This is their story.

Master Mao Shan [Ji Chun Hua] and his disciples are out hunting zombies andvampires when they come upon the disturbed grave of a general. Master Shan jumps into the grave to see whether the general's body is still there andto destroy it if it is. No such luck. The general has turned into animmensely powerful vampire with the ability to suck the life and bloodfrom a human without even having to bite him. As the priests fight thevampire, their torches suddenly ignite the methane gas around them,sending the whole area up in flames.

Three months later. Master Shan is still missing. Guided by theirvampire-detecting compass, four of his disciples -- Wind [Lam Suet], Thunder Ken Chang], Rain [Michael Chow], and Lightning [Chan Kwok Kwan] -- are searching the night for vampires when they comeacross the Jiang estate. They notice wedding caterers going inside thegates. Master Jiang's son is getting married. Wind, Thunder, Rain, andLightning follow the wedding caterers inside. Once inside, they aremistaken by the butler for hired labor and put to work, right after beingrenamed Kung (Wind), Hei (Thunder), Fat (Rain), and Choi (Lightning).Young Master Jiang [Wang Zhen Lin] has been married six times. Each time, his wifehas died shortly after the wedding. The morning after this marriage toSasa [Anya], however, it is Young Jiang who is dead, bitten by a cobra. MasterJiang [Yu Rong Guang] asks the four "workers" to remain in his employ and to find anddestroy the snake that bit his son. Thunder is most eager to remain. He'sseen and fallen in love with Sasa.

Rumor has it that the Jiangs are fabulously wealthy and have muchgold hidden away somewhere in their house. In fact, even as the weddingwas underway, hired robbers were on their way to the Jiang's house,planning to break in and make off with the gold. As they rode their horsesthrough the forest to the Jiang house, however, they were attacked by avampire. Of the half dozen robbers, only one managed to escape. DragonTang [Horace Lee Wai Shing] isn't very happy to see him come back empty handed, for it was he whohired the robbers and he who arranged for his sister Sasa's marriage toYoung Jiang. Dragon needs the money to pay off his gambling debts. He'seven more unhappy when he hears about the vampire.Now that Sasa is a widow, she wishes to leave the Jiang house. Thereare many strange things happening there, so she writes to her brother andasks that he please get her out of there. When Jiang learns of Sasa'sdesire to leave, he assumes she is lonely. You won't be lonely, heexplains and shows her how he has preserved her husband in wax. In fact,all the Jiang ancestors have been preserved in wax. And so will you bepreserved in wax when you die, Jiang assures her. Sasa swoons.

The vampire-detecting compass keeps reading that there are vampiresin the area, but so far Wind, Thunder, Rain and Lightning have been unableto find them...until they make their way into the family crypt and finddozens of Jiangs, all perfectly preserved in wax. Could one of these bethe vampire, wonders Thunder? While leaning on the wall, Rain suddenlypresses a lever that opens a chest filled with gold. They have stumbled onthe Jiang fortune.

Meanwhile, the butler has sold out to Dragon Tang, giving himinformation about the Jiang household, the gold, and the waxed ancestorsas well as the fact that it was Jiang himself who made up the story aboutthere being vampires around. The butler suggests that Dragon hire theZombie Wrangler to wake up the waxed ancestors. While all these deadancestors are hopping around, keeping Jiang busy trying to round them upagain, Dragon can simply walk in unnoticed and make off with the gold.After meeting the Zombie Wrangler [Chan Koon Tai] and his chiang shih, Dragon goes alongwith the plan.

Jiang is angry with the four disciples for sneaking a peek at Sasawhile she was bathing, and he does a bit of fighting with them until herealizes that these guys are too well-trained in the martial arts to besimple servants. Now the truth comes out. They admit that they are vampirehunters. Jiang scoffs at the idea of vampires in his area and informs themthat it was he who made up the whole story about vampires in order to keepthe robbers from his door. If they are really vampire hunters and if theycan help him eliminate the problems that shadow his family, Jiang saysthat he will adopt one of them as his godson and heir to the fortune aswell as allow him to marry Sasa. Thunder immediately offers himself. Jianglaughs.

True to his word, the Zombie Wrangler awakens all the dead Jiangs.Jiang thinks that the vampire hunters have awakened his family in order tocreate a diversion while they steal his gold. But it's not the corpses heshould be worried about...it's the powerful vampire who has suddenly shownup. Thunder grabs Sasa, and the two attempt to flee on horseback, hopingto outrun the vampire. Unfortunately, they take a wrong turn and end up atthe vampire's grave. Just as the vampire is about to suck out Thunder'sblood, Thunder is hit by water. (Vampires can't see you if you're wet.)Thunder looks up to see Master Shan. Thunder places Sasa in a pool ofwater, then he and Master Shan jump into a well. Unfortunately, there isno water in the well. Just then, it starts to rain.

Meanwhile, Jiang is sitting in the family crypt when he hears Dragonand the butler come in. They are looking for the gold, but Jiang is notabout to let them get it. As Jiang and Dragon fight, the butler scoops upthe gold, but he is bitten by a gold snake. The vampire shows up and killsDragon and Jiang. Master Shan and Thunder take Sasa to shelter. While shesleeps, Thunder tells Master Shan that he has just married Sasa. Shantells Thunder how he's been following the vampire for the past severalmonths. Suddenly, they smell smoke. It's coming from a wound on Sasa'sleg. Master Shan concludes that Sasa has been wounded by the vampire andwill turn into one herself within the next seven days unless she istreated with coffinwood.

Meanwhile, back at the Jiang house, the servant girl Ling [Zou Na] stumblesinto the family crypt and comes face to face with the vampire. Lightningprotects Ling (he's become sweet on her) as Wind and Rain fight thevampire. Just then, Master Shan and Thunder show up. Master Shan noticesthat the Jiang zombies have been feeding and will soon turn into vampiresunless they are destroyed by exposing them to sunlight.Thunder and Sasa see the vampire and run out into the night wherethey meet up with Master Shan et al. Shan says that the vampire knowsthey're looking for him. Thunder orders Sasa to find a safe place in townto hide, then they all go off in search of the vampire. They go to theJiang crypt. Lightning makes the mistake of touching the gold, which is atrap. A net drops over them. Jiang and Dragon then appear, obviously dead.Jiang tells Dragon that he can have all the gold if he'll kill the vampirehunters. As they fight, the vampire shows up. Master Shan says that thevampire has been feeding on Jiang and Dragon and is now superpowerful.After a long, hard battle, Master Shan blows up the vampire withexplosives. Unfortunately, Shan gets blown up, too.

Epilogue: Now that the vampire is destroyed, it is time for Wind,Thunder, Rain, and Lightning to go their own ways. Thunder and Sasa arereturning to her village. Lightning and Ling are going to move into theJiang house, now that it's empty. Wind and Rain will be staying withLightning just until they get jobs of their own. [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl]