My Date with a Vampire(1998)

My Date with a Vampire is a 1998 Hong Kong television series that blends Eastern and Western vampire mythology with Chinese folklore and modern horror. The story continues the narrative of Vampire Expert, an earlier ATV drama, and fuses the supernatural terror of the jiangshi—the hopping corpse of Chinese legend—with classic vampire lore. The series serves as a tribute to Lam Ching-ying, the beloved star of Vampire Expert and the Mr. Vampire films, who passed away in 1997. This supernatural drama launched a successful franchise, spawning two sequels: My Date with a Vampire II in 2000 and My Date with a Vampire III in 2004. The show captures the distinctive Hong Kong approach to horror, mixing traditional Chinese ghost stories with contemporary scares.