The vatican send Father Wu to the chinese town of Wine-Spring to reopen the Catholic church there. The church had been closed for years ever since it was taken over by an evil that impaled the previous priest with the church's own cross. Opposing the church's re-opening is taoist priest Master Chiou and his two students, Sun and Moon. Chiou strongly disapproves of the Catholic Church's presence in China and views the priest a a corrupting foreign influence (As an interesting side note, many of the rites at the church are in English, rather than Mandarin, like the rest of the movie's dialogue, or Latin.) Chiou, in return, does little to gratiate himself to Father Wu we attends mass in drag and causes a minor scene when discovered.
When the former priest rises from the grave as a vampire (For some reason, when he died, they left his body in a back room with the cross still in his back rather than, you know, burying him.), Master Chiou and Father Wu must overcome their differences to save Wine-Spring from the supernatural threat. Complicating matters is the town's corrupt mayor who, in Scooby Doo fashion, is using his own fake vampires as a cover for his drug smuggling.
This movie movie offers a good mix of horror, action and comedy. If you liked Mr. Vampire of Tsu Hark's Vampire Hunters and didn't mind the production values and want to see more chinese vampire movies, you'll enjoy this movie.
When the former priest rises from the grave as a vampire (For some reason, when he died, they left his body in a back room with the cross still in his back rather than, you know, burying him.), Master Chiou and Father Wu must overcome their differences to save Wine-Spring from the supernatural threat. Complicating matters is the town's corrupt mayor who, in Scooby Doo fashion, is using his own fake vampires as a cover for his drug smuggling. 
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