S04E03 - Jiangshi - "Hopping Vampires?"
Update: 2024-10-21
Description
We’re joined by researcher Katarzyna “Kasia” Ancuta to learn more about the Chinese creature known as the Jiangshi – but more famous in the West as “Hopping Vampires.” It turns out that their history is being complicated by their appearances in pop-culture!
Jiangshi Movies: (affiliate links)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Mr. Vampire
Rigor Mortis
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Additional Reading:
The Hun and Po soul
Scared Stiff: Jiangshi and Chinese Vampires – from the Palgrave Handbook of Vampires
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling (wiki)
The Shibian (The Animated Corpse) by Pu Songling (project gutenberg)
Penanggal (pen-nan-gal)
Manananggal (Mana nan gal)
Pop (Thai Ghost) – wiki
Krasue (Thai version of Manananggal) “pop krasue” in episode audio – sounds like “pi-krasue”
Previous Episodes Related:
Chinese Ghosts
Mr. Vampire is available on DVD and Blu-Ray now, but you might have to track down an import. Or you can watch it streaming on The Criterion Channel.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support.
Jiangshi Movies: (affiliate links)
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Mr. Vampire
Rigor Mortis
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Additional Reading:
The Hun and Po soul
Scared Stiff: Jiangshi and Chinese Vampires – from the Palgrave Handbook of Vampires
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling (wiki)
The Shibian (The Animated Corpse) by Pu Songling (project gutenberg)
Penanggal (pen-nan-gal)
Manananggal (Mana nan gal)
Pop (Thai Ghost) – wiki
Krasue (Thai version of Manananggal) “pop krasue” in episode audio – sounds like “pi-krasue”
Previous Episodes Related:
Chinese Ghosts
Mr. Vampire is available on DVD and Blu-Ray now, but you might have to track down an import. Or you can watch it streaming on The Criterion Channel.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support.
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