‘We used laser, flashes and smoke for A Bite of Love. For the last scene, I felt that we could go for it. When the vampire dies, I felt that the impact could be enhanced by flashes and smoke. And we did it!'—Stephen Shin

Director Stephen Shin shot this vampire romance in the UK. In place of Qing dynasty kitsch and folk voodoo, it features the urban and middle-class George Lam and the westernised Rosamund Kwan. Lam's vampire is a philandering Dracula-type earl who's on the prowl after dark. However, he never hurts women because ‘women are not for biting'. He falls in love with Kwan, but the latter's brother Tsui Siu-keung wants to suck his blood to cure an illness because Lam's blood has the ability to grant eternal life. Shrewdly pairing popular elements from Western Dracula films with Hong Kong-style wit, the film is amusing without being over-the-top, characters are modern and charismatic, and the UK setting is lovely. Action-wise, clever wirework and explosions take the place of old-fashioned talisman drawing and curse chanting.

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