Korean fantasy which reminded me of Chinese stuff Wu Cheng En's Journey to the West novel, but with the occasional usage of a gyonsi (Chinese vampire). But "Hong Gil Tong" (AKA Hong Kil Tong) is a famous Korean folk hero from long ago, there are a lot of different movies, cartoons & TV shows about him—unfortunately, very few are available outside Korea. I doubt any were ever given English translation of any kind, which is unfortunate because they're not much worse than HK's kung fu comedies of the late 1970s.
This is only one of the SUPER HONG KIL TONG films; there are at least three films in this series. The FX in this movie are dirt cheap (i.e. rubber animal masks on stuntmen are supposed to depict forrest demons!), the comedy is infantile, and the script is down right boring. But its crudeness adds unintended chuckles, and the grand finale has some nice tae kwon do action; the fights nearly save this dumb farce.
This is only one of the SUPER HONG KIL TONG films; there are at least three films in this series. The FX in this movie are dirt cheap (i.e. rubber animal masks on stuntmen are supposed to depict forrest demons!), the comedy is infantile, and the script is down right boring. But its crudeness adds unintended chuckles, and the grand finale has some nice tae kwon do action; the fights nearly save this dumb farce.
