Pu Songling
According to the producer Sammo Hung, the idea for "Mr. Vampire" originated through childhood stories he heard from his mother who was also an actress. One of the major sources of inspiration for the film "Mr. Vampire" came from a collection of supernatural tales called "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" by Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling. "Mr. Vampire" is based on a story of a resurrected corpse. The script was not written by Ricky Lau alone. It was written by many script writers, including Roy Szeto (Chak Han), Wong Ying and Barry Wong (Ping-Yiu). When the script was finished, Eric Tsang reviewed it. Sammo Hung also reviewed it and gave Lau some ideas.