Rigor Mortis

Original title: Geung see

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

6.6K

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Action Fantasy Horror

A public housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos.A public housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos.A public housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 wins & 27 nominations

Yeung Feng
(as Kara Wai)

Hee Ching Paw

Auntie Mui
(as Nina Paw)

Anthony Chan

Yau
(as Antony 'Friend' Chan)

Hoi-Pang Lo

Uncle Yin

Richard Ng

Uncle Tung

Fat Chung

Billy Lau

Cook

Feng's husband
(as Ray Ko)

Giselle Lam

Siu-Ho's Wife

Chak-Sun Lau

Siu-Ho's Son

Kwok-Shing Fung

Yau's Father

Aaron Lo

Child Yau

Wing-Fu Cheung

Director
- Juno Mak
Writers
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Each ghost in the film is based on a mythological Chinese ghost: * The actor is a diao si gui, a lost soul who wanders aimlessly after a suicide by hanging. * The old man is a jiangshi, a vampire ghost. * The old woman is a gui po, a ghost who means well and wants to help but can take her methods too far. * The twins are nu gui, vengeful spirits after suffering sexual assault and suicide. * The mother is a di fu ling, a ghost eternally bound to a location that drove her to suicide.

Goofs
At the end when he is shown hanging, the first shot shows him with his head tilted down and eyes closed. In the next shot, his face is tilted up and his eyes are open.

Crazy credits
Right up to and at least one minute passed the very end of all the main end credits' there is a shot of the "vampire blood-wheel" in motion. Again, this is after the end credits after at least one minute of blank/black screen, on the UK Metrodome DVD.

Connections
Features Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)

Soundtracks
Spiritual Love
Composed By Anders Nelsson (as Nelsson Anders Gustav)
Lyrics by Kok-Kong Cheng (as Cheng Kok Kong)
Re-arranged produce by Juno Mak
Vocal section by Adrian Chan
Re-arranged by Nate Connelly
[Theme Song]

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Featured review

Revival of the dead also revives Hong-Kong cinema.

Rigor Mortis, alongside Dream Home (2011) and Vulgaria (2012) is a string of strikingly local, one-hundred percent "Made in HK" cantonese productions thoroughly tickling the film buds of HK-cinefreaks like myself.

Prepared in a film industry long perceived as dead by me. One that since have been focusing on mainland China as its' main moviegoer, racking up Chinese-produced spectacles featuring dubbed mainland performers when not dishing out Lan Kwai Fong 1,2,3. This is a very, if not exceptionally, welcomed piece of what drove me to HK-cinema in the first place.

Take a slice of 80's hopping vampires sans the comedy, blended into perfection with stylish visuals, Ju-On-esque storytelling, loads of urban cantonese profanities and one can totally engulf himself in a genuine Hong-Kong movie experience. One rarely stumbled upon today.

Thank you, Juno Mak!