Rigor Mortis


Revolves around Chin Siu-ho (Siu-ho) as a former vampire hunting actor who now finds himself reaching the end of the line as a washed-up star who is also separated from his wife and alienated from his son. Down on his luck and with barely a dollar to his name, he checks into room 2442 in the housing estate which is allegedly a haunted flat. His aim is to end his misery by doing himself in, but instead Siu-ho is interrupted by some of the other “occupants” of the building including a Taoist master-exorcist (Anthony Chan), a traumatized housewife with a tragic past (Kara Hui), as well as a seemingly benign elderly woman (Paw Hee-ching) who has an empty coffin conspicuously hanging in the middle of her apartment.

Soon it becomes apparent to Siu-ho that the people around him, and the situation is far from normal. Despite his lack of belief in superstition, Siu-ho is soon thrust into the battle of his life as vicious vampires having a lot of unsettled business begin to rise from the dead...

CURRENT STATUS: 
Now On DVD
Revolves around Chin Siu-ho (Siu-ho) as a former vampire hunting actor who now finds himself reaching the end of the line as a washed-up star who is also separated from his wife and alienated from his son. Down on his luck and with barely a dollar to his name, he checks into room 2442 in the housing estate which is allegedly a haunted flat. His aim is to end his misery by doing himself in, but instead Siu-ho is interrupted by some of the other “occupants” of the building including a Taoist master-exorcist (Anthony Chan), a traumatized housewife with a tragic past (Kara Hui), as well as a seemingly benign elderly woman (Paw Hee-ching) who has an empty coffin conspicuously hanging in the middle of her apartment.

Soon it becomes apparent to Siu-ho that the people around him, and the situation is far from normal. Despite his lack of belief in superstition, Siu-ho is soon thrust into the battle of his life as vicious vampires having a lot of unsettled business begin to rise from the dead...


RELEASE DATE
June 6, 2014 (US)(VOD)
July 8, 2014 (US)(DVD)
CURRENT STATUS
Now On DVD
LANGUAGE
Cantonese
PRODUCED BY
Kudos Films
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Official Site
DIRECTED BY
Juno Mak
WRITTEN BY
Philip Yung
Jill Leung
STARRING
Chin Siu-Ho
Kara Wai
Nina Paw
Antony "Friend" Chan
Lo Hoi Pang
Richard Ng
Chung Fat
Billy Lau

PROJECT DETAILS
  • Well GO USA will distribute in the US.
  • The film is co-produced by Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On/The Grudge films), and reuniting some of the original cast members of the classic Mr. Vampire series
  • This marks Juno Mak's directorial debut.
  • Described as an "eerie and chilling, contemporary, action/special effects laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980's."
  • This is a Hong Kong action/horror film.
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