Hong Kong Synopsis
殭屍
“The Dead Will Rise”
When a former actor moves into an apartment building with the intention of commiting suicide, he is saved by a Taoist priest who used to specialize in hunting Chinese hopping vampires: or Jiāngshī. Elsewhere in the building, a woman turns to a specialist in black magic to bring her husband back to life.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Rigor Mortis. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Horror + Action in Hong Kong
28 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Rigor Mortis itself).
The 2012–2014 Hong Kong Window
Rigor Mortis holds position #19 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Rigor Mortis premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 2013.
The 715th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
158 audience reviews — more than 87% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Rigor Mortis, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- taoist priest · 4
- jiangshi · 2
- black magic · 17
- ghost · 84
- hong kong · 73
- vampire · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #516 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #36 of 81 (top 44%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Kudos Films |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | September 6, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2771800 |
| Official Site | www.kudos-films.com |