Rigor Mortis
2013 1h 45m movie Film Hong Kong

Rigor Mortis

殭屍

“The Dead Will Rise”

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.

  1. Cold Eyes
    #1

    Cold Eyes

    ★ 7.5 · 2013
  2. Three Sisters
    #2

    Three Sisters

    ★ 7.4 · 2012
  3. Unbeatable
    #3

    Unbeatable

    ★ 6.8 · 2013
  4. Kung Fu Jungle
    #4

    Kung Fu Jungle

    ★ 6.7 · 2014
  5. The Thieves
    #5

    The Thieves

    ★ 6.7 · 2012
  6. Cold War
    #6

    Cold War

    ★ 6.6 · 2012
  7. The White Storm
    #7

    The White Storm

    ★ 6.6 · 2013
  8. Love in the Buff
    #8

    Love in the Buff

    ★ 6.6 · 2012

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.

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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
Reviews
87th
Review-volume percentile
83rd
Popularity percentile

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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • taoist priest · 4
  • jiangshi · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • black magic · 17
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • ghost · 84
  • hong kong · 73
  • vampire · 36

Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
158
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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 CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesKudos Films
Runtime1h 45m
Release DateSeptember 6, 2013
IMDbtt2771800
Official Sitewww.kudos-films.com

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