Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Siu-Ho Chin | ... | Chin Siu-Ho | |
Kara Wai | ... | Yeung Feng | |
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 | ... | Gau | |
Billy Lau | ... | Cook | |
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Morris Ho | ||
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Zip Ho | ||
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Oggy Ho | ||
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Bobo Tsang | ||
Chun-Man Ko | ... | Feng's husband (as Ray Ko) | |
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Giselle Lam | ... | Siu-Ho's Wife |
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Chak-Sun Lau | ... | Siu-Ho's Son |
In this eerie and chilling, contemporary, action/special effects laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980's, writer-director-producer, Juno Mak makes his feature directorial debut. Co-produced by J-Horror icon Takashi Shimizu, and reuniting some of the original cast members of the classic Mr. Vampire series, RIGOR MORTIS is set in a creepy and moody Hong Kong public housing tower whose occupants we soon discover, run the gamut from the living to the dead, to the undead, along with ghosts, vampires and zombies. Written by Michael J. Werner
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!