Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

OllieSuave-007 Director Juno Mak brings us a horror HK movie like nothing else, a story about a former actor who makes his new home at a creepy, dark and depressed-looking Hong Kong public housing tower. There, he encounters a slew of ghosts and zombies.It was nice to see a brand new horror movie from Hong Kong that pays homage to the classic Mr. Vampire and other ghost genre movies of the 1980s-1990s. Actors from the original Mr. Vampire series reunited to star in this film, including Chin Siu Ho, Anthony Chan, Billy Lau, Chung Fat and Richard Ng. They, including others in the movie, gave a very powerful and dramatic performance in their respective roles. Lai-yin Leung and Philip Yung wrote a very moody, dark and eerie story that, despite being a homage, provided a huge departure to the Chinese vampire/ghost movies of the 80s and 90s. The usual lighthearted humor and slapstick comedy seen in those movies were sorely absent in this film.The darkness and gloomy atmosphere that surrounded this movie almost made it seem that the heydays of those classic ghost/vampire movies were long gone. Still, though, the setting and cinematography were a nice touch and it accentuated the horror and solemn drama felt in the film.The plot goes at a fairly fast pace, keeping you engaged and intrigued. The main vampire in the film was executed very well and all the events leading to its appearances provided enough creepiness and terror to make the hair raise behind your neck.While a pretty scary and intriguing movie, many of the plot points are confusing and the special effects team relied too heavily on CGI. The two female ghosts portrayed in the film seemed like a rip-off of The Grudge and the hopping vampire didn't really hop much - just gliding from place to place with heavy CGI influence. In addition, the bloody gore and adult themes were done overboard.Overall, it's not a horrible movie. I prefer watching the Chinese vampires movies of the 80s and 90s, but this one is worth the watch at least once for a good scare and reminiscing.Grade C-

Ricardo Barrera Villarreal THIS MIGHT BE A SPOILER!This film is better understood under the saying that your life will pass before your eyes at the moment of your death...With this in mind... the actor got to live his last and greatest role and died a meaningful death, when in fact he simply committed suicide quietly in the real world.People may not understand a lot of the cinema cultural references the movie is heavily based on, subtracting a lot of the emotions the movie is meant to cause in its audience.TIPSWatch "Mr. Vampire" series...

sweeneytw This is a movie shows the nostalgia for Chinese zombies movie in old time, Chinese 5 elements, Chinese taoist priest and Chinese zombie. The zombie movie in old time is funny but this zombie movie is not funny at all, it's serious and heavy. The actors are all popular once and sou-ho Chen is the actor of zombie movie that time. What he act is similar to himself but no that miserable, once popular but fell into his slump in his life. He choose to commit suicide in the movie but he was saved by Yau and zombie and evil appear in the building but at last we know that these things is just a illusion before the death of Chen, he just died silently. He don't want to die this way because he spend his whole life on zombie movie, he wished that he can died in a superb way with zombie and priest and magic. It's miserable and wretched. The actors are awesome. Those old actors show their professional skills of acting. The little young kid is also lovely although I often don't like kids in movie but I really like him, he is really lovely and cute. This is really a awesome movie. The best horrible movie in those year.

isaakcronblad 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!