Rigor Mortis
殭屍
“ The Dead Will Rise. ”
CINEMA2013-10-23
RegionHK
Runtime105 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Juno Mak
KEYWORDS
vampireblack magichong kongghostjiangshitaoist priest
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