For all their ambition, the stylish fight scenes, along with numerous esoteric references (who are those mysterious, faceless specters in the hallway ... the East’s rich and varied horror film culture ...

By Clarence Tsui Rigor Mortis Venice Film Festival Still - H 2013 As a first-time filmmaker, the popstar-turned-director Juno Mak has arrived with his influences sewn brashly on his sleeves.

HONG KONG — “Rigor ... Mortis,” a vampire horror tale that marks the directorial debut of Hong Kong singer and actor Juno Mak, is scaring up business ahead of a high profile fall premiere ...

Fortissimo had previously sold Rigor Mortis for North America, Hong Kong, Korean, Taiwan and territories in Southeast Asia. The film has already opened strong in several of those markets.

the unmistakable graphite palette and atmospheric dread of Japanese horror films loom over the Hong Kong import “Rigor Mortis.” But typical of Hong Kong cinema, the film goes for broke with ...

You don’t have to have seen 1985’s Mr Vampire or its myriad sequels and spin-offs to enjoy Rigor Mortis – a very meta tribute to those films featuring one of its stars, Chin Siu-ho ...

The cause of death would appear to be visual-effects overkill in the case of “Rigor Mortis,” a flashy, incoherent and virtually scare-free Hong Kong horror exercise that marks the directing ...