Review of Rigor Mortis (2013) by Jesse O — 22 Aug 2014

Ghost, Zombie, Bashee and vampire. Rigor Mortis is a creepy special effect kung fu film that fells on its story telling.

This review of Rigor Mortis (2013) was written by Jesse O on 22 Aug 2014.

Rigor Mortis has generally received positive reviews.

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Apr 2015

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By Ashley H (2,345) on 20 Jan 2015

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By Mark C (1,395) on 01 Oct 2014

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I really like this movie, it's atmospheric, chilling, visually stunning, great actors. One of HK best movie since don't know donkey years ago…

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By Wilhelm H (107) on 07 May 2014

Great visuals, intruiging plot, just the epilogue ruined it all somehow for me. Still very atmospheric, asian horror fantasy…

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