Movie

Rigor Mortis

2013 · 105 min

A somber, ghostly descent into grief and madness, blending supernatural horror with melancholy and sudden violence.

Tagline: The Dead Will Rise.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, death, isolation, obsession
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
death
isolation
obsession
guilt
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild