“★★★ – Beyond its excellent ensemble cast, Rigor Mortis is only as involving as its central mystery. The film’s sound design is equally impressive. It establishes a whole world out of the frantic chirping of domesticated birds, the slapping of flip-flops on concrete, and the sizzle of cooking wine in a hot skillet.” – Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
Special APUC Season 15 Midwest Premiere celebrating Halloween at FACETS.
A washed-up actor, desperate and suicidal, moves into a haunted apartment building where supernatural creatures, ghost hunters, Taoist exorcists, and the souls of the undead are among his neighbors.
“Set in a dark ambience de rigueur to Japanese supernatural flicks—visual debt probably owed to The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu, Mak’s co-producer—zombies and shamen made famous by the cult Hong Kong 1980s franchise Mr Vampire runs amok. Nina Paw gives shape to a tortured soul struggling to contain her loss, and to reconcile her horrible deeds so as to prove her love and fulfill her duty as a wife -a situation best manifested in a sustained close-up of Mui breaking down in a mix of fear and self-loathing after a particularly murderous move.” – Clarence Tsui, The Hollywood Reporter
Screening in Cantonese with English subtitles.
Wesley Hoi, Fruit Chan, Fung Chih-chiang, Hong Kong, 2022, 111 mins.
FILM SERIES
Rigor Mortis is a part of our special October film series APUC Horror Marathon presented in partnership with Asian Pop-Up Cinema. View full series.
Showtimes
Sunday, October 30th
6:45 PM
Ticketing
$8 /General Admission
$5 /Seniors (62+)
$3 /Students
Screening part of APUC Season 15.
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