Birthday party goes viral — and not in a good way.
Ma Nan and Xiaoyu are a couple who have been in love for many years. Ma Nan bought a property in the suburbs, just in time for Xiaoyu's birthday. So he called his colleagues and friends and the party was held in a cheerful atmosphere. Next door to Ma Nan's house lived a couple who often quarreled. The unusually loud noise aroused the curiosity of party-goers. They went next door together to find out, but unexpectedly found a terrifying and bloody murder scene. The apartment, which was originally sparsely populated, seems to have turned into a huge haunted house. Flickering lights, shrill screams, and maddened murders. A plague-like virus spreads freely in the apartment.
Practical Effects
Grimy low-fi effects that somehow hit harder.
Sound
Screams that will live in your amygdala.
Director
Kexin Lu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of China's 2010s 'micro-budget horror' boom, where directors exploited tiny apartments and shaky cams to bypass censorship while maximizing dread. The suburbs-as-nightmare reflects real estate anxiety in urban China.
Director Kexin Lu allegedly shot this in 8 days with a $15,000 budget, using the actual cast's apartments. The 'virus' was rewritten three times to satisfy censors who banned supernatural elements.
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