A Hong Kong ghost story where your reflection might not be your friend.
Hong Kong movie
Practical Effects
DIY mirror effects that aged into accidental surrealism.
Director
Yiu Tin-Hung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Replica emerged during Hong Kong's 1997 handover anxiety, when identity horror resonated with literal political uncertainty. The mirror motif hit different when your entire city's future felt reflected but foreign.
Director Yiu Tin-Hung reportedly shot the entire film in nine days on borrowed locations, explaining why the 'otherworldly' mirror dimension looks suspiciously like various Hong Kong apartment lobbies.
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