China's first 'surreal horror' dares you to Google 'Child of the Necromancer mask' at 3am.
A deserted old house which is surrounded by ghosts in an old city suddenly terrorizes a town with strange deaths, slowly revealing startling sinister events that occurred five years ago… “Child of the Necromancer mask” is the theme of China’s first surreal horror thriller combined with China’s oldest and most cruel death curse legend…
Practical Effects
The Necromancer mask design slaps harder than it has any right to.
Production
That deserted house location deserves its own credit line.
Director
Wu Guoyong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws from actual Chinese necromancy folklore, specifically corpse-driving traditions where Taoist priests supposedly reanimate bodies to walk home for burial.
Purba Rgyal, the lead, is actually Tibetan—rare casting for a mainland Chinese horror production in 2014, which caused some regional controversy about authenticity vs. representation.
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