A detective chasing demons finds the real monster is closer than he thinks.
Police detective A-Hao investigates a mysterious stabbing by a teenage girl who appears to be possessed by a malevolent force. Once a passionate detective, A-Hao retreated from the front lines several years ago after mishandling the investigation of a wife killer. By chance, he stumbles onto a mysterious stabbing allegedly committed by a teenage girl, which drags him back into the investigations unit. Initially, A-Hao just wanted to quickly close the case, but his investigation into mysterious suspect Wang Jia-ying gradually ignites his desire for the truth. As A-Hao edges closer to cracking the case, Wang Jia-ying begins exhibiting signs of demonic possession. Despite opposition from everyone around him, A-Hao insists on exhausting all possibilities to uncover the truth, not realizing he has already fallen into a trap weaved by lies and conspiracy…
Acting
Gingle Wang's chilling possession shifts are genuinely unsettling.
Direction
Tzu-Peng Hung builds dread through institutional claustrophobia.
Writing
Twist structure that weaponizes your own skepticism against you.
Director
Tzu-Peng Hung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gingle Wang filmed her possession scenes in continuous single takes, reportedly terrifying the crew. Director Hung refused to yell 'cut' to maintain authenticity.
The film draws heavily from Taiwan's 1980s-90s satanic panic cases and Buddhist-Taoist exorcism rituals rarely depicted in mainstream cinema. The 'wang' in Wang Jia-ying's name phonetically suggests both 'king' and 'net/trap' in Mandarin.
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