In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.
Production
1960s Taiwan recreated with suffocating period detail.
Direction
John Hsu's debut balances jump scares with genuine historical weight.
Acting
Gingle Wang carries trauma you can feel in your bones.
Director
John Hsu
Gingle Wang
Fang Ray-Shin
Fu Meng-po
Zhang Ming-Hui
Tseng Jing-hua
Wei Zhong-Ting
Cecilia Choi
Yin Cui-Han
Chu Hung-Chang
Instructor Bai
Liu Yue-Ti
Mr. Kao
Chang Pen-Yu
Fang's Mother
Joseph Hsia
Fang's Father
Yun Chung-Yueh
Old Wei Zhong-Ting
Pan Chin-yu
Sheng
Li Kuan-yi
Wen-Xiong
Moon Lee
Zhou Xin
Liu Yu-ren
Chang
Ryan Hsu
The Military Police In The Jail
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Taiwan White Terror period (1949-1987) when thousands disappeared for 'subversive' reading.
The game was banned in China; the film's existence is itself an act of cultural defiance.
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