8.093 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestIn an effort to maintain her social status, a mother uses extreme methods to prevent her daughter's grades from dropping lower.
Adapted from the novel by author Wu Hsiao-Le, the series consists of five independent stories about parenting, as well as children's pressures of growing up, when faced with the tragic consequences of social pressure, parental oppression and family dysfunction. Each story is told in two parts in this ten-part series.
Writing
Wu Hsiao-Le's source novel adapted with brutal precision
Direction
Three directors, one cohesive nightmare vision
Production
Subtle sci-fi elements that serve story, not spectacle
Creators
Yu Pei-hua, Madeline Wu, Chen Wei-Ling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series weaponizes 望子成龙 (wàng zǐ chéng lóng) — the cultural imperative that children must redeem family honor — into literal horror.
Each two-parter uses a different genre framework: body horror, time-travel tragedy, psychological thriller — but all circle the same wound.
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