Most cinemas schedule low-budget domestic supernatural films during the midnight slot. Unsurprisingly, the audience during this time is pitifully sparse. A man dressed in a light blue short-sleeve shirt was seated alone in the screening hall, watching the film as if he had the entire place to himself.
The strict film review system in the country has tightened its grip immensely. While other genres of films can occasionally find a way to adapt, horror and supernatural films have essentially been strangled entirely. Since the surge of Hong Kong zombie films in the last century, there have been scarcely any ghost movies capable of genuinely captivating audiences anymore.
The lead actress on the screen happened to be a currently popular young celebrity. Yet her performance, exaggerated and half-hearted, seemed to continuously convey a certain message to the audience: that she was eager to finish this scene quickly so she could go home and eat.
