Soul

Soul

2013 · 111 min · ZH · 6.2 (18 votes)
Dir. Chung Mong-hong · Starring Jimmy Wang Yu, Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan, Vincent Liang, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Tou Tsung-hua, Leon Dai · Music Tseng Si-Ming
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A-Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital. His colleagues send him to his father, who resides in the mountains. While there, A-Chuan becomes immobile: he won’t speak, eat or even go to the toilet on his own. One day his father returns from work only to find A-Chuan sitting in the corner with his daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. In an unfamiliar, eerily calm voice, A-Chuan says, “I saw this body was empty, so I moved in.

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A deeply unsettling descent into psychological horror. This film feels like a waking nightmare, exploring fractured identity and the darkness within. It's a slow, creeping dread that lingers long after the credits roll.

dread-soakedunsettlingbleakclaustrophobicdisturbingslow-burnarthouse horrorpsychological thrillerneo-noiratmosphericidentitypossessionmental illnessfamily trauma
schizophreniapossessionmurder
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