Gwai muk

"Evil can be your next door neighbor"

Oct 27 2005 N/A 1h 39m
Horror

May's son has gone missing, and in order to win him back, the devoted mother is going to have to face her worst fears as she navigates a treacherous maze of incomprehensible evil. If she can make it out alive, she might just get a second chance at motherhood. If she falls prey to the darkness that surrounds her, however, she will suffer a fate worse than death as she is forced to confront every mother's worst nightmare.

Plot

A family moves to a new flat on a big building. They get to know the building was erected over a burnt slum, when lots of poor people died in a non accidental fire set by the constructors. Soon their only child, a boy, is kidnapped by what seems to be a strange humanoid creature lurking in secret through the ventilation and trash pipes that connect everywhere around. As the father is heavily wounded by the creature and goes to hospital, the mother undertakes the investigation the police should do. But what she will discover will put herself in conflict with her own beliefs as a mother.

Written by

Kam-Yuen Szeto, Lik-Kei Tang

Directed by

Soi Cheang

Cast

Shu Qi, Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Alex Fong

Crew

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Production Countries

Hong Kong

Production Companies

Deepjoy Picture, Filmko Pictures

Languages

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
452
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA