the heirloom
Rating: PG
Consumer Advice: Some disturbing scenes
Director: Leste Chen
Cast: Terry Kwan, Jason Chang, Chang Yu-Chen, Tender Huang
Twenty years ago, an inexplicable mass suicide occurred in the millionaire Yang household, where the entire clan hanged to their deaths at the exact same hour, place, and height. Only one member survived. To this day, the case remains unsolved.
Twenty years later, distant relative James inherits the Yang MANSION, moving in with his girlfriend Yo, a dancer who aspires to study in the U.S. To celebrate the engagement, they invite their friends –Yi-Chen and Ah-Tseng – to their new home and stay the night.
As supernatural events begin to take place, James and Yo discover the eccentricities of the house including a mysterious fourth floor. Delving deep into the Yang family history, James and Yo find out that the Yang fortune was built with the aid of “child ghosts”, dead babies fed on blood and refused the opportunity to reincarnate. Raising child ghosts may bring great fortune, but at the same time great doom.
Overall, the show is not scary at all even though we were seated on the front row. No kick...
Chinatown was horrendously crowded and stuffy with so many people flocking there to "ban nian huo". It was so difficult to find a place for dinner at the hawker centre. Gave up in the end, and proceeded to town. Think it is really a challenge for those people who always go there yearly especially during CNY eve.