INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM COMPETITION

FEATURE FILMS

DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY
(GUI CAI ZHI DAO)

John Hsu

DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY (poster)

A young woman who has committed suicide learns the hard way that death is anything but relaxing: she has only 28 days in which to scare the living or else she will fade away forever. Teaming up with an out-of-date-ghost agent, a has-been celebrity, she tries to haunt a hotel. But, as any cinephile knows, scaring people is at least as difficult as making them laugh!

John Hsu has made a jubilatory horror comedy, with just as many laughs as thrills, but be warned: Dead Talents Society may prevent you from taking any future ghost film seriously because you will have discovered the secrets and trade tricks of celebrity poltergeists!

Taiwan – 2024 – 1hr45 in Minnan and Mandarin subtitled in English and French – General audiences, with parental guidance

Director: John Hsu

Producers: Ivy Chen, Lieh Lee, Aileen Li

Writers: John Hsu, Tsai Kun-Lin

Actors: Chen Bo-Lin, Sandrine Pinna, Gingle Wang

Selected filmography 

2019 Detention 

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