Palace of the Damned

Palace of the Damned

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Release Date

1/1/2013

Runtime

87 mins

Genres

Overview

Following in the footsteps of her late fiancée, who drowned under mysterious circumstances, Rebecca (played by Katie Savoy) and her film crew are in China making a documentary about the Chinese Ghost Festival. There, she learns of a story about a concubine Chan Ju Chi who is violently murdered and thrown into a well by the head concubine Ping Wei (Played by JuJu Chan) within the secret grounds of a palace. Legend has it that the Chan Ju Chi has risen to become a "jiangshi", killing innocent people in the hope of taking over their bodies. Things take a turn when a worker is attacked in a decrepit well within an old palace. Rebecca tries to piece together the mystery behind the legend as one by one the people she knows are gruesomely murdered.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A found-footage-adjacent horror film where a documentary filmmaker investigates a vengeful ghost legend in China, only to find the myth becoming horrifyingly real. Expect atmospheric dread, cultural folklore turned terrifying, and bodies piling up as the protagonist gets pulled deeper into an ancient curse.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingTense

Themes

GriefMortalityObsession

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

HandheldDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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