Shuang hun

This dynamic Malaysian horror film melds tragic melodrama with startling supernatural and psychological elements. Starting as a story of a bullied young female factory worker, the film amps up its frightening tropes as it gradually escalates into a feverish nightmare. An evil boss, an abusive father, a sibling’s mysterious death, creepy dolls, ghost children and blood chillingly violent set pieces all come together both viscerally and metaphorically in a brooding tale of repression and the dark side of human nature. (New York Asian Film Festival)