An American Haunting

A group of failing monsters gather at a community center, revealing the real demons that torment them.

Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank.

It is May 14th 1998, the news about the “great” riot starts to roam around the national television and radio. A Chinese family, Kie, have to stay inside their house in surviving til’ the night avoiding all the nightmare in they are going to face.

Set in a Medieval town, the film has a theatrical quality, as the behaviours and actions of the characters are exaggerated almost to the point of satire. Nevertheless, its relatively dark and heavy plot yields over-the-top expressions from the actors. There is little dialogue as the story opens: a mother is seen tending to her sick daughter, whom she is then told must be sacrificed to the forest. The viewers patiently but curiously watch the mother perform healing rituals with objects like egg shells, dried plants and twigs–also recurring in the installation–until the daughter mysteriously disappears.

Lady Belladonna is back with another round of suspenseful tales from Pandora's Box, including a vengeful vampire, a misplaced curse, an alien invasion and more tantalizing trips beyond the veil.