Dead Talents Society – TIFF 2024

Dead Talents Society TIFF 2024
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Content Advisory: Suicide

A recently deceased teen has to learn how to commit hauntings or else disappear from reality in . The Rookie () is a teenage ghost who moves unseen through the afterlife with her friend Camilla (Pai Ching-I). However, the rookie soon discovers that she is in danger of being forgotten and disappearing in a month. She is recruited by professional haunting agent Makoto (Chen Bolin) and placed under the wing of the “Backbending Femme of Room 414,” Catherine (), who is desperate for revenge against her former protege, and current Best Ghostress, Jessica (Eleven Yao).

Dead Talents Society Synopsis

Dead Talents Society is a Tawainese horror-comedy co-written and directed by John Hsu (Detention). The film follows a group of misfits in the “Lucky Hotel,” who barely get by with maintaining their haunting quota. The aging ghost Catherine taking The Rookie under her wing and tries to mend her from a meek teen with no real haunting skill into a terrifying ghost, capable of generating urban legends.

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My Thoughts on Dead Talents Society

Dead Talents Society is a film that serves as both a spoof and homage of Asian horror tropes, including lock-haired female ghosts and cursed objects. Dead Talents Society is more a goofy than scary film, though many of the film’s gory sight gags end up being quite hilarious. Altogether, Dead Talents Society is a horror-comedy worth checking out.

Trailer for Dead Talents Society – TIFF 2024

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