Liao Zhai

An eerie, ornate parade of spirits and desires, drifting between beauty and dread, asking you to lean in and let the strange logic wash over you.

Created by

Sha Weiqi

Genres

Drama

Starring

Zhang Miaoyi, Chang Huasen

Overview

A mysterious beauty’s severed head appears in the bustling marketplace. A fox spirit, trapped in the treacherous depths of human desire, struggles to escape her fate. When the Judge of the Underworld descends to swap heads and hearts, chaos erupts. A paper doll awakens to life with the final stroke of a brush, a wooden puppet grows a beating heart, and a withered tree stirs with forbidden longing. In this world where the boundaries between flesh and fantasy blur, ancient magic and human folly collide—revealing that even the most lifeless things may hunger for a soul.

How it feels

Eerie, dark, whimsical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Identity, obsession, fate, death

Content

Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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