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The Ancestral

2022 · 101 min

A slow-creeping haunted-house chiller that burrows under your skin with sleep paralysis imagery and a suffocating sense of inherited dread.

Directed by
Le Van Kiet
Genres
Horror
Starring
Lam Thanh My, Quang Tuấn, Mai Cát Vi
Tagline
The hour is coming
Overview
After suffering a family tragedy, a widower named Thanh moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. Both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors. Their father seeks the help of a local psychologist, but chilling secrets and visions eventually prove that all is not what it seems in the old family house.

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Directed by
Le Van Kiet
Genres
Horror
Starring
Lam Thanh My, Quang Tuấn, Mai Cát Vi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Le Van Kiet
Written by
Le Van Kiet
Starring
Lam Thanh My, Quang Tuấn, Mai Cát Vi, Dieu Nhi
Music
Nguyễn Hoàng Anh
Cinematography
Morgan Schmidt
Runtime
101 min
Country
Vietnam
Languages
Vietnamese

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