The Maid

A slow-building, eerie horror that immerses you in a foreigner's isolation and supernatural dread, with a grim, tense atmosphere.

Directed by

Kelvin Tong

Genres

Horror, Thriller

Starring

Alessandra de Rossi, Hong Huifang, Benny Soh

Overview

Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the cosmopolitan city state of Singapore to work as a maid. Her employers Mr and Mrs Teo runs a Chinese Teochew dialect opera troupe takes well to their new domestic help. So do their mentally disabled son, Ah Soon. In Chinese superstition, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as the month when the gates of hell open for forsaken spirits to walk the earth for 30 days. Unknown to Rosa, she arrives on the eve and her hell is about to begin.

How it feels

Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, survival, betrayal, guilt

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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

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