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Rating: 5.5 stars

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Daughter (2015)

Directed by Chan Pang-Chun

Supernatural | Horror

Overview

Sharon is a noted psychiatrist whose material ambition has turned her into a neglectful mother. But once her daughter Jenny develops seriously nutty behaviour – and ghostly sightings begin to plague their spacious mansion – Sharon loses her grips on reality, eventually turning to a Catholic priest/exorcist for help.

Length 86 minutes

Actors

Kara Hui | Yanny Chan Wing-yan | Tak-bun Wong | Yu Miao | Petrina Fung Bo-Bo | Roydon Chio | Wong Siu-Foon | Ricky Ko

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

First feature film by this director… you can tell. Some stiff acting, even by veterans like Kara Wai, and some scenes / ideas that probably sounded better on the page (the auction sequence is def one of those). But having Wai carry the film is a good move bc she understands the emotional heft required to make this exorcism story believable.

Sadly, the version on Peacock is poorly English dubbed and a major distraction. Just awful and cartoonish sounding, which mixed w/the often wooden acting really made this an unpleasant viewing. Good thing I really, really like Kara Wai. If there was a Mandarin language version available I would give this another shot.

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