Synopsis
Wei’s grandma suddenly disappears for no reason, but strangely the
routines still move on as if she never vanished-- the laundry is still done,
their house is well-arranged as usual, and even breakfast remains prepared for
Wei every morning. Distraught with worry, Wei is totally clueless until he
finds an uncanny video in his grandma’s camera, showing that there was a little
girl in red tagging along her. Oddly enough, after Wei’s grandma finally
returns, it turns out that Wei is missing instead. Struggling to unravel the
enigma, Wei’s girlfriend Yi-Chun gradually discovers that the mysteries behind
Wei and his grandma’s sudden disappearance may be connected to the urban legend
of “The Little Girl in Red”, but what’s even worse is yet to come……
Movie Production Crew and Casts
Country : Taiwan
Year : 2015
Genre : Horror / Thriller
Format : Color / Scope / DCP
Runtime : 93
min
Directed by : Wei-Hao CHENG
Starring : River HUANG, Wei-ning HSU
About ‘THE
LITTLE GIRL IN RED’
Taichung, March 1998 – After a funeral, a family was watching a trip
video in which a weird-looking little girl in red was found tagging along the
relative who passed away. But no one remembered seeing her anywhere during the
trip. The footage was authenticated by professionals and caused disturbance
among audience island-wide after it was exposed in the media. Strangely, the
family member who provided the TV station with the video died in a car crash shortly.
Taichung, 1998 – One driver caught sight of the rumored little girl in
red in a mountain area and decided to follow her. During the pursuit, the
little girl suddenly disappeared into a heavy fog. The driver almost fell off a
cliff after a sharp turn.
Hualien, 2014 – An eighty-year-old woman mysteriously went missing
during a trip. Around fifty members of the police and the fire department
conducted a search for five days before finding her under a giant rock. The
woman surprisingly answered, “A little girl in red held a red umbrella and took
me away.” The urban legend of the little girl in red returned after sixteen
years.
The Little Girl in Red is a long-circulating urban legend in Taiwan. The
descriptions of her forms and whereabouts echo the monster depicted in the
ancient Chinese book “Classic of Mountains and Seas” that takes advantage of
human beings’ greed and weakness to lure them into the deep mountains before
planting them like trees in the woods. There are various implications to the
true identity of the little girl in red. Though some claim that she is an
avenging devil who used to suffer from persecution, no one is yet able to
determine who or what she is. The origin of the little girl in red is still a
myth.
Movie Review
Based on the true events happened in Taiwan as stated earlier, the movie has a certain sense of mystery. Not any other horror movie, but a deep exploration of human nature. Interestingly, what our eyes cannot see, but with the use of technology in the case of a video camera, we clearly see the horrifying little girl in red tagging behind a person.
This Taiwan legend still bring fear to the people. The movie highlighted that the little red girl in still a myth. There are some interesting facts such as never try to call the full name of another person during the night. Otherwise, the spirit or ghost will start to tag you.
I do enjoyed the movie. So far, I have not seen a horror movie that is based on true events. It simply add up to the expectation of this movie. No wonder it is the best selling horror movie in Taiwan in 2015. A thumb-up for the scriptwriter and cinematographer. It is also well directed. As usual, most horror movie are gloomy and quite dark throughout the movie.
You will notice the use of computer graphic of the little girl in red spirits haunting the people. Honestly, it remind me of Alien movie produced in Hollywood. A good move for Asian movie.
I shall give a rating of 4/5. If you are into good horror movie, this is the one for you. Not just being horrified but it keep you thinking throughout the movie.
The movie started screening in the cinema from 21 Jan 2016. Be sure to catch it in cinema with better surround sound and larger screen effect.
Lastly, make sure you are not tagged along by the little girl in red.
Trailer
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