
Dead Talents Society
Director: John Hsu Run Time: 96 min. Format: DCP Language: Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles
Starring: Bo-Lin Chen, Sandrine Pinna, Gingle Wang, Yi Ti Yao, Bai Bai, Soso Tseng
New York Premiere
After dying a mediocre death and the totem that keeps her among the living being badly damaged, a ghost will have to step her haunting game up in order to avoid getting kicked out of the underworld. To compete with all the top ghosts she joins a small haunting talent agency, literally the only one that would give her a shot. Together with her agent and his only successful client, the legendary but washed-up ghost diva Catherine, she sets out to become the scariest urban legend of them all. John Hsu (2020 Brooklyn Horror selection DETENTION) presents a wonderfully clever fully realized world, filled to the brim with boundless wit and magic. -Joseph Hernandez