The Ghost Inside
China 2005
sutradara: Herman Yau
pemain: Barbie Hzu & Liu Ye

Delivering the horror as a flashback from the mental ward allows ghosts and netherworld figures to co-exist with release requirements for a zero tolerance of the supernatural and a happy ending where the good guys win. Barbie Hzu is solid as the mother with daughter on the run heading for disaster, as is Liu Ye as her mysterious neighbor walking the creepy line between being her stalker and savior.

Essential is the haunted apartment story - the Dalian setting with its European architecture provides a nice gothic backdrop. Rumor is that the last tenant threw her 7-year-old daughter off the balcony before jumping herself. Unfortunately, our heroine doesn't learn this until after she's already paid one year's rent. Will she be able to hold out or will murmuring voices, her daughter's imaginary friend, the one-eyed doorman and her pursuing husband with his masked henchmen get the best of her.