The Path of the Ghost Talent

☆Saw this on the plane when I went abroad, it was quite good!! "Dead Talents Society" (Chinese: 鬼才之道) is a Taiwanese horror-comedy film released on August 7, 2024. Directed by "Detention" director Hsu Han-chiang, it stars a cast of powerful actors including Bolin Chen, Sandrine Pinna, Gingle Wang, and Yao Yi-ting. The film subverts traditional horror movie formulas, creating a unique underworld worldview where "it's hard to be human, and even harder to be a ghost," earning multiple Golden Horse Awards for technical categories and consistently winning audience choice awards at international film festivals. Synopsis The story subverts imagination, packaging the terrifying acts of vengeful ghosts in the underworld as an "entertainment business." In the spirit world, if ghosts cannot create urban legends that resonate with people, they will dissipate due to loss of fame. ▪︎Faded Diva and a Third-Rate Agent: The vengeful ghost diva "Catherine" (played by Sandrine Pinna) in room 414 of the Wanglai Hot Spring Hotel faces a crisis of fading popularity, and desperately needs to create a new ghost legend with her down-on-his-luck underworld agent "Makoto" (played by Bolin Chen). ▪︎The Useless Rookie Ghost: The rookie female ghost "Tongxue" (played by Gingle Wang), who has no talent and died a mediocre death, joins the team. Under the devilish training of the two, she challenges to stand out in the one-stop underworld scare industry.