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5.0/10   328 votes
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Director:
Leste Chen
Writer:
Dorian Li (writer)
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Release Date:
16 September 2005 (Taiwan) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror more
Tagline:
Sometimes inheritance is a curse
Plot:
A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house; when he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Looks like nothing special at first, but is full of elegant and discrete qualities! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Heirloom (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (Singapore: English title) (USA)
Zhaibian - The Heirloom (Taiwan) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rating surrendered; previously rated R for some violent images.
Runtime:
Taiwan:97 min
Country:
Taiwan
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Looks like nothing special at first, but is full of elegant and discrete qualities!, 21 February 2006
7/10
Author: fedtho from Geneva, Switzerland

My motivation for this comment is the only, very negative review, that says exactly the opposite of what I found in this movie! The overall rating is terrible (though 11 votes is not representative of anything), and the film definitely deserves more.

To me, it has a good story, for once. It avoids Asiatic horror movie clichés and creates a mood of its own. It is superbly photographed. Under a seemingly classic form and approach lie lots of elements that makes this movie much more special than you'd expect it to be in the first 10 minutes.

It's well worth a try. To be perfectly honest, I saw it in a festival, and one develops a certain tendency to see the good things in the four to six movies you watch every day, so I can't rule out that I might react otherwise if I saw it today.

Still, I am confident this is more than just another Asian horror-flick, and that, if you're curious and open-minded, you'll find something to feed your movie-hungry appetite...

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