Guai guai guai guaiwu! (2017)

A group of teenagers capture a man-eating monster.

Director:

Giddens Ko

Writer:

Giddens Ko

Stars:

Eugenie Liu, Kent Tsai, Yu-Kai Teng

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Eugenie Liu	...	Older creature
Kent Tsai	...	Duan Ren-hao (as Kent Tsai Fan-Hsi)
Yu-Kai Teng	...	Lin Shu-wei
James Lai	...	Liao Guo-feng
Meng Tao	...	Ye Wei-Zhu
Bonnie Liang	...	Ren-hao's girlfriend
Carolyn Chen	...	Ms Li
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yan-xi Hou
Bruce Hung	...	Student (Cameo)
Kai Ko
Vivian Sung	...	Student (Cameo)
Emerson Tsai

Storyline

Shu-Wei is a high school student who is constantly bullied by his classmates. After being framed with stealing his class money, he his forced to perform community chores along with his main persecutors. Shu-Wei begins slowly to be accepted into the group after joining them in their various misdeeds. During a bulgary they come across a flesh-eating monster which they are forced to capture in order to avoid being found by the autorities. As the others are trying to find a way to benefit from their captured creature, Shu-Wei will question the morality of society as well as his own

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Taiwan

Release Date:

28 July 2017 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Mon Mon Mon Monsters

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Month in Movies: March 2018 (2018)

User Reviews

Brilliant horror about monsters. And bullying

I was so impressed with this film. It starts out as the story of a boy bullied at school, then turns in to a monsters movie, then throws out all the rules and will have you asking who the real monsters are. Perhaps we're all monsters and maybe society forces some people to become monsters no matter how hard they fight to be good. Even though it's got a young, fun, horror, gore vibe, this film can make you think a lot deeper if you want to go there. There's definitely some decent comedy parts but my favourite bits were the emotional gut punches that come as you find out the reasons why people are the way they are. It seems everyone is a bully in some way, each being kicked by someone above them or by society or by an unfair situation that they've found themselves in. While this isn't quite true to real life for everyone, there are a multitude of scenes that are going to resonate with anyone who has been bullied, been a bully or knows someone who is either. Look out for a scene in the teacher's office after a fight that will make you question everything you thought you knew about one of the bullies and the school he attends. The climax will similarly have you making quick changes about who your sympathies lie with. And that ending; oh that ending!!! I could go on but I don't want to give too much away. Just watch it and take those emotional gut punches as they come. I should also mention that there was some great acting, especially Kent Tsai who I hope will become a bigger star soon. And there are several great set pieces, like that bus scene which has now put me off watermelon smoothies for life, lol. I'd really highly recommend this film. Don't listen to the bad reviews, which I can only guess were written by people who don't like horror or who failed to see the power of the bullying storyline. This film has so much to offer. Go see it now.

( I saw it on Shudder in the UK, but it's truly well worth getting in dvd/blu-ray if you can't find it on a streaming service. In fact, I'm off to buy a copy now so I can watch it a couple more time in future.)