Things That Go Bump in the East 2022
Fantasia’s showcase of bite-sized Asian tales of the macabre, THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE EAST, again offers a celebration of the otherworldly from the other side of the world, split between animation and live-action. This sinister selection of spooky chillers steeped in local flavours creeped out of their vaults in Bangladesh, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China.
A creeping jolt of eco-fright, MOSHARI witnesses two sisters struggle to survive in a ravaged Bangladesh, with only the flimsiest layer of protection from the dangers in the darkness. In THE NIGHTMARE, tormented states of mind are evoked with stop-motion ceramics, inspired by painted Buddhist grottoes on China's famous Mogao Caves. A must for SQUID GAME fans, South Korea’s BLACK OUT: MAFIA GAME asks: when the lights go out, who’ll get taken out? In THE LOACH, a bottom-feeding river fish is at the root of a series of dire events in the Chinese countryside. In Taiwan’s LIFE IN A BOX, an avid fan of claw-crane games comes across a mysterious machine that certainly grabs his attention. A Japanese gangster gets some help from a grotesque female spectre on the mean streets of southeast Asia, in the hectic KRASUE. A film crew shooting in a grimy back alley in Saigon will do anything to get the footage they need—but choices have their consequences, as AFTER TASTE demonstrates most eerily. – Rupert Bottenberg
Moshari
Nuhash Humayun
Two sisters struggle to survive in a ravaged Bangladesh, with only the flimsiest layer of protection from the dangers in the darkness around them.
The Nightmare
Yihui (Cece) Jiao
Three tormented states of mind—thwarted narcissism, social anxiety, and insomnia–are evoked with stop-motion ceramics.
Black Out: Mafia Game
Hyunggu LEE
A round table of distinctive characters, each obsessed with one of the five senses, participate in a social deduction game with very high stakes.
The Loach
Xu An, Xi Chen
A bottom-feeding river fish is at the root of a series of dire events in the Chinese countryside.
Life in a Box
Heng-Chieh Lee
Late at night in a deserted market alley, an avid fan of claw-crane games comes across a mysterious machine.
Krasue
RYO HIRANO
On the mean streets of southeast Asia, a hard-boiled Japanese gangster fighting for his life gets some help from a grotesque female spectre.
After Taste
Xuan Trang Nguyen Thi
In a grimy back alley in Saigon, a film crew will do anything to get the footage they need—but choices have their consequences.