Detective Kien: The Headless Horror

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Detective Kien: The Headless Horror

Released May 29

2h 11m

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Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Detective Kien examines a body without a head in a Vietnamese village during the Nguyen Dynasty. The case involves unusual elements. He encounters complications.

Joshua Polanski

There Were No Gods Left

Ugly people don’t exist in [Victor] Vu's worlds, for better and worse.

Jun 12, 2025

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Despite the occasional shortcomings often found in large-scale productions, “Detective Kien: The Headless Horror” stands out as one of the most impressive commercial titles to emerge from Vietnam in recent years

Rated: 6.5

Jun 3, 2025

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Detective Kien: The Headless Horror seamlessly blends a murder mystery with supernatural horror, a love triangle, and suspenseful action. There are many intriguing twists and turns in this story that takes place in 19th century Vietnam.

May 31, 2025

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Peter Martin

ScreenAnarchy

An absorbing mystery that sometimes gets bloody and even occasionally gut-wrenching. ... The horror here comes from the evil that men -- and sometimes women -- are capable of inflicting upon other, usually innocent and often hapless, people.

May 28, 2025

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A suspenseful, atmospheric and intriguing crime thriller.

May 27, 2025

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sricharan s

The plot was intriguing but the making had too much TV show vibes than a movie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Tatiana

Such an amazing movie!!!! There’s so much thriller in the movie and the jump scare we’re pretty amazing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/04/25

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Tina

Phim rat la dep trai 😘

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/02/25

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Chima

wow. thriller action , mystery. props to Vietnam

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/02/25

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William H

Movie was a trip. A good horror/mystery. Had some funny moments and some that tug on the heart strings. And just when you think you got figured out, they throw another curve. It kind of reminded me of Knives Out.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/01/25

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Ngoc

Best Vietnamese movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/01/25

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Quoc Huy

Detective Kien

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Synopsis

Detective Kien examines a body without a head in a Vietnamese village during the Nguyen Dynasty. The case involves unusual elements. He encounters complications.

Director: Victor Vu
Distributor: 3388 Films
Production Co: Galaxy Studio, November Films
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Vietnamese
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 11m