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The Heirloom

2005 1h 36m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 37% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
James Yang (Jason Chang) is a promising young Taiwanese architect living in the United Kingdom with his beautiful fiancée, Yo (Terri Kwan), when the death of a distant relative lures him back to his homeland to claim his inheritance: a massive but dilapidated mansion. With his friends in tow, Yang moves into the house, but in short order strange things to begin to happen. Little does Yang know that his presence is stirring up old ghosts born from dark family secrets.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It only offers the Asian horror fan some slick art-house stylish visuals. Rated: C Apr 3, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Decent horror film that has a nice style and a story to go with it. Predictable, yes, but it is quite entertaining. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member [font=Georgia][b]Plodding, emotionless horror. [/b] Excruciatingly slow pace, characters doing stupid things for no apparent reason, scary scenes that are not scary at all, lots of loose ends/plot holes, incredibly lazy and lackluster ending. Don't pay any attention to the synopses that compare it to 'Poltergeist' or 'The Changeling'. This movie is pretty much scare-free, action-free, originality-free. The few creepy bits it does pull off have been done much better many times before. The only thing that distinguishes this movie is the folk-magic backstory, which turns out to be a red-herring in the end anyway. Don't waste your time.[/font] Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member very good movie..it will make you think too. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty boring until the final act, and even then still pretty... eh. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The film seems to start off like any normal haunted house film but soon takes a few twists. But scares aren't very abundant. Sure there's some tension and suspense but when it comes to deliver the final scare, the film flops. In fact, this is more like your standard oriental ghost story where it's partially a mystery and there's a history to be discovered. Of course, once the mystery is discovered, everything starts getting crazy... and starts making little sense. The ending, instead of being some twist, ends up being confusing and illogical. Heirloom has potential but is in the middle when it comes to quality asian ghost stories. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Eye-catching directing combined with an interesting plot about the ghosts of infants makes for an above average haunted house movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis James Yang (Jason Chang) is a promising young Taiwanese architect living in the United Kingdom with his beautiful fiancée, Yo (Terri Kwan), when the death of a distant relative lures him back to his homeland to claim his inheritance: a massive but dilapidated mansion. With his friends in tow, Yang moves into the house, but in short order strange things to begin to happen. Little does Yang know that his presence is stirring up old ghosts born from dark family secrets.
Director
Leste Chen
Producer
Michelle Yeh
Screenwriter
Dorian Li
Production Co
Three Dots Entertainment Co. Ltd.
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 17, 2016
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital