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Terri Kwan, Jason Chang, Chang Yu-chen, Tender Huang, Yi-Ching Lu ... see more see more... , Cheng Kuo-cheng , Lin Ching-ching

In the tradition of The Amityville Horror, The Changeling, and Poltergeist, the Chinese horror picture The Heirloom concerns a possessed mansion with an evil past. Twenty years prior to the outset of ... read more read more...the story, the members of the Yang family -- all multimillionaires -- hung themselves at the same instant, suggesting influence by malevolent spirits or demons. One family member emerged from this pit of fire alive. When a familial descendant inherits the property, and moves in with his betrothed, all hell literally breaks loose. The spirits of the Yangs -- now bent on fury -- threaten to tear the man and his fiancée limb from limb and force the new master of the house to turn his gaze inward and face the evil that lingers in his own heart. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Leste Chen

Release Date: September 1, 2004

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DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006

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  • newvogueravyn
    March 18, 2008
    newvogueravyn
    This film has interesting ideas drawing on asian folklore, and is very beautiful to look at (especially the main house set, fix the leaks and I'd move in like a shot) but while I could bear the slow pace at the begining due to building the atmosphere, it never seemed to pick itse... read morelf up to make itself special to the viewer.
  • alanjayh
    August 31, 2008
    alanjayh
    Nothing new here...acting is so-so by so-so actors, the plot rather pedestrian and the camera work apparently done by those afflicted with ADD...scenes jump around..characters just appear with no recollection of how they got there...blame the scriptwriters and the Director for th... read moreis mumbo-jumbo mess I guess. When the viewer spends more time trying to figure out why something has happened instead of experiencing it...the movie has lost me and my patience..
  • iamthethinman
    October 27, 2008
    iamthethinman
    This is the perfect sample of a movie borrowing too much. It's a creepy concept to a story that was made by someone who could only get ideas from other modern scary movies. And the color filters on all of these movies now is starting to bug me. Even Cure and Kairo and Ringu had m... read moreore of a palette. This one wasn't even that creepy and not scary at all. Pass on it.
  • Elentari948
    August 25, 2008
    Elentari948
    Really sad story, not much of a horror element but I did feel for the main characters. They essentially became chained to the house and even when they tried to escape, they couldn't. One wonders if the family "curse" will ever die.
  • loserlessthan3
    June 20, 2007
    loserlessthan3
    Never ever go live in a house some crazy-ass relative leaves you. Ghosts will molest you, and this movie's got a lock on depressing. I don't know why I keep getting these sad movies, really.

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