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Nate Ki’s shocking debut feature follows a man who revisits the grim flat where he grew up, which remains haunted with extravagant evil

This very creepy horror movie is the feature debut for director Nate Ki, who demonstrates both a talent for suggesting rather than spelling out backstory as well as an unabashed streak of cruelty. Where most film-makers would hold back a bit and refrain from traumatising the audience with images of child abuse, suicide, self-mutilation and rape, Ki jumps right in. At least the editing doesn’t linger too long on the worst of it, but there’s still plenty to disturb the viewer with a film that seems to draw as much on the horror traditions of Cantonese cinema as well as western film-makers. For instance, the use of space evokes David Lynch in Lost Highway mode, while the community full of secrets and evil trope...