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BayView Entertainment have released the Asian horror film Binding Souls on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA.

Synopsis:

When a group of students decide to return to their former high school, they find the school’s history as a former Japanese army military laboratory during World War II has caught up to them. When they stumble across a former student’s diary, they are beset by strange visions and happenings, all asking them to solve the question of a mysterious disappearance whether they like it or not. In Cantonese with English subtitles.

Binding Souls was Directed by Pang-Chun Chan and written by Chaohong Huang. The films stars Carlos Chan, Esther Huang and Yu-Ning Tsao.

Binding Souls is out now on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA from BayView Entertainment.

Available to order on Blu-ray (Region Free) now at:

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