The pounding rain never lets up in this macabre and moralising schlock-horror about the deadly consequences of high school bullying and overprotective parents. Malaysian director Sam Quah took the unusual step of remaking and entirely recasting his own 2022 film, after the original male lead was embroiled in a #MeToo scandal, which prevented a Chinese release. Quah’s efforts have now been vindicated: this 2024 version is a box-office hit all over east Asia.
The story concerns Li Han (Janine Chang), such a beautiful, saintly and apparently devoted single mother that she’s taken on a cleaning job at the school attended by her mute daughter Tong (Shengdi Wang), just to be close at hand. Shame there’s a cagoule-wearing killer on the loose, targeting the school’s students.
