They Wait2007
“Bad things happen to those who wait.”
Directed by Ernie Barbarash
🏆 3 nominations total
The premise
Jason and his wife, Sarah, leave their adopted home of Shanghai and travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, for his uncle's funeral, staying with his Aunt Mei. Already disoriented, Jason and Sarah are unnerved when their son, Sam, begins seeing ghosts and violent deaths. After Sam is hospitalized, Sarah consults with a pharmacist who's well-informed about Chinese mythology and who tells her that supernatural forces threaten her son.
Horror Vault's take
When an American family returns to Vancouver for a funeral, their young son begins experiencing terrifying visions that no one else can see — and soon his life hangs in the balance. Drawing on Chinese ghost mythology and the rituals surrounding the dead, the film weaves together grief, cultural identity, and restless spirits into a quietly unnerving horror mystery. Sarah, the outsider mother, must navigate an unfamiliar belief system to understand the danger closing in on her child. The result is a slow-burn ghost story with genuine emotional stakes at its core.
Content: Frightening Images Involving A Child, Depictions Of Death And Ghostly Violence, Some Disturbing Supernatural Imagery
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