Mudborn
Directed by Shieh Meng-ju
Xu Chuan, who works at a game company, accidentally brings home a broken clay doll from a haunted house while developing a new horror VR game. Unexpectedly, his pregnant wife, Mu Hua, a cultural relic restorer, develops an obsession with the doll and relentlessly tries to repair it. As strange things begin to happen in the house, Mu Hua's condition deteriorates, and Xu Chuan, at his wits' end, seeks help from a spiritual medium, A Sheng. Meanwhile, the horrifying secret hidden behind the clay doll begins to surface.
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