A headless ghost, a stolen corpse, and an executioner who REALLY shouldn't have taken that shift.
The executioner Xie Qi, who is in charge of the ghost-headed knife, will encounter the ghost of a woman who is back for revenge because he killed the female prisoner during the taboo of three quarters of noon. The people of the town were very angry and blamed Xie Qi for all the inauspicious things that happened. Xie Qi wants to use the old method of stitching up the human head back to its body and subsequently burn it to pacify the female ghost, but unexpectedly the human head was stolen, and the body sewer was killed. The case of the town’s wealthy merchants grave moving and the girl’s disappearance, things start coming together, and Xie Qi is now in grave danger…
Production
Evocative Qing-era atmosphere and folk horror rituals.
Writing
Interweaving ghost lore with murder mystery mechanics.
Director
Zhao Cong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'three quarters of noon' taboo reflects real Chinese executioner folklore—specific times were believed to weaken the barrier between living and dead.
Wang Jiusheng's casting bridges generations of Chinese horror; his weathered face carries decades of genre credibility.
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