A haunted bakery where the secret ingredient is literally other people's souls. Bon appétit, I guess?
A struggling pastry chef inherits a haunted shop, uncovering centuries of culinary curses and ghostly secrets while facing a moral dilemma: sacrifice innocent lives to perfect her craft, destroy the haunted legacy, or embrace the spirits' twisted pact with the living.
Practical Effects
Ghostly kitchen effects that feel deliciously handmade
Writing
Culinary curse lore deeper than expected for bakery horror
Costume
Period pastry chef outfits across centuries of undead bakers
Director
He Nian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director He Nian insisted all pastry props be edible; cast reportedly gained weight during filming from 'too many takes.'
The web novel source material draws from Jiangnan funeral traditions where food offerings bind spirits to ancestral obligations—twisted here into a capitalist nightmare.
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