Asian Drama

Do you often feel inexplicably disturbed in this cold, unconcerned city? Those things we are used to but not specifically noticed are not caused by supernatural or spiritual phenomena but the daily, under-the-surface crises sparked by the fear, ignorance and indifference around us. This is a series without ghosts, monsters, supernatural or sci-fi components.

Every story in "Urban Horror" is happening around us...

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Release Dates: Oct 8, 2023 (Festival) || Jul 12, 2024 (Online)

Tags: Short Length Series, Urban Legend, Multiple Mains, Miniseries, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 34

Duration: 10 min.

Country: Taiwan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct 8, 2023

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

May is a beautiful and successful woman in many ways. However, her romantic relationships never go well. One day, May’s widowed father tells her he will marry Lan. Even more shocking is that Lan is accused of being the “Poisonous Widow” who lives a luxurious life by killing her rich husbands.

May begins to investigate Lan’s background to save her father from being a victim. Bit by bit, May is subconsciously influenced by Lan’s twisted views on love, money, and sex.

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Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Ratings: 7.1

Ruo-nan had broke religion taboo by accident 6 years ago. It caused her boyfriend and family died for no reason. She passed a dark period of superstition, and she hide these secrets and pains from people, she even gave away her new born child to other family. After few years, she went to therapy and got back to normal life. She decided to get her child back living with her, but her daughter started to appear the curse sign she met 6 years ago. Ruo-nan needs to confront the deepest horror for her child. She starts to record everything about the curse and try to find a way saving her child.

Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.

Lin Mo is the student of Chinatown's number one detective. Yetian Hao'er is Yetian Hao younger brother. Separate storylines find the two characters caught in the center of mysteries revolving around the victim's widow Ivy and bar singer A Wen. Lin Mo pursues two cases: Four-Faced Buddha and Name of the Rose that not only takes place in Bangkok but also in Kaoshiung.

The third case about the Ghost's Invitation takes the story back to Bangkok and then to Tokyo. The investigator on the job is none other than Yetian Hao'er who teams up with Asia's five-member team that includes Lu Jing Jing and rookie policewoman Sa Sha.

Chen Hao Yuan is an honor student with a mellow personality. His best friend Hong Cheng Yi, on the other hand, is delinquent who did time in juvenile detention for bank robbery. Together they helped their classmate get off drug addiction, exposed their teacher's dirty secrets, and even tried to find the bees that have gone missing because of the upcoming 2012 apocalypse. Their carefree attitude toward life turned to rage when they discovered that a corrupted politician was responsible for both of their families' misfortunes. The boys got a gun and decided to explode the day before their high school graduation.

Chen Hao Yuan is an honor student with a mellow personality. His best friend Hong Cheng Yi, on the other hand, is delinquent who did time in juvenile detention for bank robbery. Together they helped their classmate get off drug addiction, exposed their teacher's dirty secrets, and even tried to find the bees that have gone missing because of the upcoming 2012 apocalypse. Their carefree attitude toward life turned to rage when they discovered that a corrupted politician was responsible for both of their families' misfortunes. The boys got a gun and decided to explode the day before their high school graduation.

When a woman discovers she's pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child, she decides to return to her hometown to have the baby. There, she meets three men, who each for their own reasons, are also escaping to this town to avoid dealing with their personal problems. Although they are meeting at the worst time in their lives, they help one another learn to be selfless, brave, and trustworthy in love.

Pi Zi and Ying Xiong are two cops who are as different as day and night. One does nothing except for drinking coffee and living a luxurious lifestyle while waiting for information from dubious sources to crack his cases. Another believes law and justice are the pillars of society and is constantly on the street catching criminals... a little overzealously for his superior's liking. When a case brought these two top crime solvers together, sparks flied and a little light peeked into this dark city where the nation's President is on friendly terms with the local triad and twins kill people while drinking milkshake.

Seven boys form a tight knit gang lead by Yen. They drink beer, smoke cigarettes and ride motorbikes: behaviour pretty much typical of teenagers. The movie is focused on exploring the nature of their friendships and how they change through time.

Although this is predominantly a film about male relationships, the role played by Xiao Yun (Yen's girlfriend) is interesting. Just as the boys struggle to come to terms with the world and their expectations, Xiao Yun struggles to break free from her relationship with Yen. Tang, Yen's best friend, fancies Xiao Yun but never has the courage to tell her. In the end Xiao Yun shows more courage than Tang in dealing with the relationship. The movie shows the difficulties both men and women face in their gender roles.