Pan Yi Ming who is in Macau, accidentally received a will from his father who had not seen him for 30 years. His father left him a huge inheritance and required Yi Ming to attend the funeral to inherit it. He obeyed his will and returned to the small town in southern China where he was born. Here, there are his former lover Lin Yue, his seemingly honest rival Hua Qi, his daughter Mu Zi, who has never met before, and some residual memories.
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"Twisted Strings" follows a series of bizarre deaths happening in Taiping City. Against an eerie atmosphere, Wu Yue Nu witnesses the deaths of people around her. A funeral, a missing body, a dangerous game, a kidnapping; real and unreal, these incidents are woven in Yue Nu’s memories, converging in the mysterious Sailing Castle.
The name of the series is inspired by a popular Taiwanese nursery rhyme, which contains lyrics that tell the story of a monkey's life over seven days. Each episode is loosely based on a line from the song.
Rescue member A Jie and his companions rescued a reef-struck tanker in a violent storm but met the captain, who stubbornly refused to give up. At the same time, a dark shadow haunted the deep sea and dragged everyone into the sea. The surviving A Jie from then on, bearing the shadow of the death of colleagues, became decadent and disheartened.
Years later, A Jie overcame the shadow and boarded the fishing boat again, but he was constantly provoked by crew member A Tai, deputy captain A Ding, and others. One day, everyone rescued Xiao Jing, who had fallen into the sea due to the overturning of a yacht. Subtle changes occurred on the boat due to Xiao Jing's intrusion. Accidents began to occur frequently on the boat. Because of pressure in the cabin and lack of air and food, people began to clamor and panic, turning from mutual support to self-suspicion.
When the trapped people face the severe test of the storm, they find that the most dangerous thing is far more than this. There are unknown creatures coveting under the water... They must put aside their prejudices and work together to survive.
"The Rope Curse 2" focuses on the Zhong Kui dance portion of the ritual, where a Taoist priest assumes the spirit of Zhong, a deity who is known for his abilities to vanquish evil spirits and ghosts. Other supernatural beliefs are added into the mix, including yizi gu divination practice through summoning the spirit of a murdered young girl as well as a spine-chilling dose of Thai black magic.
The movie follows Huo Ge, who is a troubled man blessed (or cursed) with the ability to see supernatural beings. His spirit is broken after inadvertently killing his master, who taught him how to perform exorcisms. He begrudgingly agrees to play the part of Zhong Kui during a song rou zong ritual to save a village from a Thai spirit that is causing villagers to hang themselves.
