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Past and Present

Original title: Qi Yue Ban 2: Qian Shi Jin Sheng
  • 2016
  • 1h 40m
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Past and Present (2016)
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The students in the supernatural club are busy making horror videos, while disregarding the weird incidents in their own dorm. Their next film project is at an abandoned country house. What ... Read allThe students in the supernatural club are busy making horror videos, while disregarding the weird incidents in their own dorm. Their next film project is at an abandoned country house. What if a real ghost appears at this desolate place?The students in the supernatural club are busy making horror videos, while disregarding the weird incidents in their own dorm. Their next film project is at an abandoned country house. What if a real ghost appears at this desolate place?

  • Director
    • Hong Jian Li
  • Writers
    • Bao Bei
    • Momo Yun
  • Stars
    • Yiran Chang
    • Meixing Chen
    • Wang Liang
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.2/10
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    • Director
      • Hong Jian Li
    • Writers
      • Bao Bei
      • Momo Yun
    • Stars
      • Yiran Chang
      • Meixing Chen
      • Wang Liang
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    Yiran Chang
    • Zhao Ya Nan
    Meixing Chen
    • Ye Li
    Wang Liang
    • Zhang Jia Ming
    Xia Xing Ling
    • Song Tian Tian
    Xiang Luo
    • Jiang Yu Cheng
    Qing Miao
    Qing Miao
    • Zhu Na
    Zai Zi Mo
    • Xu Qian
    • Director
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      • Bao Bei
      • Momo Yun
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    Past and Present

    Many horror movies nowadays are about film crews or vloggers. This one is also about filming, on a small scale.

    This time, a club of university students investigate rumours and urban legends about ghosts, and make horror videos about it. While they enthusiastically engage in acting and filming, weird things happen around the members themselves. Still they decide to do one more big project. What could possibly go wrong?

    Compared to other Chinese horror films from the same era, there are a couple of things that give this one a slightly different feel.

    Firstly, that the cast is larger than usual, making it more lively. It even gets difficult to keep up with who everyone is, and who they are in love with (which is not really a negative).

    Secondly, that it takes place at more locations than usual, at a high tempo, with many things happening.

    It is not a comedy, even though there is a witty quote or two. It is definitely a horror movie, considering how it has been optimized to pack in as many scares as possibly. Even so, most of them don't get very scary, because a lack of threat most of the time.

    There is a mystery, but not much time is spent exploring it. The plot does not seem to be the most important thing. Instead, it is more about the chaos that breaks out.

    The strong point is the feeling of taking part in exciting adventures with a group of friends.

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      • 2016 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Mid-July Days 2: Past and Present
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      1 hour 40 minutes
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