The Last Jiangshi Short Film Breathes New Life Into an Undead Legend

The Last Jiangshi pairs an ancient member of the living dead with a modern grad student for an unusual comedic adventure. This affectionate Mr. Vampire homage finds humour, melancholy and sympathy within its supernatural mythology.

The Last Jiangshi Short Film PosterI had to save reviewing Yu Chih Chieh’s comedic short film, The Last Jiangshi, for Ghost Month rather than earlier, because it’s appropriate. Just what this work explores is the clash of beliefs, and if this member of the living dead is to survive to today, Lao Li (Benyu Zhang) may no longer have blood to feast on. Instead, it’s whether he and Jie (Alex Zhong), a grad student, can survive as the ultimate odd couple!

There’s even a taoist priest waiting to pounce on the unlikely partnership, and banish the nightstalker to the other side! In what’s amusing is the sympathy that’s quickly generated. Li doesn’t like what he’s become. He just wants to live and understand this world.

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Transformers! Understanding The Cybertronic Spree and Me

Prom Night can be made extra special for those who love their nostalgia. The Cybertronic Spree offers the right mix of classics, hard rock and performance theatre to make Transformers fans wanting scream for more!

The Cybertronic Spree Next Show
Next show in Toronto!

August 22, 2026
Capital Ballroom, Victoria, BC
Spoiler Alert

When I had the good fortune to be invited to see The Cybertronic Spree for free, I knew I was in for an awesome night of nostalgia and heavy metal, backed by animated sequences celebrating anime, video games and The Transformers: The Movie. For newcomers, they’re a Toronto rock band whose sentai-style costumes, hard-rock covers, original songs and glam-rock theatrics make their stage personas larger than life. I’d seen their YouTube videos and followed their rise as a pop-culture band. Once I learned their latest P.R.O.M. tour, short for Programmable Read-Only Memories, used a playful rock-opera narrative to stitch the concert together, I knew it was time to see them live.

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At Anime NYC, Part of Manga Mavericks 2027 Release Schedule Get Announced!

Part of the Manga Mavericks 2027 release schedule was announced during Anime NYC’s opening night.

Manga Mavericks 2027 releasesDuring Anime NYC’s opening night, Manga Mavericks 2027 release schedule got announced. While two titles may seem like a modest lineup, perhaps the publisher has bigger plans to reveal later. For fans of small-press works, these genre-defying releases look promising. Preorders are now live through the official website, and without further ado, here they are:

Midnight Robot, Volume One

Midnight Robot, Volume One

Created by Yohei Sajita, the series follows Fumiko Daidouji, whose seemingly ordinary life is turned upside down when her estranged father suddenly returns with a rather unusual gift: a screw embedded in her skull. According to her father, the screw is necessary to protect Fumiko from a mysterious organization. Unfortunately for her, the organization actually exists, and it has a very specific reason for wanting that screw. It can be used to summon a giant robot.

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Aachi and Ssipak Turns 20! Host a Streaming Watch Party?

Aachi and Ssipak is a gloriously collision of dystopian science fiction, black comedy and manic animation. Its crisp 2K restoration gives this bizarre South Korean cult film another chance to find its audience.

Aachi and Ssipak Title CardAvailable to stream on Darkroom

Aachi and Ssipak is one of those strange, animated works that needs to be seen to be believed. If it’s even remotely possible to say this movie is a product born from visual tropes popularized by other works, like Ren and Stimpy meets South Park, then that’s this bizarre South Korean work in a nutshell. It won’t be for everyone either, due to its very adult content; but it’s available to screen on Darkroom, a streaming platform that’s building a solid reputation as a place for the bizarre and underappreciated.

For a film that’s totally whacked out, the concept is actually quite novel. Whether there’s any truth to turning methane into fuel has been the subject of speculation for some time. What’s explored here is less about the science and more about how dystopian things can become if governments and private industries get their way. In a localized part of the world where human excrement is the city’s only source of energy, the keepers reward citizens with addictive “Hard” popsicles for keeping the supply flowing.

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Everything You Want To Know About Ghost Month 2026 But Were Terrified Too Ask….

… gets answered here! And we got a look into what’s coming in the future too! If the offerings this year look pale in comparison (pardoning the pun), then at least Ghost Month 2026 has one banger worth examining.

Ghost Month 2026As Ghost Month 2026 is in full swing and some people are observing this tradition every which way, it seems the media side is light this year. But all is not lost for those daring to pierce the veil (or travel to that country) to seek them out! Usually that’s a bad thing, but for those couch paranormal enthusiasts and investigators, that’s the only way to keep going in terms of tracking what comes out around this time of year! As for the actual Hungry Ghost Festival itself, that falls on August 27, 2026,

The month itself is approaching the end of the first week. It began August 13 and will last till September 10, 2026. And in Malaysia, the film to keep an eye out on, assuming it gets international distribution is Da Shi Ye: Seventh Month Getai《大士爺：七月歌台》, which is produced by D Channel.

The story uses getai performances, Seventh Month taboos, folk legends and the worship of Da Shi Ye, the guardian deity overseeing wandering spirits during the festival. Director JeRR PS Rion said roughly 90 per cent of the film takes place around a specially constructed getai stage, and the production includes original getai songs rather than merely using the festival as decorative wallpaper. It will open theatrically in October 2026. At the time of writing, no international distributor or streaming arrangement has been confirmed.

Source:

https://theinterview.asia/info/%E7%BB%BC%E8%89%BA/196160/

On the Cinematic Front….

This Old House (And Me) Ghost Month 2026 The Chinese folk-horror film 古村迷宅 is set for release on the fifteenth day of Ghost Month, deliberately on the day of the Zhongyuan Festival itself. With the date of August 27th set, let the gates of Hell open to unleash all kinds of spirits upon humanity, and yes, foot fetishes are included too! There’s no official title, but I like to call it This Old House (And Me).

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The Latest Ne Zha 3 News. Is This Movie Coming in 2028 or 2030?

After scouring various Chinese website for the latest, the latest Ne Zha 3 news are as follows. Simply we, put, we have to be patient.

Ne Zha News; Ne Zha 3 Poster
(Artwork not final)

Neither year is official. The latest Ne Zha 3 news is certainly telling, and we’ll have to be patient. When Ne Zha 2 (movie review) smashed many box office records and left viewers with that doozy of a cliffhanger regarding Monk Wuliang’s fate and meeting with others of his sect, just what’s going to happen next won’t be inspired by any of the classical books of Chinese Literature! What’s presented is wild, and the wait will be long so creator Yang Yu (professionally known as Jiaozi) can craft a story that’s meaningful and action packed.

On Ne Zha 3’s Douban page, the potential year of release changed from 2028 to 2030 in February 2025. It was subsequently changed back to 2028. Since the Chinese answer ot the INDB can contain provisional information, neither alteration represented an announcement from the production company.

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