Blood Moon Rite 8

PG 12 +

PHAN Gia Nhat Linh
Vietnam
2026
131min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2026 Udine Far East FF

Synopsis

Set in an abandoned amusement park, a low-budget horror film follows a struggling crew led by a washed-up yet stubborn director. Seeking real fear, he performs a “Blood Moon Ritual,” accidentally summoning a vengeful spirit that attacks the crew. Only the lead couple and a makeup artist survive, while the director obsessively keeps filming. …CUT… …CUT… The events are revealed as a film within a film: a one-shot project commissioned by a Korean producer hoping to go viral. As fiction blurs with reality, the crew encounters genuine supernatural forces and descends into chaos. Most want to quit, but Director Tâm and his estranged daughter Diên Anh persevere. The livestream becomes a viral hit, and father and daughter reconcile.

Team

Director

PHAN Gia Nhat Linh

PHAN Gia Nhat Linh (Phan Xine) is a leading Vietnamese filmmaker and USC School of Cinematic Arts alumnus. His directorial debut Sweet 20 (2015) became Vietnam’s highest-grossing film at the time. Em & Trịnh (2022) was the country’s top-grossing domestic film and won the Silver Lotus Award in 2023.