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A BANQUET FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS

Horror - Development 2024

An adult animated anthology that blends Chinese customs, culture and cuisine into 10 stand-alone horror stories set in different times and cities around the world. Based on the book by chef and author Ying Chang Compestine.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Horror, TV Series, Animation
- Countries
- SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, FRANCE, CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 180 mn
- Synopsis
- A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts blends Chinese customs, culture and cuisine into 10 exhilarating horror stories that journey through time - from the building of the Great Wall in 200 BC to 80s Chinatown in New York City. Based on the best-selling book of the same title by chef and author Ying Chang Compestine.
  
  The self-contained stories all take place during the Hungry Ghost Festival as per Chinese tradition - when the gates of Hell open for one lunisolar month and ghosts roam the earthly realm. Among them are those who died prematurely or unjustly, and spirits who are lost. These ghosts are hungry, both metaphorically and figuratively, and it is the living’s responsibility to feed them with delicious treats and to keep them entertained. Beware a ghost who is left unsatisfied!
  
  We tell our stories as a 10-course set menu - a true feast for the eyes and the mind, and like our favorite Chinese dishes, the core ingredients stay the same, but the recipe and method varies subtly from one story to the next.
  
  The dishes (and episodes):
  Egg Fried Rice
  Sweet and Sour Pork
  Kung Pao Chicken
  Hot Pot
  Steamed dumplings
  Cold Platter
  Peking Duck
  Dim Sum
  Long Life Noodles
  Glutinous Rice Balls
  
  The banquet is a metaphor for how our folklore has traveled around the globe with our ancestors, grounded itself in new and surprising places and taken root in the popular imagination. Our exquisite dishes come along with generous chunks of terror, splashes of comedy and a pinch of social commentary, created by some of the most exciting indie animation studios from around the world.