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They Wait (2007)

They Wait poster
Directed by
Ernie Barbarash
Genre
horror film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother tries to protect her son from threatening spirits during the Chinese Ghost Month. She investigates the supernatural events that plague her family in Vancouver.

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What happens

They Wait is a 2007 Canadian horror film directed by Ernie Barbarash. It stars Jaime King as a mother attempting to find the truth and save her son when threatened by spirits during the Chinese tradition of Ghost Month. The other leading star is Chinese Canadian actor Terry Chen, who plays her husband. It was both filmed, and set, in the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia in Canada, and was featured at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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