Dead Talents Society

Dead Talents Society
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Hsu
Written byJohn Hsu
Vincent Tsai
Produced byIvy Chen
Lieh Lee
Aileen Li
StarringChen Bolin
Sandrine Pinna
Gingle Wang
Eleven Yao
Bai Bai
Soso Tseng
CinematographyPatrick Chou
Edited byShieh Meng-ju
Chiang Yi-ning
Music byLuming Lu
Lin Hsiao-chin
Lin Sih-yu
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release dates
  • 28 June 2024 (2024-06-28) (TFF)
  • 7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) (Taiwan)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
BudgetNTD$80 million

Dead Talents Society (Chinese: 鬼才之道) is a 2024 Taiwanese horror comedy film directed and co-written by John Hsu, starring Chen Bolin, Sandrine Pinna, Gingle Wang, Eleven Yao, Bai Bai, and Soso Tseng. Set in a fictional underworld where ghosts can linger in the mortal realm by competing to haunt humans, the film follows a rookie ghost (Wang) as she embarks on a journey to find her own uniqueness under the tutelage of a passionate agent (Chen) and a washed-up diva (Pinna).

The film had its world premiere at the 26th Taipei Film Festival on 28 June 2024, and released theatrically on 7 August in Taiwan.