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It looked like a robbery.

Wight

18 minutes · Horror

Directed by Jonathan Chen

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17:58The full cut. Streaming only on PREVO.

9:45The festival cut. A Los Angeles County Premiere at Screamfest 2026.

Best DirectorChinatown Film Festival, March 2026, for the full cut.

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The story

When her grandmother is hospitalized in what appears to be a robbery-gone-wrong, a Chinese-American woman returns home to San Francisco’s Chinatown only to find that an ancient, sinister evil may be haunting her family.

Its name is jiangshi: a vampire-like creature that takes the form of a reanimated corpse to drain the life force of its victims.

Jonathan’s logline, and the Screamfest 2026 film guide

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Full cast and crew 32 credits

Written and directed byJonathan Chen

Produced byArya Govil

StarringYvette Lu and Amber Li

WithAlya Lei, Craig Ng, Gloria Ho and Jideofo Okonkwo

Director of photographyMichael Elias Thomas

Production designerSophie Brooks-Weir

Costume designerXiyu Lin

Score composed byAbby Abdel-Khalek

Casting directorAdam Griffin

1st assistant directorJohn Adam Krueger

2nd assistant directorCassandra Martin

Script supervisorJinsui Song

Production assistantKatherine Chen

1st assistant cameraJacqueline Chan

2nd assistant cameraStefan Buhr

Steadicam operatorGio Barot

GafferAnaïs Bernard

Key gripGabriela Spampinato

GripsPaolo Canuto and Hansuk Sohn

Sound mixerAbraham Molinero

Hair and make-upCoca Zhao

Costume assistantTanvi Desai

Set photographerAngelina Hue

Art assistantNeena Ellora Holzman

Assistant editorsMarnie Salvani and Jinsui Song

VFX artistIvy Liao

Re-recording mixerBrian Peyton

Dialogue editorScott Brewster

Sound designer and sound editorJulia Owen

Music editorPeter Lam

Made atUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

FestivalsChinatown Film Festival: Best Director. Screamfest 2026: Los Angeles County Premiere, in a 9:45 festival cut.

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