Changjun Wang

Midnight Murder House” (夜半凶宅) is a 2025 Mandarin-language horror film directed by Jing Chen and Yingxi Wang, released in China on March 7, 2025, with a runtime of 88 minutes. It is adapted from a real-life event and features a haunted house setting with suspense and supernatural elements.

The fictional life and career of a famous actress in Chinese opera, a woman who goes against tradition by specializing in playing male roles, especially that of Zhang Kui, a benevolent ghost who appears in several Chinese operas. Although the actress's career brings wealth and fame, it is attained only through considerable struggle against an anti-female system and an unhappy personal life.