The Bride

A troubled psychologist returns from the U.S. and sets up a clinic in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.

Once a showbiz icon in Taiwan, Ho Jen-jen—better known as Golden Phoenix—vanished after reckless gambling left her drowning in debt. She abandoned her young daughter, severing all ties. Years later, she collapses and wakes up in a sinister nursing home. Beneath the facility’s eerie calm lurks "Death Bet,” a twisted game where terminal patients' lifespans are gambled away. Desperate to escape and find her daughter, she soon realizes the true horror has yet to unfold, and the most harrowing secret is still waiting to be revealed.

This is a story about ?evil inside ?, based on a true Taiwan social event. ?Evil inside? means the devil lives inside your heart, or the darkness inside your conscious; such as fear?hatred?greed?pride?stubbornness?selfishness. The darkness can be always exit, or come out in a sudden. It can hide and grow deeply in your mind to make you either become stronger or to be overwhelmed. The story happens in the present day of Taiwan society. ?The deceased collaborated organization ?as so called ? D.C.O. ?or ? The Help ? has existed in Taiwan for at least 30 years. The purpose of this organization to be founded is to help the family members taking care of the funeral affairs when their elderlies passed away. Because of the certain amount of money involved, some greedy businessmen take the advantage of elderlies? ?death? as a huge profit to lure people by gambling. Sadly, the gamblers sometimes includes the family members of the deceased...