10 Taiwanese horror movies that turned to creepy urban legends for big-screen inspiration
The island's tumultuous history and rapid economic progress have seen old traditions and old-world beliefs engulfed by modernity.
The past decade alone has seen a number of supernatural tales adapted for the big screen, nurturing a booming subgenre in supernatural horror.
With this week's release of the Taiwanese film Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo in Hong Kong, we look back on 10 of the most notable examples of this ongoing trend from Taiwan and the allegedly true stories that inspired them.
1. The Tag-Along (2015)
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The film that launched the current wave of urban legend adaptations is inspired by an apparently true story that occurred in 1998.
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