The Tag-Along Page #3

Synopsis: Based on true events and long-circulating urban legend in Taiwan. Wei is nowhere to be found one day before his grandma returns from her own strange missing incident. Wei's girlfriend desperately searches for his whereabouts and finds that it is the horrifying mystery of the little girl in red that has followed and haunted them all along.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Wei-Hao Cheng
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Year:
2015
93 min
8 Views


Mrs. Ho, Yi-chun has

come to see you.

Mrs. Ho.

..

I called Wei's name...

I called Wei's name...

- Grandma, relax.

- I called Wei's name...

Take a deep breath.

I called Wei's name!

- Calm down.

- I called Wei's name!

Take a deep breath.

Grandma.

Grandma, relax.

- I called Wei's name...

- Take a deep breath.

I called Wei's name!

Why vomiting like that?

I bet she was taken to the

mountains by the ghost.

That day...

You thought it was Wei.

But it was the spectre.

It was in Shui's house.

And now

it's gone to Mrs. Ho's place.

Come over!

("Mosien")

(Walk up to the mountains)

(It's where spectres

often show up.)

(We two were turning that way.)

(But we saw his brother

keep walking ahead.)

(Rumor has it that)

("mosiens" make people

lose their minds...)

(Call your full name.)

I told my friend

we should wake him up.

But we couldn't...

(Woman in her eighties

missing for two days.)

(We couldn't find the way back.)

(We let off firecrackers

and walked back.)

(When in the

supernatural world,)

(if you let off firecrackers)

(or use explosive,)

(you can break the

spell and return.)

It'll destroy the

supernatural power.

Yes, it'll be destroyed.

(To the mountains)

(and someone talked to her.)

(Now they say that)

(the little girl in red)

(wants to take her

to the mountains.)

(But she's malicious.)

There seem to be a

lot of spectres.

If it was only one

or two, it was fine.

All the stories sound similar.

Lin Huo-kun.

Lin Huo-kun...

Miss Shen, the thing is...

I'd like to tell you what

happened the other day.

We thought Mrs. Ho might

have food poisoning.

So we ran a test on her vomit.

And we found this.

Please have a look.

It's a moth chrysalis.

And it's still alive.

My colleague at the

Toxicology says

it's "death's-head hawk-moth".

A very rare species of insect.

We have no idea

why it ended up in her stomach.

This is what I need to tell you.

(Death's-head hawk-moth)

Grandma, you take a good rest.

I'm off to work. I'll

come back after work.

When Wei comes back,

tell him

I'll leave this house to him.

We were quite well off.

But we lost our fortune.

So Wei

works very hard to make money.

Ask him not to work so hard

and spend more time with you.

Can you get the box for me?

It's over there.

Grandma.

She came to me again last night.

Who?

She says she can

take me to see Wei.

She needs a pair of shoes.

I should be the one taken

away, not you guys.

It should be me.

What are you talking about?

Grandma, please don't

think too much.

Wei must love you so much.

So he didn't call your name.

Uncle Kun.

Could you please keep

an eye on Grandma?

Please...Im running

late for work.

Please make sure she

doesn't wander off.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Just before we end the program,

I wonder if you can

do me a favor.

I saw a species of

moth on the Internet.

It's called "death's-head

hawk-moth".

Very little about it

can be found online.

So if anyone

knows about their habitat,

where you can see them,

or if you have any

relevant information,

you're welcome to call

me at the radio station.

Thank you for listening

to our program tonight.

See you next time.

Goodnight.

Bei-bei, it's closed!

Yi-chun, we're off!

Bye bye, auntie.

Hello.

(Wanlongkeng, Shenkengao)

Hello.

Sir, can you say

it again, please?

She says she's going to the

mountains to find her.

Find whom?

Her...

She says she's going to

the mountain to find her.

Did she say which

mountain she's going?

Wanlongkeng!

Excuse me.

Are you her family?

Yes, I'm her family.

You know in which county it is?

Shenkengao or something

sounds like that...

Could you check it for me?

Yes, let me check it.

Wait a minute.

Everyone's gone to Wanlongkeng.

Everyone!

Everyone's gone to find her.

(Chun, I'll definitely

marry you in five years.)

You sure he's your boyfriend?

Please sign these papers

to confirm you join the

mission voluntarily

and understand all

the risks involved.

Our mission is

to find your boyfriend

and his grandma.

If you get lost

in the mountains,

here's a whistle.

Blow the whistle at once

and hang the red

strips on the trees.

Then we'll find you.

Here.

Take a few emergency flares

with you.

Apart from lighting,

it'll scare the beasts off.

Can you keep UP?

Yeah...

Grandma?

Grandma!

Grandma!

Captain!

Grandma is over there.

Grandma is over there!

- Grandma!

- Med, over here!

- Grandma!

- Yeah. The paramedics are here.

Grandma.

Miss.

Excuse me, miss.

- Excuse me.

- Sorry.

Grandma.

You go back!

- You go back or she'll catch you.

- Grandma, what did you say?

Excuse me, we need to

take her back first.

You go back!

We need to go.

Grandma, what did you say?

You go back or she'll catch you.

Go back! Go back! Go back!

Roger that.

Miss Shen.

Do you recognise the shoes?

They're my boyfriend's

old shoes.

You still want to come with us?

Miss Shen. Have it.

Thanks.

First time to spend a

night in the mountains?

Yes.

Don't be scared.

They're scared of us too.

If we respect each other

and coexist in harmony,

they won't do you any harm.

A lot of people went

missing in the mountains?

Legend has it that

every tree has a soul.

If you cut down a tree

for no good reason,

the mountain will

capture a person and

plant the person's

soul in the mountains.

Plant? How?

I don't really know.

Because.

I've never been planted.

Well, if Bin gets

planted one day,

you'll be the first to know!

By the way,

how did you know your boyfriend

came to this mountain?

A retired mountain

guide told me.

His name is Wang Tien-tze.

Told you?

HOW?

You know Mr. Wang?

Sure.

He's our patron saint.

He built all the paths

you see around here.

He phoned me in my office

and told me about Wanlongkeng.

You must be joking, right?

No'?

But...

He died a long time ago.

My grandpa told me

he was a mountain guide

during the Japanese occupation.

Captain.

The road splits.

It's splits into

three directions.

We're breaking into

three small groups.

Erge,

take the two seniors

and go down Gu Line.

Li, you and Yi-lin cut

through the hill.

The rest follow me on Ling Line.

Miss Shen,

you come with me.

Report to me on

radio every hour.

Any questions?

No!

Okay, let's go.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm okay.

Hey, I'm here!

Hey, I'm here!

Hey!

Chih-Wei!

Yi-chun.

Shen Yi-chun.

Shen Yi-chun.

Shen Yi-chun.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

He doesn't love me anymore...

Mommy.

He doesn't love me anymore...

He doesn't love me anymore...

He doesn't love me anymore...

He doesn't love me anymore...

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy, why didn't you want me?

Mommy, why did you

get rid of me?

Mommy.

Mommy, why didn't you want me?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You're up?

Come have breakfast.

What happened to you?

I had a nightmare.

I couldn't find you.

Don't be scared.

I'm here. You've found me.

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