Ghost Child

Having saved her from a band of Indonesian bandits, widower Choon (Chen Hanwei) announces his plans to marry Indonesian-Chinese Na (Carmen Soo). Na is mysterious in nature and says little about her background. Amongst the items she brings with her is an urn, which contains the eponymous "Ghost Child", otherwise known as a toyol. The toyol causes much distress to Choon and his estranged teenage daughter, Kim (Jayley Woo). Among other strange happenings, family photographs get torn apart and Kim's grandmother gets injured for no apparent reason. At first suspecting her dead mother's ghost for causing these, Kim soon learns about the toyol and attempts to get rid of it, but her efforts are to no avail. Could she save her family by ridding this unspeakable evil?

• Chen Hanwei as Choon.{{cite news|newspaper=AsiaOne |url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120816-365754.html |title=Chen Hanwei was sold as a baby |first=Cherlene |last=Chua |date=17 August 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013 }} A widower contractor who encounters supernatural happenings in his residence after marrying his second wife.

• Jayley Woo as Kim. Choon's teenage daughter who tries to fight against a mysterious evil force that threatens the safety of her family.

• Carmen Soo as Na. Choon's Indonesian-Chinese wife.

• Cecilia Heng as Kim's grandmother.
• Russell Ong as Troy.{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=U-Gene |date=8 April 2013 |title=SPORTS FIRST, SCREEN LATER |pages=B15 |work=The Straits Times}}
• Vanessa Lee as Tifanny. Kim's schoolmate and swimming buddy.

• Elena Choo as Jane.{{Citation|last=Chan|first=Gilbert|title=Ghost Child|date=2013-03-07|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2618214/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_11|access-date=2016-08-06}} Kim's schoolmate and member of her swim team.

Production commenced in September 2012.{{cite news |newspaper=Channel News Asia |title=Chen Hanwei to make big-screen debut with "Ghost Child" |first=Wei Chou |last=Han |access-date=7 March 2013 |date=13 August 2012 |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1219870/1/.html |archive-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303174505/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1219870/1/.html |url-status=dead }}

Ghost Child is Chen Hanwei's feature-length film debut;{{cite news|newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/lifestyle/story/chen-hanweis-big-screen-debut-thursday-20130306 |title=Chen Hanwei's big screen debut on Thursday |first=Wai Yee |last=Yip |access-date=7 March 2013 |date=6 March 2013 }} previously he only appeared in numerous Singaporean television series. Chen wanted to reject the role offered to him due to his busy schedule at first, but later agreed. According to producer Lim Teck, Chen agreed to commit to the film for "a plate of cheap [Hainanese] chicken rice",{{cite news|newspaper=Life! (The Straits Times) |title=Chicken rice seals the deal |page=C5 |date=7 March 2013 |first=Wai Yee |last=Yip }} while Chen himself said it was because:

{{quotation|[...] I really wanted to do this film and they really wanted me for the role, so my manager just squeezed out time for it, no matter how tight it is.}}

Chen had also previously mentioned that he joined the project as he was "a fan of the people behind it".

Gabriel Chong of Movie Exclusive thought "[the film lacked] a character-driven narrative, this competently staged horror otherwise boasts some genuinely suspenseful and edge-of-your-seat gripping moments", giving it 3 stars.{{cite web|publisher=Movie Exclusive |title=GHOST CHILD (鬼仔) (2013) |url=http://www.moviexclusive.com/detail.php?c=62&desc=G&p=2191&t=ghost-child-3974020180-2013_2191 |first=Gabriel |last=Chong |access-date=7 March 2013 }} Raphael Lim, writing for F*** Mag, gave the film 2.5 stars, out of 5. "Ghost Child would have been an uncomplicated, generally effective horror yarn if not for its meandering subplots," he wrote.{{cite news |first=Raphael |last=Lim |url=http://www.fmoviemag.com/c/movies/item/1069-ghost-child-鬼仔-review |title=Ghost Child (鬼仔) - Review |newspaper=F*** Mag |access-date=7 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310045643/http://www.fmoviemag.com/c/movies/item/1069-ghost-child-%E9%AC%BC%E4%BB%94-review |archive-date=10 March 2013 }}

The film grossed an estimated S$530,000 during its run at Singaporean cinemas.{{cite news|title=Where is the audience? |date=11 September 2013 |last=Chan |first=Boon |newspaper=The Straits Times |pages=C2–C3 }}

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