
The Housemaid
Her arrival awakes the wrath of spirits.
Directed by Derek Nguyen
Produced by CJ Entertainment, HK Film Corporation
A gothic romance haunted by supernatural vengeance, where a vulnerable orphan's forbidden love awakens a vengeful ghost in a decaying colonial plantation.
When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is The Housemaid scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is The Housemaid sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Housemaid violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Does The Housemaid end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.
Is The Housemaid easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
You have seen this shape before.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The Housemaid
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Housemaid
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Housemaid, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Housemaid, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Housemaid, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

























































