Mon Mon Mon Monsters

Mon Mon Mon Monsters
Theatrical release poster
Chinese報告老師!怪怪怪怪物!
Hanyu PinyinBào Gào Lǎo Shī ! Guài Guài Guài Guài Wù !
Directed byGiddens Ko
Written byGiddens Ko
Produced byAngie Chai
Giddens Ko
StarringDeng Yukai
Kent Tsai
Carolyn Chen
Eugenie Liu
Lin Pei Hsin
CinematographyPatrick Chou
Edited byLi Nien Hsiu
Music byChris Hou
Production
company
Star Ritz International Entertainment
Distributed byVie Vision Pictures
Release dates
  • April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23) (HKIFF)
  • July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28) (Taiwan)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
BudgetNT$100 million[1]
Box officeNT$41.8 million (Taiwan)[2][3]

Mon Mon Mon Monsters is a 2017 Taiwanese horror-comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Giddens Ko. It premiered as the closing film for the 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2017, and was released in theaters on July 28, 2017.[4]

Unjustly accused of stealing money, Lin Shuwei is assigned to do community service alongside the bullies from class. As the gang of bullies progressively accept him as one of their own, Lin partakes in their misdeeds to seek their approval. During a night out, the group stumble upon a pair of flesh-eating female ghouls and capture one of them; they begin a sadistic game, which ultimately leads to disastrous consequences.

Ko originally intended for the film to be a mockumentary shot entirely on iPhone. This idea, however, was eventually disregarded as the project evolved into a more personal work inspired in part by the backlash the director was receiving at the time for a widely publicized affair. While discussing his inspiration, Ko has stated: "Maybe millions of Taiwanese people hated me, so I wanted to shoot a horror movie to scare everybody, to express my hate."[5]

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  2. ^ "TFI-國家電影中心 Taiwan Film Institute - 電影票房資訊-每月票房公告". www.tfi.org.tw. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  3. ^ "開眼電影網--新版--". app2.atmovies.com.tw.
  4. ^ "Giddens Ko's Monster Comedy to Close Hong Kong International Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Interview: Giddens Ko talks Mon Mon Mon Monsters". FilmDoo. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2018-09-06.