Inside: A Chinese Horror Story (2017): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2017, Inside: A Chinese Horror Story is a horror film directed by Lili Bai, running about 89 minutes.

What it’s about. Cui Kai is a has-been writer and lives in his distressed apartment, unemployed. One day he receives an exciting job offer from an editor-to create a horror series. Kai has finally completed the horror series. The book becomes an immediate hit. However, fame does not make Kai any happier. Every story in his book is inextricably intertwined with his own life. He himself has a personality split and the obese man is in fact his other self that he is afraid of. Kai is able to eventually defeat his dark side and obtain a complete and wholesome personality. All the characters Cui Kai created are the split personalities of himself during his time in the asylum.

Who’s in it. Inside: A Chinese Horror Story stars Marc Philip Goodman as Gerrick and Lü Yulai as Cui Kai.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.0/10, Inside: A Chinese Horror Story has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Inside: A Chinese Horror Story page.

If you liked it. Fans of Inside: A Chinese Horror Story tend to enjoy Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Shining and Alien.