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HAF: Taiwan’s ‘Urban Horror’ Taps Into Ultra-Short Series Trend


Taiwan's Screenworks Asia is launching 'Urban Horror,' a series that can be screened conventionally or in ultra-short episodes for mobile devices.

Taipei-based Screenworks Asia has picked up innovative anthology series “ Urban Horror ” for international sales ahead of this week’s FilMart in Hong Kong. Directed by Lee Chun-Hong (“Mom, Don’t Do That!”), Chen Bao-Zhong and Huang Dan-Chi, a group of young and upcoming filmmakers, “Urban Horror” comprises 34 short episodes revolving around the mysterious, the unexplained and the disturbed. “With the current boom of short-form videos, ‘Urban Horror attempts to adapt to the trend while maintaining high quality,” said a Screenworks spokesman.

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