2021/01/18 19:12 (Machi Xcelsior Studios image) (Machi Xcelsior Studios image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A Taiwanese horror film featuring a new type of sentient infected person hits theaters in the country on Friday (Jan. 22). The film, titled The Sadness (哭悲), is produced by Machi Xcelsior Studios (麻吉砥加電影有限公司) and features plentiful gory makeup by IF SFX Art Maker (覺藝工作室). The story is about an outbreak of a new virus that causes humans to transform into horrifying, bloodthirsty mutants that can think and speak.
(Machi Xcelsior Studios image) Although Taiwanese films usually restrict the amount of blood and gruesome makeup to avoid receiving a restricted rating, Director Robert Anthony Jabbaz (賈宥廷) was cited by CNA as saying that with his film, he aimed to provide audiences with more realistic flesh and blood. IF SFX Art Maker cofounders Esther and Victor Chang (張甫�