Vietnamese Horror ‘The Scourge,’ Inspired by Hit Video Game, Leads Skyline Media’s Cannes Film Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Skyline Media, a Vietnam-based international sales agent, is heading to the Cannes Film Market with a five-title slate led by “The Scourge,” one of the first feature film adaptations of a Vietnamese video game IP.

The source game has topped China’s Steam Early Access chart, accumulated over 60,000 downloads, earned a 94% positive rating on the platform and drawn millions of views on YouTube. The horror feature draws on a Vietnamese urban legend about a cursed Saigon apartment block from the 1990s, following an estranged young man who returns home to discover his mother is possessed. He must work alongside his sister to unravel a malevolent force tied to forbidden rituals, buried family secrets and the spirit world. The project is produced by Charlie Nguyen and Jimmy Pham Nghiem of Chanh Phuong Films, whose credits include “The Rebel” and “Clash.”

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