Hsu and Tsai Kun-Lin's script holds reverence for the horror genre as a whole but also cleverly shows that each generation's angsts aren't the same.
The film never feels like it proselytizes though thanks to Wang's performance and arc as the Rookie. There's a relatable frustration that the insecurities that plagued her while she was living have followed her.
The film centers on an unnamed, recently deceased teenager known only as The Rookie who returns to the mortal world as a ghost.
This poses a problem for the shy Rookie, who has no talent for delivering spooks. She joins a troupe of other outsider ghosts led by a washed-up ghost Catherine.
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