Writer/director Chao-Pin Su's "Silk" is a ghost story but he is aiming at more than metaphysics in his tale of a group of scientists trying to figure out why the ghost of a little boy likes to kill people. Set in Taipei but featuring actors from various Asian countries, the film relies heavily on dramatic music for its thrills and some of the effects are a bit cheesy, but it appears to be so well meant that these flaws are easily forgiven. When a Canadian researcher is killed leaving the image of a small boy in an otherwise empty room, scientist Hashimoto (Yosuke Eguchi) uses a unique instrument called a "menger sponge" to capture the infant's spirit.

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