When an American woman visits her husband's Chinese family, a terrifying ancestral curse awakens.
reserved + committed + earned-on-delivery, of a $714,000 budget
Wefunder reservation
Investor Group and Post Production Equity committed
Malaysian FIMI Cash rebate
The remaining amount this fund is raising
Venezuelan director, writer, and producer with over 15 years of experience. His debut, The House at the End of Time, was Venezuela's first horror film and its highest-grossing horror film ever, earning approximately $4.3M. New Line Cinema acquired remake rights in August 2016, with Hidalgo attached; a new Hollywood remake is now in development with producer Mike Medavoy (Black Swan, Shutter Island). His second feature, The Exorcism of God, grossed over $6M internationally.
The creative engine behind THE HUNGRY ONE. Filmmaker and entrepreneur with deep roots in Chinese-Malaysian culture. Developed this project from its origins — drawing on his family's traditions and mythology. Founded REBEL Fighting Championship in May 2013 and led it as CEO — 18.7 million online views for a single 2019 event, up 125% year over year, broadcast across iQIYI, PP Sports, and Baidu Sports.
Wrote the screenplay for THE HUNGRY ONE and co-originated the story alongside Justin Leong. Writer at Stone Village Films where he contributed to the development of the Emmy-nominated Station Eleven for HBO. He has written and directed music videos for acclaimed artists, including Moby. Most recently, Justin served as a writer on an upcoming docu-series with Religion of Sports and is currently developing a feature-length documentary as a producer and writer with World Within Studios.
Executive Producer and filmmaker. Latest feature: 2026 SXSW Official Selection. Short film: Academy Award nomination. Deep experience in production logistics, film financing, and distribution strategy. Has guided multiple independent projects from development through delivery. Financial and strategic backbone of this production.
Writer/director. Sundance and TIFF Fellow. Blacklist Finalist. Short film acquired by HBO. Raised over $2.8M in crowd-equity financing for independent features, including ISLE CHILD ($1.6M raised). Founder of The Vandalist. Brings proven crowd-equity systems — investor outreach, campaign architecture, operational infrastructure — to THE HUNGRY ONE.
Horror is the most consistently profitable genre in cinema. Contained budgets, passionate audiences, outsized returns when a film connects:
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Clover Films’ sales estimates are projections, not guarantees. These figures represent opportunities confirmed to date. As the film goes to market and is pitched to additional distributors, further territories may increase its box-office potential. Additional box-office potential is estimated at 25% of gross box office.
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Clover Films (Singapore) handles all media distribution in Singapore, theatrical through GSC Cinemas (Malaysia's largest chain), and coordinates Indonesia through their regional partner network. Profit-share arrangement, no conditions beyond delivery of the completed film.
Clover Films has distributed more than 200 movies, including the record-breaking Jackie Chan blockbuster CZ12, the top IO highest-grossing Chinese movie in the history of Singapore.
A mansion in Kuala Lumpur was scouted as the primary location for the Yang family manor — the imposing ancestral home at the heart of The Hungry One.
Surrounded by lush tropical grounds and possessing the scale, character and architectural depth required for the film, the property offers a striking blend of old-world grandeur and isolation. Its expansive interiors, corridors, stairways and surrounding grounds provide a natural canvas for the film’s escalating horror, allowing the manor to feel both beautiful and increasingly claustrophobic as Emily uncovers the family’s secrets.
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The Hungry One is a horror-thriller about Emily, an American trauma psychologist who travels with her husband Simon and their young son to the Yang family estate in rural Malaysia during the Hungry Ghost Festival. What begins as cultural discomfort with the family's rituals turns into a supernatural family horror story as an ancient secret begins to awaken.
$514,000 has been identified as reserved, committed and earned-on-delivery against a $714,000 budget. This includes $34,000 in Wefunder reservations, $300,000 in investor group and post-production equity commitments, and $180,000 in Malaysian FIMI cash rebate. The remaining balance shown in the project materials is $200,000.
The project materials identify $200,000 as the remaining amount this raise is funding.
No. Clover Films' sales estimates are projections, not guarantees. The return scenarios represent projected outcomes based on the assumptions provided, including projected theatrical performance and the Shudder US sale. Actual results may differ.
The project presents three scenarios:
Worse — $756,337 net revenue and 30.8% ROI.
Likely — $999,651 net revenue and 53.6% ROI.
Best — $2,095,194 net revenue and 156.2% ROI.
These are projections, not guaranteed outcomes.
The current scenarios identify the US through streaming, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Clover Films handles media distribution in Singapore, theatrical distribution through GSC Cinemas in Malaysia, and coordinates Indonesia through its regional partner network.
The return scenarios include a projected $270,000 net Shudder US sale across all three scenarios. The project materials identify this amount as a projection.
The project highlights the commercial performance of contained-budget horror films through comparable titles including Insidious, Talk to Me, Get Out and The Exorcism of God. The examples demonstrate that successful horror films can generate significant worldwide grosses relative to their production budgets. These comparable-film results are historical examples and do not guarantee the performance of The Hungry One.
Clover Films in Singapore handles media distribution in Singapore, theatrical distribution is planned through GSC Cinemas in Malaysia, and Indonesia is coordinated through Clover Films' regional partner network. The project materials describe the arrangement as a profit-share arrangement with no conditions beyond delivery of the completed film.
The project materials state that Clover Films has distributed more than 200 movies, including the Jackie Chan blockbuster CZ12, described in the project materials as the highest-grossing Chinese movie in Singapore.
The project materials identify Malaysia and New York City as production locations, with production, cast, crew, equipment and locations forming the largest portion of the stated production allocation.
The planned pathway is:
Script Lock → Director Attachment → Pre-Production → Principal Photography → Post-Production → Festival Submissions → Distribution
The distribution strategy includes festival exposure, international sales, North American distribution, streaming and VOD, and ancillary revenue opportunities.
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