A dismissed Vietnamese filmmaker, tagged as a hack and overlooked in his own industry, accepts an impossible assignment: shoot a 35-minute zombie horror film in a single continuous take, broadcast live, with a chaotic cast and crew. As the production unravels around him, the line between performance and survival blurs in a story about ambition, family, and the price of being underestimated.
The Blood Moon Feast 8 (Vietnamese: Đại Tiệc Trăng Máu 8) is a 2026 Vietnamese horror-comedy written and directed by Phan Gia Nhật Linh, produced by Charlie Nguyễn and Ken Ochiai. It is a Vietnamese-language remake of Shin'ichirō Ueda's Japanese cult hit One Cut of the Dead (2017). Despite the "8" in the title, the film is a standalone work sharing only the Tiệc Trăng Máu franchise branding, not a direct sequel.
The film follows Tâm OK (Vân Sơn), a fast-and-cheap director nicknamed for his "trash filmmaker" reputation, who is tasked with directing a 35-minute one-take zombie film for a live-streaming platform. The ensemble includes Miu Lê, Liên Bỉnh Phát, Lê Khánh, Hứa Vĩ Văn, Hồng Ánh, Đức Khuê, Quốc Khánh, Lâm Thanh Mỹ, and Korean actor Kim Kang-woo.
Set across a single Vietnamese film shoot, the film explores themes of artistic ambition, professional disrespect, family, industry pressure, and the craft of filmmaking. Produced by Anh Tèo Studio, Chánh Phương Phim, and HKFilm, it is suited to fans of meta-comedies, behind-the-scenes filmmaking stories, and Vietnamese popular cinema.
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The film is an official reimagining of Shin'ichirō Ueda's 2017 cult smash One Cut of the Dead, but made with what festival programmers called a "more substantial budget" than the original's famously micro-budget production.
The plot follows a struggling director nicknamed the "king of trash movies" who must shoot a 35-minute zombie film live, in one single unbroken take, to win back the respect of his art-loving daughter — with the behind-the-scenes chaos becoming the real story.
Phan Gia Nhat Linh handled both screenplay and directing duties, casting established Vietnamese comedy stars including Van Son, Quang Minh, and Le Khanh in key roles.
The film premiered in Vietnamese theaters on April 24, 2026, before Eastern Edge Films and Skyline rolled it out in North American cinemas on May 22, 2026 — a rare day-and-date strategy that gave its home market a four-week head start.