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* AudienceParticipation: Li Ronan encourages the viewer to play with optical illusions onscreen and invites them to chant the incantation along with her. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the lead up to the climax that the entire audience will be afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, but Ronan is hoping that the chanting will dilute the curse enough to keep her daughter and the audience from suffering serious ill effects.]]
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* AudienceParticipation: Played for Drama. Li Ronan encourages the viewer to play with optical illusions onscreen and invites them to chant the incantation along with her. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the lead up to the climax that the entire audience will be afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, but Ronan is hoping that the chanting will dilute the curse enough to keep her daughter and the audience from suffering serious ill effects.]]
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Did you decide to play along with Li Ronan when she started chanting?
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Did you decide to play along with Li Ronan when she started chanting? [[spoiler:Well, bad news, you've just been afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse.]]
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[[spoiler:Well, bad news, you've just been afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, though Ronan hopes that the participation number will be great enough that the worst effects of the curse will never hit the viewer.]]
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* NoFourthWallWillProtectYou: Did you decide to play along with Li Ronan when she started chanting? [[spoiler:Well, bad news, you've just been afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, though Ronan hopes that the participation number will be great enough that the worst effects of the curse will never hit the viewer.]]
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* NoFourthWallWillProtectYou: TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Did you decide to play along with Li Ronan when she started chanting? [[spoiler:Well, bad news, you've just been afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, though Ronan hopes that the participation number will be great enough that the worst effects of the curse will never hit the viewer.]]
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* NoFourthWallWillProtectYou: Did you decide to play along with Li Ronan when she started chanting? [[spoiler:Well, bad news, you've just been afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, though Ronan hopes that the participation number will be great enough that the worst effects of the curse will never hit the viewer.]]
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* CreepyChild: The girl the Chen clan are planning to sacrifice has some very odd mannerisms and keeps a box of pet frogs, though she comes across more as a normal child trying to make her own entertainment in an admittedly freaky situation.
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* OneWordTitle: Just "Incantation". Same goes for it's Mandarin title, ''zou'' (咒) which literally translates to it's English title.
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''Incantation'' is a 2022 Taiwanese found footage horror film, directed by Kevin Ko, and co-written by Ko and Chang Che-wei. The film centres around a woman called Li Ronan, who has recently regained custody of her daughter, nicknamed Dodo. The mother and daughter are targeted by supernatural forces, stemming from a curse placed on the family before Dodo's birth.
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''Incantation'' is a 2022 Taiwanese found footage horror ReligiousHorror film, directed by Kevin Ko, and co-written by Ko and Chang Che-wei. The film centres around a woman called Li Ronan, who has recently regained custody of her daughter, nicknamed Dodo. The mother and daughter are targeted by supernatural forces, stemming from a curse placed on the family before Dodo's birth.
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* AudienceParticipation: Li Ronan encourages the viewer to play with optical illusions onscreen and invites them to chant the incantation along with her. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the lead up to the climax that the entire audience is afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, but she's hoping that the effects will be diluted enough to keep Dodo and everyone else watching safe.]]
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* AudienceParticipation: Li Ronan encourages the viewer to play with optical illusions onscreen and invites them to chant the incantation along with her. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the lead up to the climax that the entire audience is will be afflicted by Mother-Buddha's curse, but she's Ronan is hoping that the effects chanting will be diluted dilute the curse enough to keep Dodo her daughter and everyone else watching safe.the audience from suffering serious ill effects.]]
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film was inspired by a case of[[https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/4252427 mass hysteria in Kaohsiung in 2005]] , in which members of a family were convinced they were possessed by various deities from Chinese folk religions, and accused each other of being demons.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film was inspired by a case of[[https://www.of [[https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/4252427 mass hysteria in Kaohsiung in 2005]] , 2005]], in which members of a family were convinced they were possessed by various deities from Chinese folk religions, and accused each other of being demons.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film was inspired by a case of mass hysteria in Kaohsiung in 2005, in which members of a family were convinced they were possessed by various deities from Chinese folk religions, and accused each other of being demons.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film was inspired by a case of of[[https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/4252427 mass hysteria in Kaohsiung in 2005, 2005]] , in which members of a family were convinced they were possessed by various deities from Chinese folk religions, and accused each other of being demons.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film was inspired by a case of mass hysteria in Kaohsiung in 2005, in which members of a family were convinced they were possessed by various deities from Chinese folk religions, and accused each other of being demons.
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* ArcWords: The eponymous incantation is repeated throughout the film. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that the incantation's purpose is to spread curses across multiple people, and thus lessen their effect.]]
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* ArcWords: The eponymous incantation is repeated throughout the film. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that the incantation's purpose is to spread curses across multiple people, and thus lessen their effect.dilute the effects.]]
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* Curse: The cause of the hauntings in the film.
* HauntedHeroine: Li Ronan is troubled by both her struggles with mental health and the malevolent entity determined to ruin her life.
* HauntedHeroine: Li Ronan is troubled by both her struggles with mental health and the malevolent entity determined to ruin her life.
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* Curse: {{Curse}}: The cause of the hauntings in the film.
* DemonicPossession: Mother-Buddha possesses several characters, which usually results in suicide.
* DontLookAtMe: Seeing Mother-Buddha's face is one way to contract the curse. Any character that sees it in person is possessed and driven to suicide.
* HauntedHeroine: Li Ronan is troubled by both her struggles with mental health and the malevolent entitydetermined to ruin hunting her life.family.
* DemonicPossession: Mother-Buddha possesses several characters, which usually results in suicide.
* DontLookAtMe: Seeing Mother-Buddha's face is one way to contract the curse. Any character that sees it in person is possessed and driven to suicide.
* HauntedHeroine: Li Ronan is troubled by both her struggles with mental health and the malevolent entity
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AnimalMotif: Caterpillars appear in many pivotal scenes.
ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight with Dodo. She is manipulated by supernatural forces, but aside from a sleepwalking scene in the beginning of the film, she is never portrayed as sinister beyond a child's normal behaviour.
CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Characters possessed by Mother-Buddha will commit suicide by bashing their heads repeatedly against the nearest hard object. Examples include a stone wall, a computer desk and an altar to the Mother-Buddha herself.]]
ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight with Dodo. She is manipulated by supernatural forces, but aside from a sleepwalking scene in the beginning of the film, she is never portrayed as sinister beyond a child's normal behaviour.
CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Characters possessed by Mother-Buddha will commit suicide by bashing their heads repeatedly against the nearest hard object. Examples include a stone wall, a computer desk and an altar to the Mother-Buddha herself.]]
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* AnimalMotif: Caterpillars appear in many pivotal scenes.
* ArcWords: The eponymous incantation is repeated throughout the film. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that the incantation's purpose is to spread curses across multiple people, and thus lessen their effect.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Li Ronan and Ming may be dead, and the audience may have contracted a supernatural curse, but the footage of Dodo implies that she is happy, and her burden has been lessened to the point where she can lead a normal life.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight with Dodo. She is manipulated by supernatural forces, but aside from a sleepwalking scene in the beginning of the film, she is never portrayed as sinister beyond a child's normal behaviour.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Characters possessed by Mother-Buddha will commit suicide by bashing their heads repeatedly against the nearest hard object. Examples include a stone wall, a computer desk and an altar to the Mother-Buddha herself.]]]]
* Curse: The cause of the hauntings in the film.
* HauntedHeroine: Li Ronan is troubled by both her struggles with mental health and the malevolent entity determined to ruin her life.
* WouldHurtAChild: Dodo isn't even born when Mother-Buddha sets her sights on her. There's also an unnamed child that the Chen clan are implied to be preparing as a sacrifice.
* ArcWords: The eponymous incantation is repeated throughout the film. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that the incantation's purpose is to spread curses across multiple people, and thus lessen their effect.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Li Ronan and Ming may be dead, and the audience may have contracted a supernatural curse, but the footage of Dodo implies that she is happy, and her burden has been lessened to the point where she can lead a normal life.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight with Dodo. She is manipulated by supernatural forces, but aside from a sleepwalking scene in the beginning of the film, she is never portrayed as sinister beyond a child's normal behaviour.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Characters possessed by Mother-Buddha will commit suicide by bashing their heads repeatedly against the nearest hard object. Examples include a stone wall, a computer desk and an altar to the Mother-Buddha herself.
* Curse: The cause of the hauntings in the film.
* HauntedHeroine: Li Ronan is troubled by both her struggles with mental health and the malevolent entity determined to ruin her life.
* WouldHurtAChild: Dodo isn't even born when Mother-Buddha sets her sights on her. There's also an unnamed child that the Chen clan are implied to be preparing as a sacrifice.
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[[caption-width-right:261:Hou-ho-xiu-yi, si-sei-wu-ma]]
''Incantation'' is a 2022 Taiwanese found footage horror film, directed by Kevin Ko, and co-written by Ko and Chang Che-wei. The film centres around a woman called Li Ronan, who has recently regained custody of her daughter, nicknamed Dodo. The mother and daughter are targeted by supernatural forces, stemming from a curse placed on the family before Dodo's birth.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
AnimalMotif: Caterpillars appear in many pivotal scenes.
ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight with Dodo. She is manipulated by supernatural forces, but aside from a sleepwalking scene in the beginning of the film, she is never portrayed as sinister beyond a child's normal behaviour.
CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Characters possessed by Mother-Buddha will commit suicide by bashing their heads repeatedly against the nearest hard object. Examples include a stone wall, a computer desk and an altar to the Mother-Buddha herself.]]
[[caption-width-right:261:Hou-ho-xiu-yi, si-sei-wu-ma]]
''Incantation'' is a 2022 Taiwanese found footage horror film, directed by Kevin Ko, and co-written by Ko and Chang Che-wei. The film centres around a woman called Li Ronan, who has recently regained custody of her daughter, nicknamed Dodo. The mother and daughter are targeted by supernatural forces, stemming from a curse placed on the family before Dodo's birth.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
AnimalMotif: Caterpillars appear in many pivotal scenes.
ChildrenAreInnocent: Played straight with Dodo. She is manipulated by supernatural forces, but aside from a sleepwalking scene in the beginning of the film, she is never portrayed as sinister beyond a child's normal behaviour.
CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Characters possessed by Mother-Buddha will commit suicide by bashing their heads repeatedly against the nearest hard object. Examples include a stone wall, a computer desk and an altar to the Mother-Buddha herself.]]
