Singapore Synopsis
Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the cosmopolitan city state of Singapore to work as a maid. Her employers Mr and Mrs Teo runs a Chinese Teochew dialect opera troupe takes well to their new domestic help. So do their mentally disabled son, Ah Soon. In Chinese superstition, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as the month when the gates of hell open for forsaken spirits to walk the earth for 30 days. Unknown to Rosa, she arrives on the eve and her hell is about to begin.
Other Titles From MediaCorp Raintree Pictures
The 2000s Singapore Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Maid premiered. 12 total titles in this decade from Singapore.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #17 of 32 Singapore films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Singapore Horror productions specifically: #1 of 5 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Singapore |
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| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English, Tagalog |
| Production Companies | MediaCorp Raintree Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | August 18, 2005 |
| IMDb | tt0474791 |