They Wait

They Wait is a 2007 Canadian horror film directed by Ernie Barbarash. It stars Jaime King as a mother attempting to find the truth and save her son when threatened by spirits during the Chinese tradition of Ghost Month. The other leading star is Chinese Canadian actor Terry Chen, who plays her husband. It was both filmed, and set, in the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia in Canada, and was featured at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Married couple Sarah (King) and Jason (Chen), and son Sammy (Oey), travel to Vancouver for the funeral of Uncle Raymond (Foo). During this time, Sammy begins to see ghosts and falls gravely ill, his illness coinciding with the Chinese festival of Ghost Month. After traditional western medicine fails to help Sammy, Sarah turns to a mysterious pharmacist who tells her that her son is held in a death grip by a living corpse. Sarah now must find what the spirits want before the last day of Ghost Month, or Sammy will be lost forever. Cast Terry Chen as Jason Jaime King as Sarah Regan Oey as Sammy Cheng Pei-pei as Aunt Mei Henry O as Pharmacist Colin Foo as Raymond Chang Tseng as Xiang Vicky Huang as Shen Michael Biehn as Blake Donald Fong as Ben Wally Houn as Pang Stephen M.D. Chang as Funeral Director Donny Lucas as Sam's Doctor Suzanne Bastien as Nurse #1 Erika Conway as Nurse #2 Grace Fatkin as Receptionist Joseph May as Paramedic Yee Jee Tso as Pharmacy Store Clerk Paul Wu as Young Raymond Maggie Ma as Young Mei Nelson Wong as Young Ben Vincent Tong as Young Xiang Igor Ingelsman as Worker