Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo [Movie Review]

Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo [Movie Review] | Are You Brave Enough to Follow the Yellow Raincoat?

And hat would you do if a voice in the mist whispered, “This way…” while you're trying to find your way out of a dense wood?

Thank you Abnormal Studios for the invitation to the premiere of the movie. 

SYNOPSIS

Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo (2025) Trivia

• Original Title: 山忌黃衣小飛俠
• Starring: Jasper Liu, Angela Yuen & Yu-Ning Tsao
• Director: Chia-Ying Tsai
• Producer: Shin-Chi Chen
• Production Company: The Tag-Along

• Distributed by: Vie Vision Pictures 

• Release date: August 28, 2025
• Running time: 88 minutes
• Rating: R (for violent content/bloody images, some sexual content, and brief drug material)
• Country: Taiwan
• Language: Chinese
• IMDb: 5.8/ 10
• Tomatometer: NA
• Metascore: NA
• Inspired by Mountain Gremlins, one of Taiwan’s top three urban legends alongside the Little Girl in Red and the Fish with a Human Face. 
• The yellow raincoat is tied to forbidden rituals and exorcism practices in Taiwanese culture, making it eerily symbolic.
• The time loop wasn’t in the original script—it was added later to add psychological depth and make the film stand out from other mountain horrors.
• Filming happened in remote Taiwanese mountains that locals avoid after dark due to chilling ghost tales and mysterious disappearances.

An-wei is lost, exhausted, and desperate, deep within Taiwan’s mist-cloaked mountains—where whispers of the old world still linger and where hikers vanish without a trace. His steps are heavy, his breath ragged, and just as despair starts to claw at his soul, he sees it: a mysterious figure in a yellow raincoat emerging through the fog. The figure gestures, silently promising a way out. Trusting the unknown, An-wei makes the fateful decision to follow. And as the legend goes—those who follow never return. An-wei is gone. Forever.

Fast forward. The mountains welcome another pair of hikers, seemingly innocent and full of hope: Chia Ming and Yu Hsin. This trip is meant to be romantic—Chia Ming has an engagement ring tucked away, ready for the perfect moment to propose. But the mountain has its own plans. One wrong turn, one ignored warning, and their dream getaway becomes a nightmare beyond comprehension.

Yu Hsin dies. Brutally. In Chia Ming’s arms.

Before grief can even crush him, he wakes up—back in the lodge, like nothing happened. It was a dream… wasn’t it? Until it happens again. And again. No matter what he does, Yu Hsin still dies.

Chia Ming is trapped in a time loop from hell, forced to watch the love of his life die over and over again, powerless to change her fate. With every reset, the truth becomes harder to ignore: something—or someone—is playing with them. The answers lie buried in a hiking trip years ago, in the same mountains, with the same group of friends… and with An-wei, the one who disappeared.

Why is this happening? What ties them to the disappearance of An-wei years ago? And who – or what – is hiding behind that yellow raincoat?

If the mountains call, will you answer?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• Learning about the Taiwanese urban legend and how the movie makes it fresh. 
• Solid performance by beautiful cast.

What I Don't Like:

• The time loop and flashbacks can get a bit confusing if you’re not paying attention.

Will I Watch It Again: Yes, I would. 

Overall: 4.0/ 5.0

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