"Strange Stories of Layuan Village" tells the story of Chen Mo, a lost traveler who accidentally broke into a strange village. When his car broke down in the barren mountains and he followed vague road signs into Layuan Village, a "Residential Rules" full of taboos became his only survival guide - you can only take the left side of the fork in the road, people in red shirts are not allowed to respond, the midnight well must not be approached, and the cry for help from the abandoned mill is a fatal trap...
This village shrouded in gray and blue tones hides countless secrets that subvert common sense: unblinking children wander around the closed playground, black corn strings hang under the eaves of an unoccupied house, figures in raincoats work eerily on the field ridges in sunny days, and behind the lightly-knocked door at night are "visitors" without shadows. The villagers abide by the rules numbly, with empty eyes, as if they are controlled by invisible forces, and those rules that are broken will always come back in the most terrifying way.
Chen Mo struggled in fear. He had to follow the rules to survive, but he couldn't help but explore the truth behind the rules: Why is this village cursed? What are the villagers hiding? What are those indescribable "existences"? As he goes deeper, more strange events occur one after another, and he gradually discovers that his arrival may not be accidental. The secrets of Layuan Village are intertwined with the past that he does not want to touch...
Intention: When rules become constraints, some people sink and some wander to the edge, but small kindness and courage are the glimmers of humanity that remain.