Year Beast (2020)

The atmosphere of the Spring Festival in Hujiazhuang gradually fades out with abnormal coldness and heat in weather. Luo Chuan, a young cheerful and unrestrained guy that dances lion dance, dreams of carrying forward lion dance skills, but he often makes mistakes for that. In this way, he is considered by the village chief Hu Changli as a threat to the village’s safety. Wu, a Nian, accidentally comes to the human world, and steals the head of the lion, which is the heirloom. In order to get it back, Luo Chuan meets Xi, a rat immortal that comes down to the human world to seize the Nian. Gradually, Luo Chuan and Xi find that the beast isn’t horrible. But out of anxiety to protect the village, Hu Changli is tricked by the Soul Eating Monster, becomes demonic, and forms a conspiracy against Nian...