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Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language
2017 · 110 mins · Chinese
JustWatch #33,464 5
Directed by
Giddens Ko
Starring
Vivian Sung, Emerson Tsai, Kai Ko, Akio Chen, Wu Bi-Lian, Chien Te-Men

Shu-wei, an unpopular student often bullied at school, unexpectedly joins forces with his tormentors after they encounter two demonic sisters who prey on humans. They manage to capture one of the demons, but this act triggers the wrath of the other sister, who begins targeting anyone wearing a school uniform, leading to a terrifying and chaotic situation.

On this page (6)
  1. 1 Where to watch
  2. 2 Events in order (14)
  3. 3 Timeline questions answered
  4. 4 Movie threads
  5. 5 Movies like Mon Mon Mon Monsters
  6. 6 Every angle

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Where to Watch Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017)

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14 events in order · contains spoilers

Mon Mon Mon Monsters Timeline: Events in Chronological Order

Every key event of Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017) in order, scene by scene, with when and where it takes place. Use it to untangle flashbacks, time jumps and parallel storylines, to refresh your memory before the sequel or to find the exact scene you are thinking of.

  1. Lin Shuwei is framed and harassed at school

    Lin Shuwei is a meek, straight-A student with no friends who is framed for stealing the class funds and humiliated by a gang of bullies. The group, led by Renhao and including Wu Sihua, Liao Kuoheng, and Yeh Weichu, spreads the shame across the school. Lin secretly records part of the encounter on his phone, hoping for proof, but the humiliation continues.

    When
    Early in the story
    Where
    School / Classroom
  2. Lin confronts the bullies at the pool hideout

    Lin confronts the bullies at their make-shift hideout in the maintenance room of the school's abandoned swimming pool. Renhao mockingly confesses to the crime, while Sihua frames Lin further by staging a perverse act and taking photos. Lin's phone records the confrontation, capturing essential evidence.

    When
    Evening
    Where
    Abandoned swimming pool maintenance room
  3. Ms. Lee proposes a grim solution

    Ms. Lee, a devout Buddhist teacher, proposes a grim solution: Lin should take the blame and the three male bullies will work with him, under the pretense of making the four of them 'popular'. She assigns them to do community service so that the four boys are kept close.

    When
    Next day
    Where
    Classroom
  4. The four start community service with the elderly

    The four begin community service at an elderly home, feeding residents. The bullies abuse the elders, painting faces and forcing them to fight as part of a cruel game, while Lin initially participates but gradually feels drawn into the group.

    When
    Following day
    Where
    Elderly home
  5. Box discovery and the ghoul warning

    That night they find a locked box at the elderly home and plan to return to break it open. While leaving, they encounter a pair of flesh-eating ghouls living in the building's elevator shaft; a younger ghoul is struck by a car and carried back to their hideout.

    When
    Night
    Where
    Elderly home / street
  6. The younger ghoul awakens and is restrained

    Back at the maintenance room, the younger ghoul reawakens, showing regenerative powers and the ability to climb walls. The bullies restrain her, chaining her to a pillar and sealing her mouth with a plate.

    When
    Night
    Where
    Maintenance room
  7. The younger ghoul’s mystery deepens

    Lin begins researching the ghouls, identifying the younger one as Lee Shiu Jen, who disappeared in 1985 alongside her sister, known as the Voodoo Master. He uncovers their brutal history and learns that the ghouls were once human.

    When
    Next day
    Where
    School library
  8. Blood experiments and the monster’s power

    Renhao and the others extract samples from the captive ghoul and study them in the school lab, noting the lack of red blood cells and the presence of spores. They observe that contact with normal blood causes the blackened cells to spread, and that sunlight can cause the cells to combust.

    When
    Following day
    Where
    School lab
  9. Classroom discipline turns violent

    A prank on Lin leads Renhao to violently attack him in front of the class, prompting Ms. Lee to intervene. The bullies escalate and poison Ms. Lee’s drink with the monster’s blood, increasing their cruelty and detachment.

    When
    Same day
    Where
    Classroom / School
  10. Ms. Lee dies and the media reports it

    Ms. Lee becomes severely ill and dies after a basketball game, bleeding black and combusting upon sun exposure. News footage of the incident circulates, and the elder ghoul notices the school uniform on screen, hinting at the broader threat.

    When
    Evening
    Where
    School / News
  11. The elder ghoul’s rampage begins

    The elder ghoul hunts students wearing the school uniform, ambushing a student at a vending machine and later slaughtering a bus full of students. Sihua is on the bus and manages to photograph the monster, but she is killed in the attack.

    When
    Evening
    Where
    Bus / School vicinity
  12. The plan to trap the ghouls and Lin’s sabotage

    The remaining bullies decide to lock both ghouls in the maintenance room and douse them with gasoline to burn them alive. Lin sabotages the plan by enabling an escape, determined to do one thing right in his life and avoid becoming like his tormentors.

    When
    Night
    Where
    Maintenance room
  13. The dawn sacrifice and Lin’s final act

    Under the rising sun, the younger ghoul burns as the elder sister shields her, and the two die in each other’s arms. Lin leaves the maintenance room, having witnessed the sisters' final moments.

    When
    Dawn
    Where
    Maintenance room
  14. Lin’s ultimate act and the class’s downfall

    Later, Lin is assigned to lunch duty and continues to be tormented by his peers. He poisons the rest of the class’s soup with the monster’s blood and then stands up to scream as he combusts, with his classmates burning in the background.

    When
    Day
    Where
    Lunchroom / Classroom

Last updated: October 01, 2025 at 13:07

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Timeline questions answered

Mon Mon Mon Monsters Timeline Explained: Your Questions Answered

When does it happen, and why in that order? The questions people ask about the chronology of Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017): time jumps, flashbacks, cause and effect between scenes and the correct order of events, each answered with spoilers.

Q1

Why did the bullies frame Lin for stealing the class funds?

The bullies framed Lin simply because it was fun. When Lin confronts Ren-Hao at the pool hideout, Ren-Hao mockingly admits to the theft and reveals he needed the money to tune Guo Feng's motorcycle scooter. The framing was entirely for cruel entertainment, with no deeper motive beyond enjoying Lin's suffering.

  • bullying
  • Ren-Hao
  • frame
  • theft
  • motivation
Q2

How did the younger ghoul end up captured by the boys?

While leaving the elderly home after discovering the locked box, the boys encountered flesh-eating ghouls living in the elevator shaft. The younger ghoul was struck by a car and knocked unconscious, allowing the bullies to carry her back to their hideout in the maintenance room.

Foreshadowing: Earlier in the story, the boys find a mysterious locked box at the elderly home, drawing them back there at night.

  • ghoul
  • capture
  • elderly home
  • elevator shaft
  • monster
Q3

Why did the elder ghoul start targeting students wearing school uniforms?

After seeing the news footage of Ms. Lee's death, which showed her wearing a school uniform, the elder ghoul associated the uniform with the humans who captured her sister. This triggered her revenge campaign against anyone wearing school uniforms, including the bus massacre that killed Sihua.

Foreshadowing: The news broadcast showing Ms. Lee collapsing in her school uniform directly precedes the elder ghoul's targeting of students.

  • elder ghoul
  • school uniform
  • revenge
  • students
  • bus
Q4

What happened to Ms. Lee and how did she die?

The bullies poisoned Ms. Lee's drink with the younger ghoul's blood after she tried to intervene in Ren-Hao's violent attack on Lin. Later, during a basketball game, Ms. Lee collapsed and began bleeding black from within. She then combusted from sunlight exposure, dying a horrific death that was captured on video and aired on the news.

Foreshadowing: Earlier experiments in the school lab revealed that sunlight causes the ghoul's blackened cells to ignite, a weakness that would later claim Ms. Lee's life.

  • Ms. Lee
  • poison
  • ghoul blood
  • sunlight
  • death
Q5

Why did Lin decide to release the ghouls instead of letting them burn?

When the bullies planned to trap both ghouls in the maintenance room and burn them alive with gasoline, Lin secretly sabotaged the plan. He enabled the younger ghoul's escape because he wanted to do at least one thing right in his life and realized becoming like his tormentors would make him just as cruel.

Foreshadowing: Lin had been gradually drawn into the bullies' group but remained troubled by their actions, showing reluctance during the abuse of elderly residents.

  • Lin
  • release
  • ghouls
  • escape
  • moral choice
Q6

What caused the younger ghoul to burn in sunlight?

Earlier experiments in the school lab revealed that the ghouls' cells lack red blood cells and contain spores that ignite when exposed to sunlight. When Lin opened a window to let sunlight into the maintenance room during the climax, the younger ghoul was unable to survive the sun's rays and burned to death, with her elder sister desperately trying to shield her.

Foreshadowing: The school lab experiments specifically showed that sunlight causes the ghouls' cells to combust, a critical weakness discovered before the climax.

  • younger ghoul
  • sunlight
  • burn
  • cells
  • weakness
Q7

Why did Lin poison the class soup at the end of the movie?

Despite the bullies' demise, Lin's classmates continued to torment him, showing no change in their cruelty. Lin kept the vial used to poison Ms. Lee and dumped the remaining ghoul blood into the class's soup, contaminating everyone. He then stood up and combusted along with his classmates, choosing mass murder-suicide as his final act.

Foreshadowing: Ren-Hao had warned Lin that he could kill him in a million ways, and the earlier poisoning of Ms. Lee demonstrated how ghoul blood could be used as a weapon.

  • Lin
  • poison
  • soup
  • class
  • combustion
  • revenge
Q8

What was the significance of Sihua's photograph before she died?

Sihua was on the bus when the elder ghoul attacked. Before being killed, she managed to photograph the monster's bracelet, which contained her sister’s teeth, a visual confirmation that linked the elder ghoul to the captured younger sister. This photograph served as evidence of the ghoul's identity but did not save Sihua from her fate.

Foreshadowing: The elder ghoul's rampage was specifically triggered by her younger sister's captivity, making the teeth bracelet a symbol of the sisters' connection.

  • Sihua
  • photograph
  • bracelet
  • teeth
  • elder ghoul
Q9

Why did the boys use a Sun Yat-sen portrait to restrain the younger ghoul?

The boys discovered that the younger ghoul could not move when placed in front of a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, which served as a spiritual barrier. They used this to keep her immobilized and chained to a pillar in the maintenance room while they conducted their experiments.

  • Sun Yat-sen
  • portrait
  • restraint
  • ghoul
  • immobilize

Movie threads

More Movies Like Mon Mon Mon Monsters, by Mood & Story

Curated lists built around what makes Mon Mon Mon Monsters tick: the same mood, the same kind of story or the same emotional payoff. Each list explains why these movies belong together.

Movies about moral decay like Mon Mon Mon Monsters

Stories where characters spiral into cruelty, blurring the lines between victim and villain. If you were fascinated by the moral collapse in Mon Mon Mon Monsters, explore these other movies. They feature characters who spiral into darkness, stories of revenge that backfire, and bleak narratives about the loss of innocence. Find similar films about bullying, psychological trauma, and the consequences of cruelty.

  • cruel
  • desperate
  • vengeful
  • brutal
  • psychological
  • traumatic
  • Tone: dark, bleak
  • Pacing: fast, relentless
Why these movies?

The story pattern: Narratives in this thread typically follow a downward spiral. A catalyst, often trauma or abuse, pushes a character over the edge. They may start as victims but gradually adopt the monstrous behaviors of their oppressors. The journey is linear towards darkness, with the central conflict being the character's internal battle against their own emerging brutality, a battle they usually lose.

Why they belong together: These movies are grouped together because they share a core theme of moral disintegration. They create a similar experience of uncomfortable tension and heavy emotional weight, forcing viewers to confront the capacity for evil within seemingly ordinary people. The tone is consistently dark, and the endings are often bleak, offering no easy redemption.

Chaotic horror-comedies like Mon Mon Mon Monsters

Fast-paced horror-comedies where monstrous chaos exposes human folly. Fans of the chaotic monster mayhem and dark humor in Mon Mon Mon Monsters will enjoy these picks. Discover similar fast-paced stories where humans foolishly provoke supernatural forces, leading to brutal and gruesome consequences. These movies mix high-intensity horror with a bleak, comedic tone.

  • chaotic
  • gruesome
  • anxious
  • horrifying
  • dark humor
  • brutal
  • Tone: dark, gruesome
  • Pacing: fast, chaotic
Why these movies?

The story pattern: The narrative pattern involves a foolish or arrogant act by humans that unleashes a monstrous force. The story then becomes a frantic, fast-paced scramble for survival, filled with violent set pieces and grotesque encounters. The human characters are often their own worst enemies, making disastrous decisions that amplify the chaos. The humor is derived from the sheer absurdity and desperation of their plight.

Why they belong together: These films are grouped by their unique blend of high-intensity horror and darkly comedic tone. They share a fast pacing that creates a sense of relentless chaos and a visceral, often gruesome, atmosphere. The experience is one of chaotic dread, where laughter is nervous and the situation is always spiraling out of control.

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