In that film, which continued the supernatural trend, the heroine becomes engaged to the son of a wealthy family only to discover that they depend upon a child-ghost to protect their wealth. The family's only concern is its money; it will even harm its own younger members to hold onto it.
《雙瞳》的成功鼓舞了不少台灣電影人，2005 年的賣座國片《宅變》也承襲這股靈異風，內容是關於女主角進入豪門後，才發現男方家族為了維繫家業興盛，竟以飼養「小鬼」為手段，甚至不惜謀害自身後嗣，只求維繫家族富貴。