The Maid (Chinese: 女佣; pinyin: Nǚyōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-iong; Singaporean Hokkien 'domestic helper') is a 2005 Singaporean horror film, directed by Kelvin Tong, telling of a maid recently arrived in Singapore from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Seventh Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces. The maid is employed by a Teochew opera family, a family with many secrets, who give her a place to stay in their dilapidated shophouse. The film broke the box office record in Singapore for the horror genre, making S$700,000 on its opening weekend.