Monday, June 20, 2011
TA-KIEN
During an animal hunting, Wittaya and Lokrai have a scary encounter with Nang Ta-Kian, the guardian of the forest. Some time later, Tong Kam, Lokrai's son falls in love with Vittaya's daughter Porn; however, Vittaya goes instead for Trai, a civil engineer who has come to the village to coordinate the construction of a dam. As soon as the dam is completed, the village is threatened with a flood and Wittaya is asked to clear every tree, including a big scary Ta-Kian tree. But soon after he starts his task, awful events begin to take place and everyone close to him seem to be in danger. Wittaya then decides to plant a tree stub in order to appease the wrath of Ta-Kian and thus break the spell. Nonetheless, more things are yet to come his way and the spirit has more to do before letting them continue in peace.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
HAUNTED UNIVERSITIES
The film is an anthology of horror stories set around university campuses or that supposedly happened to university students in different contexts. In the main story, Muay, a college student, decides to work as a volunteer for a forensic foundation based in Bangkok. Her job consists in dealing with corpses throughout the night. As her first night goes one, she finds herself involved in some scary urban legends.
*In the first story, four people entered a university at night and discover that one of the girls' bathroom located on the fifth floor has a shrine. One of them tells that it has always been possessed by the ghost of a student who committed suicide on that bathroom before. Now, the four of them have to somehow manage to get out of there alive.
*In the second story, a strange red elevator inside a university seems to be haunting Noknoi, one of the students. Whenever she uses the elevator, she becomes overwhelmed by strange visions of blood and ghosts. However, as the story goes on, she discovers that her mission is to end with the haunting and give peace to the spirits within it.
*The third story tells about, a medical student named Prasert who must learn how to deal with dead corpses as part of his medicine studies. For such endeavor, he has to stay inside a morgue day and night. To make things even worse, his friend Jok accompany him but with the cruel intention of constantly playing pranks on him.
*Finally, in the fourth story, Saa meets a stranger guy using her webcam chat. As they maintain a seemingly playful conversation, the guy feels insulted and threatens to murder her. Later on, while eating outside, Saa meets up with the guy in real life, and at first, he appears to be friendly even saving her from some weird bikers. After the man offers to take her home, every thing becomes very strange and it seems that Saa's life is in constant jeopardy.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
2022 TSUNAMI

2022 Tsunami is a 2009 Thai drama|disaster film directed by Toranong Srichua, and starring Prinya Wongsilp, Chumporn Teppitak, Suchao Pongwilai, and Pisarn Srimunkhong.
In the year 2022 the Thailand tsunami warning system starts having evidence of a possible world wide disaster caused by volcanic eruption and earthquakes. Doctor Siam, one of the chief scientists at the center, manages to make accurate forecasts but fails to convince a prompt evacuation of many cities. At 09.45 AM on 13 April, 2022, earthquakes happen at the same time all around the world, followed by many big tsunamis, leaving thousands of deaths.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
HOSPITAL

Hospital is a 2005 Thai horror film directed by Pipat Jomkoh, and starring Pimalrat Pisalyabutra, Werapahp Supahppaibul, Apisada Kruakongka, and Jaturong Kolimart.
Three friends decide to go on a trip to the countryside; but one of them starts to tell ghost stories and scares the driver who ends up crashing the car against a truck. Once they wake up at the hospital, two of them discover that there is something that is no going quite well at the place. Some of the residents of the hospital look rather ghastly and the friends begin to fear for their lives. However, the truth about the hospital is far more gruesome that they can imagine.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
ZEE OUI

Zee Oui is a 2004 Thai drama|thriller film directed by Buranee Rachjaibun and Nida Suthat Na Ayutthaya, and starring Long Duan, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Chatchai Plengpanich, and Surasak Chai-Aut.
Li Hui is a Chinese immigrant, who decides to go to Thailand in search for a better life. However, since the very first day, he encounters only discrimination and racism from the people around him. Soon, his asthma, that he has suffered for many years, worsens and is leading him to madness. Driven completely out of his mind, Li Hui begins to kill children, believing that if he eats their heart he will finally be cured.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
THE COMMITMENT

The Commitment is a 2004 Thai horror film co-written and directed by Montri Kong-Im, and starring Sarinya Boonprasert, Prangthong Changdham, Thitima Maliwan, Viritipa Pakdeeprasong, and Phintusuda Tunphairao.
A group of friends decide to go outside Bangkok and visit a local abandoned house. It is believed that the house is inhabited by a spirit who has the power to grant wishes, if promised the appropriate offerings. While some of their friends make sure they provide the promised offerings after their wishes are fulfilled, Muay, Pin, and Moss seem not to believe and are not so diligent. Soon, all three experience a series of bloody manifestations, in which they clearly see an angry and vengeful spirit determined to collect what has been offered. However, It is not until the end that the true outcome of Moss' recklessness becomes clear.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
VENGEANCE

Vengeance is a 2006 Thai fantasy|horror film directed by Preaw Sirisuwan, and starring Nattanun Jantarawetch, Chalad Na Songkhla, and Sorachai Sang-aakaat.
After some criminals break out from jail, a young police man and his team start tracking down the ruthless criminals. During the persecution, they enter a mysterious jungle that is said to be a cursed forest where strange animals dwell. There, the police men discover a strange world where mythic creatures exist along with strange people; it seems that the curse of an ancient treasure is true, and some more secrets are yet to be revealed. It becomes clear that they have become involved in a dangerous mission to survive and be able to go back to their world.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
NANG NAK

Nang Nak is a 1999 Thai drama|horror film directed by Nonzee Nimibutr, and starring Intira Jaroenpura, Winai Kraibutr, and Manit Meekaewjaroen.
In a remote Thailand village, Mak, a young family man, is sent to war and leaves his pregnant wife, Nak, behind. During the war, Mak is badly injured and barely survives thanks to the help of some local monks. When he finally returns home to his wife and child, mysterious events seem to be occurring everywhere around the village. Right after one of his friends approaches Mak to tell him that something happened to his wife during childbirth, everybody who attempts to talk to him thereafter is killed. Soon, Mak will realize the truth about his wife and he will be the only one who can stop the evil forces around him and his family.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
RAHTREE REBORN

Rahtree Reborn is a 2009 Thai horror|comedy film directed by Yuthlert Sippapak, and starring Laila Boonyasak, Mario Maurer, and Chantana Kittiyapan. The film is the third installment in the Rahtree movie series that started in 2003 with Rahtree: Flower of the Night.
An evil spirit has reincarnated in a young girl's body. It seems that the only purpose of the spirit is to get rid of all men around Bangkok. Meanwhile, a young man Rang is in search of his childhood love. However, Rang's ability to see ghosts takes him to meet the killer young girl. Later on, it appears that there is a strange connection between the little girl and Rang's beloved and long since missed Buppha.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD

The Spiritual World is a 2008 Thai horror film directed by Tharatap Thewsomboon, and starring Anuchit Sapanpong, and Nuttamonkan Srinikornchot.
Ever since she was a young girl Ming has been able to see ghosts and contact the dead. However, for 15 years now she has been running away from a mysterious seemingly vengeful ghost that keeps following her. One day, she meets Budd, who wants Ming to contact his father and find out the truth behind his death. The police reported Budd's dad's death as suicide; but he believes it was a murder. Even though Ming doesn't really want to help, the presence of Budd in her life brings back terrible memories from her past. Now she's finally going to face the truth behind her more terrible visions.
Monday, November 23, 2009
BLACK NIGHT

Black Night (Hak Yae) is an Asian horror film co-written and diredted by Takahiko Akiyama, Tanit Jitnukul and Patrick Leung; and starring Annie Liu, Dylan Kuo, Takashi Kashiwabara, Asaka Seto, Pitchanart Sakakorn, and Athipan Chantapichai. The film is a Hong Kong, Japanese and Thai co-production. It is divided into three unrelated segments.
Next Door (Hong Kong): directed by Patrick Leung. Starring Annie Liu, Dylan Kuo Pin Chao, and Race Wong.
Jane returns home after three months and decides to look for her boyfriend, Joe. However, she soon discovers that he is having an affair with his beautiful next-door neighbor, Hosie. But there is something about Hosie that none of them knows and it's about to make their lives miserable.
Dark Hole (Japan): directed by Takahiko Akiyama. Starring Takashi Kashiwabara, Asaka Seto, and Tomorowo Taguchi.
Yuki has lately been suffering from terrifying nightmares. One day, a boy in a yellow poncho who appears in her nightmares makes himself present in her real life. After this event, flashbacks regarding Yuki's past begin to haunt her. Encouraged by Satoshi, her boyfriend, Yuki decides to finally go see a psychiatrist. Under her doctor's hypnosis, she starts to reveal about the secrets of her past, and the real reasons behind her nightmares.
The Lost Memory (Thailand): directed by Tanit Jitnukul. Starring Pitchanart Sakakorn, Kajonsak Ratananisai, and Nutsha Bootsri.
Prang, a single mother living with her son, lives in constant paranoia, after a car accident. To make things even worst, she keeps having visions of a strange woman. Later, she realizes the woman is her friend and decides to trace back her past and try to remember whatever happened before the accident.
Friday, November 6, 2009
MEAT GRINDER

Meat Grinder is a 2009 Thai horror/gore film directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong, and starring Mai Charoenpura, Rattanaballang Tohssawat, and Duangta Tungkamanee.
Even though she looks like a normal woman, Buss lives a difficult life full of tension and stress; however, she manages to work hard for her only daughter. One day, while she was working as a noodle soup seller, she encounters a chaos in town and is eventually rescued by Attapol who later becomes her close friend, and helps her in her new noodle soup mini-restaurant. Later on, after Buss discovers the body of a man who died while hiding in her stall during the downtown chaos, she decides to include a new ingredient into her soup. Soon her secret recipe is introduced, and Buss gains many customers and reputation due to her delicious noodle soup.
Friday, October 30, 2009
THE SISTERS

The Sisters is a 2004 Thai horror film directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong, and starring Liliana Marie Albert, Kriangsak Klaewkla, Thanadet Meeprasert, Chalad Na Songkhla, and Piyathida Woramusik.
After a performance around Bangkok, a group of rock musicians check in at a local hotel. But soon after they enter the room, they make a disturbing discovery inside it. Visions of a demonic-eyed woman inside an air duct lead the musicians to a Buddhist monk, who shares with them the story of a brutal crime and a deadly curse. Later on, they see themselves haunted by an evil revengeful spirit and they must set out to solve the mystery behind a prostitute's murder and save their own lives.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
303 FEAR FAITH REVENGE

303 Fear Faith Revenge is a 1998 Thai drama/horror film directed by Somching Srisupap, and starring Ananda Everingham, Artid Ryu, Prinya Intachai, and Taya Rogers.
The new students at St. George Catholic school discover that there is a mystery surrounding the death of one of the seniors some time ago. As the students decide to investigate the apparent suicide of the young man, they make use of some sort of Thai Ouija board that tells them that the senior student didn't commit suicide but was killed instead. Later on, as the young men continue their research on the case, they begin to die one by one inexplicably.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
THE EYE 10

The Eye 10 is a 2005 Hong Kong/Thai horror/comedy film directed by the Pang Brothers (Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang) and starring Isabella Leong, Bo-lin Chen, Ray MacDonald, Kate Yeung, Yu Gu, and Bongkoj Khongmalai. Despite the number 10 in its name, the film is actually the third installment in The Eye movie trilogy. The movie takes place after the events in The Eye and The Eye 2.
The film tells about five teenagers who come across and read a book titled The Ten Encounters, which explains 10 different methods for seeing the dead. Hence, the name of the film. While visiting a friend in Thailand, a group of youngsters from Hong Kong decide to play with Thai's beliefs about seeing the dead. Chongkwai, their Thai friend, shows them a mysterious book he bought that details ten ways to see spirits and all of them decide to follow the procedures. But when one of them vanishes, one of the girls tries to find him, and the rest prefer to run back to Hong Kong to escape a possible curse. But the spirits do not leave them and insist to play with them even back in their homeland. As the girl that stayed at Thailand is reported missing, the two youngsters who went back to Hong Kong decide to return to Thailand to try to stop seeing ghosts and find their missing friends.
Friday, October 16, 2009
THE FATALITY

The Fatality is a 2009 thriller film; it is a Thai/Taiwanese co-production directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong, and starring Kenji Wu, Pitchanart Sakhakorn, Matt Wu, Somlek Sakikul, and Sam Lee.
A mentally unstable 30 year old Taiwanese man decides to kill himself only to wake up out of a coma in a small hospital in Thailand. Upon waking up, the man discovers he is in somebody else's body and a woman bedside him calling him Assanee. But that's not his real name. Soon he realizes he can speak Mandarin and English but doesn't understand a word of Thai. Despite the inconvenient, his new life seems perfect as he now has a stable job, a healthy body and a beautiful wife. But it is not his own life and his own body and it won't take too long until the two souls start to fight for the control of the body. As Sue Yong explores more on Assanee's life, he starts developing some sort of unnatural powers over life and death.
Monday, October 12, 2009
GHOST MOTHER

Ghost Mother is a 2007 Thai horror film directed by Tharathorn Siripanwaraporn, and starring Patcharapa Chaichua, Thana Suttikamon, Focus Jeerakul, and Natnischa Cerdchoobuphakaree.
After their mom left them to go abroad, and their father was killed in a drug-dealing incident, three children are left in the caring hands of their beloved aunt. However, while the police are still trying to find out the motives behind their father's assassination, their aunt is also kidnapped and eventually killed by the same gang. But, it seems that the children won't be alone forever and their aunt's love will stay with them at least until their father's wrongdoers are behind bars.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
DEVIL SPECIES

Devil Species is a 2004 Thai horror film directed by Poom Opium, and starring Suchao Phongwilai, Leana Christensaint, Chalita Chunphu, and Oliver Fever.
Dr. Diana and her father Dr. Rung have just come back from Switzerland as they received an award for their newly discovered snake bite serum. When the two doctors return to their native Thailand, they keep working in their lab filled with reptiles and a fish tank containing the body of a mutated snake-like woman. The female monster is from the opening sequence, where a woman was bitten by some sort of snake and became one herself. The doctors are keeping the monster as they want to study it. However, while manipulating some poisonous substances, Dr. Rung ends up getting sprayed in the face by the devil snake-like woman's venom and goes on to become a fanged snake-man monster who is ready to kill everyone.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
THREE

Three (a.k.a. Three...Extremes II) is a 2002 Asian horror film. Despite its international name, the film is actually the original movie and predecessor in name and concept to the more famous Three...Extremes released in 2004. The movie consists of three segments directed by three different directors and in three different languages in the following order:
Memories, South Korean segment directed by Ji-woon Kim, and starring Hye-su Kim, Bo-seok Jeong, and Jeong-won Choi.
The Wheel, Thai segment directed by Nonzee Nimibutr, and starring Suwinit Panjamawat, Kanyavae Chatiawaipreacha, and Pornchai Chuvanon.
Going Home, Hong Kong segment directed by Peter Chan, and starring Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, and Eugenia Yuan.
MEMORIES
In the first short, a woman wakes up on a street and she is totally disoriented. She has no idea where she is and how to get back home. Meanwhile, a husband cannot remember why his wife left him and he has no idea what connections there are between her disappearance and his constant visions of a black haired creepy-looking woman.
THE WHEEL
After a Thai puppet master dies one of his disciples take over. Later one, he realizes that his master didn't die an ordinary death; he died because of a curse, a curse brought about by the improper ownership of ancient puppets. It seems that the puppets belong to their proper master, and whoever dares to claim them will suffer a horrible death.
GOING HOME
In Hong Kong a single father decides to move to a new apartment complex with his son. Since they first move, the young kid senses that there is something that's not quite right about their neighbors. After the little boy gets lost, his father decides to look for him only to end up being kidnap by a crazy neighbor who thinks he can resurrect his long since dead wife.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
999-9999

999-9999 is a 2002 Thai horror film co-written and directed by Peter Manus, and starring Chulachak Chakrabongse, Sririta Jensen, Paula Taylor, Thepparit Raiwin, Norajan Sangigern, and Titinun Keatanakon.
Right after Rainbow enters her new school in Phuket, Thailand, her new classmates decide to contact her and ask her to join their little gang. The main interest of her new friends is to discover whatever happened in her formal school at Chiang Mai where one of the students was found impaled in the school's flagpole. After a little Truth or Dare-like game Rainbow finally decide to tell them the truth about the accident. It seems that the victim, right before dying, received a call on her cell phone from the number 999-9999. According to Rainbow, everybody who calls that number is supposed to have their wishes fulfilled. Despite Rainbow's explanation, her new friends decide to call the number and later on one by one all of them call the number and ultimately die. At the end, only Rainbow and her friend Sun are left alive to solve the mystery if they manage to survive.

