Bangkok Dark Tales (Thai: บางกอก...สยอง, Bangkok...sayong, lit "Bangkok...horror") is a 2019 Thai horror anthology film directed by three different directors. The film is based on urban legends that shocked Bangkokians. Three situations, three horror stories and three creepy places that happened in Bangkok.[1]
| Bangkok Dark Tales | |
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| Directed by | Anusorn Soisa-ngim Thanvimol Onpapliw Alwa Ritsila |
| Written by | Arinchai Rattanavijit Anusorn Soisa-ngim |
| Starring | Napat Bunjongjitpaisarn Adisorn Tonawanik Tanunya Muntavee Naravoot Aumnuy Yok Sirimart Nachjaree Horawatchakun Korawan Lodsantia |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | M Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
Premise
editHappy New Year
editGam, an office girl who has to work late into the night on New Year's Eve with two other trainees. Her desk is next to the desk of a former colleague who recently passed away due to overwork. His Santa Claus costume that he wore to the office Xmas party was still hanging on the wall, which made her feel uneasy when she glanced at it. Gam is arrogant and often has a sharp tongue with the trainees and the security guard. On this night when everyone disappears, she must confront and escape for her life a mysterious axe-wielding killer dressed in a Santa Claus costume.
The 5th Cinema
editThere is an urban legend about a movie theatre that has 5 cinemas portion in total. The 5th cinema shows movies all day and night without opening it to the general public as usual so that ghosts can watch them at the owner's order. Oil, a con artist girl, tricks Eak, a fake rich man that she met through a dating app into watching a late-night movie together. While they were watching a movie, she suddenly invited Eak to go into the 5th cinema. Eak refused but Oil took off her shirt to tempt him to follow her. Before both she and he encountered horror in there and never came back out again.
Haunted House
editBee and Ann are two best friends who are net idols and online sellers, traveled from the upcountry to Bangkok for the first time to live here. Just the first day they arrived, Ann's mobile phone was snatched and both of them were overcharged by the taxi driver. This made Ann very upset. The couple got a cheap rental house without knowing its origins, with Bee taking care of everything herself. This house is actually haunted, all five members of the house were killed and their spirits still linger here. That allows both Bee and Ann to experience a horror story mixed with comedy in a dark comedy style.[1]
Cast
editHappy New Year
- Napat Bunjongjitpaisarn as Gam
- Adisorn Tonawanik as Jack
- Souna Phanthavong as Praew
- Alwa Ritsila as Security Guard
- Voratanapot Tuntiviriyangkul as Suttipong
The 5th Cinema
- Tanunya Muntavee as Oil
- Naravoot Aumnuy as Eak
- Yok Sirimart as Cinema Manager
- Rattaporn Sukpan as Cinema Employee
Haunted House
- Nachjaree Horawetchakun as Bee
- Korawan Lodsantia as Ann
Reviews
editAlthough the film was not well-received, the reviews in Sanook.com analyzed that the protagonists from all 3 parts were all beautiful women who used their bodies and beauty to seduce men to improve their status. In a society where everyone is trying to survive like Bangkok, even though sometimes the law cannot punish them, there may be some supernatural power that punishes them.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "เรื่องย่อ บางกอก สยอง". Kapook.com (in Thai). 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "ชำแหละ บางกอก….สยอง – กระบองเพชรในป่าปูน". Sanook.com (in Thai). 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2019-05-27.