An anthology of five macabre short stories about hungry ghosts, comatose brain dead, a group of bright-eyed actors, an unscrupulous car salesman, and careless backpack tourists.
Direction
Banjong Pisanthanakun's 'In the End' — meta-horror so sharp it cuts.
Practical Effects
Gross-out corpse effects in 'Ward' that Thai censors probably side-eyed.
Cinematography
Monastery mist in 'Novice' — beauty that makes the evil hit harder.
Director
Songyos Sugmakanan
Jirayu La-ongmanee
Pae (segment "Novice")
Ray MacDonald
Senior Monk (segment "Novice")
Choomporn Theppitak
Abbot (segment "Novice")
Apasiri Nitibhon
Pae's Mother (segment "Novice")
Worrawech Danuwong
Arthit (segment "Ward")
Sarinrat Thomas
Nurse (segment "Ward")
Charlie Trairat
Joi (segment "Backpackers")
Nicole Theriault
Nuch (segment "Salvage")
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Novice' segment's corpse-robbing premise deliberately violates Buddhist funeral rites, making it transgressive horror for Thai viewers in ways Western audiences might miss.
Banjong Pisanthanakun directed both the best segment here AND Shutter (2004), proving he's Thailand's reigning king of making you afraid of everyday spaces.
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