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6/10
DON't expect much
phamhang-4071426 January 2024
Plus points:
  • Very good-looking actors, ok use of sound
  • The film itself is a no-brainer, therefore, suitable for average audience looking for pure entertainment
Minus points:
  • Awkward interaction between characters as a family.


  • The acting is almost too obvious
  • Tee Yod regurgitates every element of a stereotypical horror movies, especially the overwhelming number of jump-scares. The film is generic as a result.


  • Weak scriptwriting - no intensification, easy problem-solving throughout which renders the film ending extremely frustrating.


  • Horrible visual effects
  • A lot of underdeveloped characters
  • The film fails to accentuate the power of the villain, thereby the devil seems to be an insane person rather than a transcendental entity.
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5/10
Has creepy moments but, in all, a wasted opportunity
leiram452 May 2024
A family living in a farm is struck with supernatural occurrences which coincide with one member getting sick. The story's structure, like the other commenters said, is typical, even the personalities of some of the characters. That's not necessarily bad, but the film has to have strong details to make it unique from the others in the genre, not to mention cohesive storytelling--and that's where the film missed the mark.

Folk horror films rely heavily on the legend, and this legend has to be explained, especially if the film makers intend to screen it internationally. The legend of the antagonist on this film was just scratched on the surface, and the "rules" were sketchy. Too much exposition is bad but it should be enough for the viewers to understand how things really work. We didn't get that here. Maybe on the sequel?

From the first third of the film, there were already disconnects. There were reactions from characters that were out-of-place; sometimes they reacted too much considering what they only knew, sometimes they said things too early. It's like there were deleted scenes or maybe misplaced ones.

The acting in this film was mixed. One actor was great but there were some who I don't know if they just chose to act that way or the film makers told them to. One character looks overly concerned at times while one character was often nonchalant. I'm not sure if it was meant to be comedic but it made me laugh, I thought it was a horror-comedy film. That's a minus for the atmosphere.

There were also too many characters. That two-hour run time should have been used to flesh out the legend, give more time to the antagonist rather than give dialogue to characters that were hardly used.

The positive on this film is it had creepy moments scattered across those two hours. It had a nice opening scene, the antagonist was scary, the characters are likable, and early on I thought it had the potential to be like 2021's The Medium; however, the insufficient legend information, and the confusing storytelling and atmosphere made this film a wasted opportunity.

I should be giving this film a 6 if not for the big contradictory information it had. There were two contradicting statements made about a character. It's an important detail in the mystery so it's surprising it went unchecked. I'm hoping the sequel is better.
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7/10
Horrible ... (good?)
kosmasp7 May 2024
No pun intended - calling a horror movie horrible should be a badge of honor, no? Of course if you watch this, you have to like horror movies - and if you like them, you may be aware of some of the cliches and the traps (story wise) a movie can fall on (or through).

This was quite visceral ... and it does have quite a few scenes that I thought would be "fake" (dream like) scenes ... that actually happened in the movie! I respect that - the effects are really good - though may be a bit too much for viewers who may be sensitive about these things. Know yourself and know your limits - there are way worse (or better?) movies when it comes to violence and blood - but this still has quite a few gruesome scenes.

What I did not know: there seems to be a sequel ... I reckon that makes sense .... I might even watch it, once it arrives at Netflix.
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4/10
Formulaic
martinanna-728834 November 2023
This is one first Thai films I have watched and I watched with English subtitles. These did not always translate well so I felt a little confused about what was happening at times and some of the jokes didn't really make sense when translated. I also found that the plot was very formulaic and it was difficult to understand what the characters motivations were. Some of the characters like the two brothers contributed nothing to the plot and just felt like they were there because they were in the original story. I still found it scary but I didn't think it brought anything new to the table in terms of the horror genre. Overall, good film but not amazing.
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2/10
Incoherent mess
duongtrunghieur1 January 2024
What a waste of time! The story in this movie definitely looks like it was written by a 12-year-old, who tried to impress his peers. As for a casual cinema-goer, I don't think anyone would enjoy this, let alone praise it. The horror is shallow, the jump scares are cheap and right in the face with no buildups, the dialogues are clumsy and without substance. The familiar love messages which scatter throughout runtime stick out like a sore thumb (you can definitely tell by the out-of-place happy score, which I was confused and weirded by). Some scenes are cut to the next without logical developments. It is extremely formulaic and full of cliché that I laughed the whole movie, mostly for the two hours I'll never get back. One of the few movies I want to leave half-way through. 2/10.
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8/10
Not scary, but creepy and satisfying. Tee Yod~~~
cozey-6983926 October 2023
Enjoyed it, very much so that it wasn't scary to be suspenseful. I love the scary movies, I'm afraid of ghosts, but the mind wants to fight them and find out, and we don't expect them to be this gruesome. The story is an excellent story, for me, midway through to the end, there's hardly any time to catch a breath from a ghost, because ghosts are present most of the time, and ghosts are incredibly distracting to keep you confused. Although I was somewhat disappointed in the story, which could have been told a little more in depth. As of now, it's not quite as detailed yet, + the movie goes on formula. A ghost movie that can only guess what will happen next, and some elements don't seem entirely natural.
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4/10
This is not a Thai horror movie
toddcha14 April 2024
Not scary at all. Not at all.

Most Thai horror/ scary movies are either scary as hell or scary and fun at the same time.

This one is not scary nor hilarious.

The only good thing about this movie is the main actor because he is handsome and cute.

The storyline is plain, the acting is normal to low, the plot is predictable. The sound effect is too loud and I have to adjust the volume constantly which is very annoying but not scary.

No visual effect pretty much.

The ghost is a girl with smoky makeup. The possessed one just talks through a voice transformer. The ghost group is just a group of teenagers flying. The blood is so fake.
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3/10
This movie literally made my head hurt due to stress because it was so bad, and we really hated it.
mcmdge17 April 2024
This movie literally made my head hurt due to stress because it was so bad, and we really hated it. Many parts of the story lacks proper and good build up. Most parts are just dragging. Thus, you will be surprised that some parts happened without even any connection to the other parts of the story. Also, you will not feel the perfect amount of fear, sadness and attachment to some parts of the movie and even to characters because of the lack of build up. There was also some unnecessary flexing of muscles that seemed to me as an attempt to makeup for the lack of quality in the story. We fast forwarded the movie because we realized it was not worth watching and easily understood the movie. Obviously, nothing good happened in the story. The characters were even dumber than normal dumb characters in horror movies. Some actors also didn't do a great job in their acting. If you are just bored and have so much time to waste, you can waste your time by watching this because you can only expect nothing good from this.
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2/10
Khan Review- funny family
zkzuber20 April 2024
I totally agree with the ghost that the family is funny and she enjoyed possessing one from them. This was first Thai movie with subtitles, it was ok to certain extent with few little scary moments but over all it is below average. The highlight was the actor playing eldest son very handsome well this makes ine feels thai men are good looking he did his job well and i feel he too knows he is very handsome with those dimples and he carries attitude well. The script is poor few scenes are very irritating like the father even after witnessing everything is bothered about his bamboo tree or the mother who seeing her daughter being possessed acting like emotional fool and few other scenes. Over all its ok if you have time to pass.
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9/10
Evil dead vibe in Asian horror
ninearkar-365488 January 2024
The eldest brother have strong vibe from Ash (the evil dead franchise)

  • long jaw
  • Active and humorous attitude
  • that f**k it and fight back spirit
  • Saw off shot gun
  • decapitated ghost


I see so many resemblance of evil dead in this which is good. I am really forwarding for sequel.

Good Thai horror are rare these days. Asian horror trying hard to scare people with cheap CGI and jump scare.

Thai horror are great back in the days but since 2010 they are going to the wrong direction. But I regain my trust after watching the Medium.

Overall, Love this film, especially with the atmosphere , setting and sound system.
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1/10
Horrible Two Hours
taurushulk23 April 2024
Quite boring waste of time and money at triple speed to watch, short-sighted, trivial, tasteless, lengthy and boring, mysterious and illogical, can't stand it anymore. Speechless, so embarrassing, ghost not like ghost, monk not like monk, meaningless argument, inflexible, stiff, fallen, long winded, nagging. Totally nonsense, unconcious, moaning for no reason, said family but not family, said reality but not related, suspense but not suspense, depth but not depth, mediocrity. Obviously another commercial that been sponsored by lunatic tobacco company, do nothing just smoking only, if don't know how to make a film, just donate money to people, minus ten for rating.
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