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Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Paween Purikitpanya, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom. Starring Laila Boonyasak, Pongsatorn Jongwilak, Maneerat Kham-uan. Supernatural Horror, Thailand, 2010.

The film is an anthology of horror. There are four distinctly separate films with a common denominator, fear. All are essentially ghost stories but try to be a bit different. The first one has a poltergeist, the second has gore and black magic, the third is a comedy and the fourth a supernatural horror.

The anthology starts with ‘Happiness’, the story of a lonely girl unable to get out of her apartment due to an accident. She begins to think her luck is in when a mysterious stranger begins texting her. It soon becomes clear that he is not all he is cracked up to be and some supernatural force is at work. It was brave to go dialogue free for a horror short where all the action takes place in the heroine’s apartment. The suspense is built up well however and the fact there is only one character enhances the loneliness that is felt by the protagonist and how sad her character is. This is her phobia.

In the next film ‘Tit for Tat’ a group of teenage bullies face a bloody and brutal end at the hands of their latest victim. Voodoo, black magic and bullying are the themes (or fears) of this film. The bullies are picked off 1 at a time. Not really sure where it was heading and found the end a little confusing.

The film ‘In the Middle’ begins with four friends on a camping trip telling ghost stories and frightening one another. The following morning while out white water rafting the unthinkable happens and one of the friends is swept away in the water and is believed to be dead. Later that evening their friend returns but he seems peculiar. They soon realise there friend is a ghost and they run for their lives. This comedy horror is hilarious and some may feel a little cheesy at times. There are several references to films like ‘Titanic’, ‘The Others’ and ‘Sixth Sense’ as well as references to the director's other film, 'Shutter'. Although the reason for the film references become clear later on. There is good banter between the protagonists. The relationship between the boys is integral to the film as it is their bickering and interaction with one another that creates the comic element throughout the film. There is no gore in this film but there are lots of jumpy moments with a good twist at the end. Overall this was our favourite (and strongest) of the four films and this would have worked well as a stand-alone horror short.

The fourth film ‘Last Flight’ sees a young airhostess making a flight alone to take home the body of the dead princess she had accidentally killed on an earlier flight. She has to look after the body for the duration of the flight. The nature of the flight is frightening and you are expecting something to happen early on. The music creates an eerie atmosphere and there are lots of scares in this one.

Clearly there was only a small budget available, which explains the lack of different locations and special effects, but these up and coming directors have managed adequately on what they have got and tried out something completely different. The subtitles were a little to fast to read which was at time distracting. Overall this was not a bad attempt at an anthology, although it is not in the same league as Michael Dougherty’s ‘Trick or Treat’. And the disappointing thing is that there was no obvious link between the stories. The only connection appeared to be the fear factor and that something bad was going to happen. I would have liked all four stories to somehow interlink with a central character or an overlap in the stories. It is definitely worth a watch as it is different and there are not many films around like it.

Maria Phillips and Gareth Martin

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