Tag: Parkpoom Wongpoom

#POCtober: Watch Asian Horror Films (Not Their US Remakes!)

shutter

Looking for a way to scare the crap out of yourself this evening without the bother of costumes or candy or clubbing??? Be our date and celebrate NrrrdyGrrrl’s birthday by joining us with our blankies and pop corn and these terrifying masterworks of Asian contemporary horror cinema.

Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から)
(2002) Hideo Nakata
Japan
WATCH ON YOUTUBE

Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ)
(2004) Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom
Thailand
WATCH ON BUDAGEMOK

The Grudge (呪怨じゅおん)
(2002) Takashi Shimizu
Japan
WATCH ON DAILY MOTION

A Tale of Two Sisters (薔花, 紅蓮)
(2003) Kim Jee-woon
South Korea
WATCH ON VEOH HERE

One Missed Call (着信アリ)
(2003) Takashi Miike
Japan
WATCH ON YOUTUBE

The Ring (リング)
1998 Takashi Shimizu
Japan
WATCH ON DAILY MOTION
PART ONE
PART TWO

#POCtober: An interview with Parkpoom Wongpoom, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon & Paween Purijitpanya

Thailand’s biggest horror movie directors descend on Sentosa for a Spooktacular show

Sentosa-Spooktacular

#POCtober: Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ) (2004)

Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Americans know Masayuki Ochiai’s 2008 remake better, but even subtitled, the original Shutter outshines. Well worth watching for the transcendent performances and evocative camera work.