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Bangkok Post
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Bangkok Post
Three nights of film frights kick off today
The Bangkok Horror Film Festival debuts today at the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority's Maen Si building in Bangkok. Running from today until Sunday, the free event features outdoor screenings, horror exhibitions, short film contests and stories from filmmakers, actors and others. It runs from 5pm to midnight. Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the Thailand Creative Culture Agency, this first horror festival is staged by Wizard Production, Bison Idea, Bangkok Open Air (Krungthep Klang Plang), Thai Film Director Association and Documentary Club. Here is the line-up of spooky films. July 4 5.30pm – concert by Once Dogs 6pm – opening ceremony 6.30pm – screening of two new short films The Hystelity Show (10 minutes 51 seconds), directed by Worapop Nittayanun, is a psychological drama of two emcees in a kids' show who gradually reveal their gruesome truth. Phuphaman (28 minutes 53 seconds), directed by Netipong Singha, follows Oab who encounters mystery upon his return from Bangkok to Khon Kaen after the passing of his mother. 8pm – talk with Sophon "Jim" Sakdaphisit, director of Coming Soon. 8.30pm – screening of Coming Soon (1 hour 35 minutes), which follows a projectionist haunted by a ghostly terror following a screening of a film that features the lynching of a woman. 10pm –screening of Smile (1 hour 55 minutes), which follows a psychiatrist who is pursued by an entity with a scary grin after her encounter with a patient. July 5 5.30pm – concert by Purpeech 6.30pm – screening of two new short films A Night With Granny (7 minutes 3 seconds), directed by Yanisa, revolves around Win who keeps vigil beside his late granny. When a black cat jumps over her coffin, mystery ensues. On The Way … Home (30 minutes 1 second), directed by Naruepon Srimuang, follows a family that summons a spirit, but it turns to be something else. 8pm – screening of The Sisters (1 hour 35 minutes). Directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong, it follows a group of teen musicians who stay a run-down hotel outside Bangkok and encounter the spirit of a dead prostitute. They have to solve the mystery of her murder to save their own lives. 10pm – screening of Ouija (1 hour 39 minutes), a horror film that follows a group of teens who unintentionally awaken a dark power via an old Ouija board following the death of their friend. July 6 5.30pm – concert by Poomjit 6.30pm – screening of two new short films The Little Kerin (15 minutes 4 seconds), directed by Napassorn Busarakhamsakul, follows the namesake boy who uses an army of dolls in a face-off with a demon while waiting for his dad to return home. Run Out Of Gas (17 minutes 15 seconds), directed by Supachai Banglueang, dramatises a revengeful encounter between a taxi driver and a passenger. 7.40pm – talk with the film crew and cast of Shutter, including Banjong "Tong" Pisanthanakun and Natthaweeranuch "Ja" Thongmee. 8.20pm – screening of Shutter (1 hour 37 minutes), which follows a couple who encounter strange events after finding a female white shadow in a photo. Their search culminates in the discovery of a dark secret. 10pm – screening of Us (2 hours 1 minute). On a serene vacation in Santa Cruz, California, a family is shocked to find that intruders look like them. Bangkok Horror Film Festival is accessible by public transport. Taking the MRT to Sam Yot station (Exit 1) is highly recommended. Parking space is also available at Wat Saket (until 10pm) and JPARK. Follow updates at
Time Out
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Bangkok's first horror film festival lives from July 4-6
Welcome to Bangkok's dark side – it's louder, livelier, and far less subtle than you think. The traffic screams, the pavements mutter, and the skies above the Chao Phraya have long learned to stay out of the drama. But even this city, in all its maximalist glory, has found a way to get darker. This is the Bangkok Horror Film Festival – a three-day plunge into the beautifully grotesque, staged at the suitably eerie Maen Sri Waterworks building. Supported by the Department of Cultural Promotion, the Ministry of Culture and the Thailand Creative Culture Agency (THACCA), the festival runs from July 4-6. Entry's free. The fear, less so. No one's here for faint-hearted metaphors or ironic nods to the genre. This is horror stripped of postmodern winks – a celebration of things that go bump, rattle and occasionally howl in the night. Beyond the moonlit screenings that repeatedly test your bladder, anticipate a haunted house exhibition that crawls out of the screen and into your peripheral vision, plus hair-raising stories from crews who've seen more on set than made it to the final cut. There's even a short film competition, and the chance to meet the ones behind the camera – not to break the fourth wall, but to peer behind it. To steady your nerves (or worsen them), there'll be food stalls, live bands and activities that flirt with the line between funfair and fever dream. Outdoor horror screenings: Ouija Terror awaits five friends who unwittingly awaken a dark power by using an antique ouija board. Us To escape their hectic lives, the Wilsons vacation in Santa Cruz – only to be terrorised by four strangers who look exactly like them. Smile After a traumatic encounter with a patient, a psychiatrist suspects she's being haunted by something uncanny. Along with Thai horror icons: The Sisters After a gig outside Bangkok, teen musicians stay in a hotel room hiding a deadly secret. To survive, they must solve a prostitute's murder tied to that room. Coming Soon Horror films can frighten us with ghosts and scare-jumps, but nothing beats coming home and feeling the story come alive. Shutter After hitting a girl and fleeing, Jane and Tun are unsettled when strange shadows appear in Tun's photos. At the Bangkok Horror Film Festival, expect:
