Friday, March 8, 2013

Scared - Thai Horror Movie Review


SCARED (Rab Nong Sayong Kwan)
Director: Pakphum Wonjinda
Cast:     Sumonrat Wattanaselarat (Pii May)
            Wongthep Khunarattantrat (Jonathan)
            Kanya Rattanapetch (Tarn)
            Amornpan Kongtrakarn (Awm)
            Atchara Sikiiva (Kenta)
            Buanphot Jaikanthaa (Mai)
            Chaychawan Sida (Bawmp)
               Matika Arthakornsiripho (Tha)

Synopsis
A Group of freshmen on a field trip survived an accident but later are killed one by one in a forest town. As the body count rises remaining students tried to find out who are killing them & why.
Spoiler Alert: Read at your own risk.

Review
This is more of the of a slasher film with a “twist” in the ending rather than horror, although at the beginning it somewhat give a glimpse of some Thai traditions including paying respect to the dead before entering the rain forest.

Unlike other Thai Horror films, the location of the movie being in the forest may give you the impression of Haunted Forest part Cannibal Holocaust but it isn’t about any ghost haunting people or tribesmen killing tourists, thus, it is more complicated than that.

While there are many interesting characters in the movie, as you started to know them (or like them), they get killed in a gruesome way. Personally, I don’t know who to root for; I don’t know which of them will survive. As the tension continues, the teenagers do not have a chance to build relationships. The staging of the death scenes are somewhat Friday the 13th like – yes entertaining.

The confusing part – Reaching the last phase of the movie became terribly confusing for somewhat, it goes far away the slasher nature. And I can’t see the connection of the ending with what happened in the earlier parts. They sort of infuse something like Battle Royale in the finale. But unlike Battle Royale it is more of a reality TV, where the freshmen were subjected to a voting poll, the audience decides who to kill and who to save. If you are into gore and blood you must watch this movie.

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