Horror movies from Asian countries, including Thailand, are known for their high level of horror. Thai horror movies are often inspired by popular folklore.
The phenomenon can be attributed to the strong belief in mystical things that still exist in Asian countries. On this occasion, Dafunda would like to share recommendations for Thai horror movies that are very scary.
Recommended Thai Horror Movies
Here are some recommendations for reputable Thai horror movies.
1. Inhuman Kiss
This Thai horror movie tells the story of a woman who is actually a Krasue figure. Krasue itself is a nocturnal female spirit figure that exists in folklore in Thailand.
The story goes that this female spirit leads a normal life during the day. But at night, her head detaches from her body and continues to roam in search of prey.
2. Long Weekend
It tells the story of a boy named Thongsook. Thongsook only has one friend named Nam and Thongsook is always ostracized by his other friends at school. But what his friends didn’t know was that Thongsook was actually a psychic.
One day, he felt offended when Nam’s other friends planned a vacation without him. After such a senseless prank, an evil spirit was released on the second night of the vacation day which also coincided with Friday the 13th.
3. Meat Grinder
The next Thai horror movie is Meat Grinder, a movie that combines the horror genre with a bloody thriller. In this movie there is a young woman who has a mental disorder.
The young woman opened a noodle shop but used human flesh as the main ingredient. Because many people were unaware of this fact, many customers came to the shop.
4. Pee Mak
Then there’s Pee Mak, one of Thailand’s most famous horror movies. The movie itself tells the story of Mak who has just returned from war. He is excited to see his wife and son at their home.
However, Mak did not know that his wife who was now in his house was a ghost figure and his wife had actually died.
5. Shutter
After a hit-and-run accident, Jane and Tun, who are lovers and also work as photographers, are always haunted by a female ghost who appears in the photos they take.
6. Ghost Lab
This Thai horror movie tells the story of two doctors who are obsessed with getting scientific evidence of the existence of ghosts. This movie also has a lot of jumpscares, so for those of you who will watch this movie, prepare your heart strength.
7. The Snow White
This Thai horror movie tells a story that may seem absurd but could happen around us. In the story, Pong and Yong find a book that contains a mystical secret.
They then stole a baby’s corpse from a hospital to follow the mystical magic written in the book. After stealing the baby’s corpse, they are also haunted by the ghost of the baby’s mother.
8. The Eyes Diary
This Thai horror movie tells the story of Nott who lost his girlfriend in an accident. Nott then decides to become a volunteer who helps remove bodies from a shipwreck.
Nott then kept a lot of mementos from every corpse he met, this he did in the hope that he could communicate with the spirits and meet his lover. But instead of meeting her lover, Nott turns her life into something full of horrific tensions.
9. Cracked
This Thai horror movie tells the story of a mother named Ruja who wants to sell a painting. She does this to get the money to operate on her son’s eye.
However, from within the painting emanates a very strange aura so that Ruja and her son often get disturbed. They try to solve the secret behind the strange aura and the disturbances they experience from the painting.
10. The Medium
This movie tells the story of the world of shamanism. The shaman himself is an intermediary between humans and the supernatural world. In the story, shamans have the ability to cure diseases and expel evil spirits. In this movie, there is a very famous shaman named Nim.
Nim has a nephew who is very different from himself because he doesn’t believe in mystical things named Mink. But one day Mink even showed strange signs that Nim believed that Mink would later become his successor. So what will happen to Mink next?
11. The Whole Truth
It tells the story of a mystical experience experienced by siblings. One day, their mother has an accident that makes them have to live with their grandmother in their grandmother’s house that they have never visited.
One night as they slept, they heard strange noises coming from a room. Inside the room was a hollow wall that turned out to hold a lot of secrets about ghosts.
12. Death Whisperer 2
Death Whisperer 2 continues the story of Yak who is still distressed by the death of his younger sister, Yam, to an evil spirit three years ago. Despite his family’s advice to quit, Yak remains determined to fight back, believing that he must act to protect loved ones from the spirit’s threat.
Yak finds a clue in the form of a newspaper article about the death of a newborn that leads him to the fact that the spirit he is looking for is controlled by Puang, a mysterious shaman hiding in the dangerous forest, Dong Khomot.
Yak’s journey is full of challenges, including facing evil spirits that get in the way of his mission. In the midst of that, there are emotional moments in his family, especially when his sister Yat prepares to marry Pradit, adding an element of drama to the story.
Those are some interesting and entertaining Thai horror movie recommendations. After seeing the list, which movie do you think is the most exciting and scary? Don’t forget to keep visiting Dafunda.
