A haunted house, a nightclub fire, a body found in a water tank, and a prison death make up four horror stories pulled from Thailand's newspaper headlines.
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good film but with many flaws
To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
The premise of Tai hong is based on actual headlines from Thailand. However, with the exception of "Flame," the other stories are fairly generic Asian folklore. "Flame" is also the best of the 4 stories with excellent production quality and a twisty plot. The story that followed, "Imprison" is the least developed, almost like an afterthought. It is exactly what you would expect and it played out as predictably. "Revenge" is the familiar body in the water tank story. The demonic red-eyes SFX is extremely distracting and certainly below par compared to the "Flame." There are some gross-out moments, but everything else was the same story you read/heard/was told about. Haunting Motel" is set with a gay man-straight friend and a prostitute. It didn't really fit with the first 3 stories, but it was somewhat funny with a humorous take on the Grudge crawling female ghost. However, it was too over the top slapstick and felt misplaced.Overall it is not that bad but it felt like the film really wanted to do one movie but ended up with 3 others.
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