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Horror Movies Blog » Horror Movie Reviews » Asian Horror Movies » Thai Horror Movies » Pee Mak Phrakanong Review

Pee Mak Phrakanong Review

August 6, 2013 by Eric S. 4 Comments

pee mak phrakanong reviewSynopsis: Mak served in the war during the beginning of the Rattanakosin Dynasty. At war he became friends with Ter, Puak, Shin, and Aey, whose lives he saved. Once the war was over, Mak invited his four friends into his home in Phra Khanong town and introduced them to his beautiful wife Nak and his newborn baby boy Dang. But A rumor is going around in the village that Nak had died giving birth to her stillborn baby, Dang  and lingered as haunting ghosts .

My Quick Review: From famed director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Alone, Shutter) Pee Mak is the first film that I have watched in 4D. I have to say that past the first minutes of surprise when your seat is moving and you receive small splash of water in your face, it is really gimmicky and brings nothing to the movie (it’s actually quite distracting).

Nevertheless, I had a blast. Pee Mak is the Highest Grossing Thai Movie of all time and when walking in the streets of Bangkok, you  can’t miss all the billboards full of advertisement starring the actors of the movie.

For fans of asian horror comedies with a touch of romance, Pee Mak brings a sense of nostalgia and evokes the golden days of HK ghost movies such as “A Chinese Ghost Story”. There are brillant comeedy scenes (mostly physical but also plenty of wordplay jokes that might be a bit difficult to catch if you don’t understand Thai).

But don’t fret, you do not need to be familiar with the Thai culture or language to get all the jokes and laugh at the situations and the awesomess of the main characters. It does help that there is a very strong chemistry between all of them, already estabished in the best segments of 4Bia and Phobia 2.

If there is one reproach we can make towards Pee Mak, is that there is not much in terms of scares and the movie definitively pushes towards a full out comedy/parody. So if you are looking for another Thai Scary movie, you will be disappointed, but if you just want to spedn a good time at the movies, you will have a blast watching Pee Mak again and again.

My Rating: 8/10

Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun

Origin: Thailand

Pee Mak is now available on DVD Import from HK with english subtitles Here!

Related posts:

4bia movie review4bia (See Prang) Review alone reviewAlone Review shutter reviewShutter (Thai) Review

Filed Under: Thai Horror Movies Tagged With: Comedy, Foreign, Ghost, Romantic

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  1. Jonathan S says

    January 23, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    Thanks for the review, looks like a funny movie. And thanks for the other Thai horror reviews, your giving me a little to toss into my watchlist.

    Despite knowing it’ll probably distract me too, the 4D really has me interested. Did you watch this in the States or are you overseas/international?

    Reply
    • Eric S. says

      January 27, 2014 at 1:07 am

      I’m living in Bangkok so I watched it here in a local theater. Not sure you can catch it stateside.

      Reply
  2. evilyngarnett says

    February 19, 2014 at 12:45 am

    I apologize if I’m missing it, I’m a old lady, but can is there a list of where this is available besides file sharing to rent or buy?

    Reply
    • Eric S. says

      February 19, 2014 at 2:05 am

      You can get the imported dvd here on amazon: http://amzn.to/1kTReiX but it is region 3.

      Reply

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