Dorm

Synopsis: Ton (Charlie Trairat) is a lonely boy who has been abruptly shipped off to boarding school. When he finally makes a friend, Vichien (Sirachuch Chienthaworn), he is relieved at first; shockingly, however, Vichien turns out to be a g-g-g-ghost! Can Ton help Vichien stop reliving his death every evening? Why does the headmistress, Pranee (Chintara Sukapatana), feel so guilty about Vichien’s death? And just why did Ton’s dad (Suttipong Tudpitakkul) send him to boarding school in the middle of the year?

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This movie is awesome for many reasons, but most of all because the characters go to see a Mr. Vampire-like movie, and the filmmaker actually made a short film in homage to Mr. Vampire and put it into Dorm!

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Synopsis: Uncle Boonmee (Thanapat Saisaymar) has come to the end of his life and will be dead soon of a kidney ailment. His former sister-in-law, Jen (Jenjira Pongpa), comes from the city to visit him on his farm, bringing her relative, Tong (Sakda Kaewbuadee), to cook for them. The ghost of Uncle Boonmee’s long-dead wife Huay (Natthakarn Aphaiwonk) materializes to see him through his last days, and their lost son, Boonsong (Geerasak Kulhong), reappears at a family dinner, although it is not clear whether he has died or not; suffice to say he is now a sasquatch. Read the rest at one of my other blogs, Realm of the Uninvited.

Uncle Boonmee messed up my movie marathon because it was so hard to understand that I kept stopping it and reading stuff about it, but I'm convinced I'm smarter now for having made it through. I swear this sasquatch Boonsong guy has to be intentionally funny. The movie defies genre, but horror isn't part of it, even though there's a ghost and a hirsute brute.