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The Best Thai Horror Movies to Watch this Halloween

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Evan Walker

The midnight hour is close at hand so curl up on the couch and get spooky. These are some of the Thai horror movies to watch this Halloween.

Despite the fact that Thai horror movies are great to watch whatever time of the year, there’s no better time than this spooky season with Halloween just a few days away. The list of Thai horror movies is endless though thanks to the fact that Thailand seems to have mastered the art of horror, sometimes even mixing in comedy and romance. If you’re looking for a great spooky movie to give you the chills, thrills, and frights, then peruse this list of some of the best Thai horror movies you can watch this Halloween.

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Some of the best Thai horror movies to watch this Halloween

The Cursed Land (2024)

Directed by Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee
IMDB rating: 5.9/10

Ananda Everingham played a boyfriend being haunted by his ex because of his mistakes twenty years ago. Now, he plays a father being haunted because of his mistakes. Same same but different but it doesn’t make this film less scary. Everingham plays Mit, a single father who’s dealing with the fatal mistake he made that caused the death of his wife. He and his daughter move into a new home that the locals who warn him that nothing from the house should be moved or thrown away. He, of course, disregards this, kicking off a series of horrific events.

Pee Mak (2013)

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun
IMDB rating: 7.2/10

There’s no other country that has done the hybrid horror/comedy genre any better than Thailand. Pee Mak is a great example of that and retells the well-known horror story of Nak, here played by Davika Hoorne. When her husband, Mak (Mario Maurer), returns from war, he discovers that his wife doesn’t seem to be the same as when he last left her. Eventually, he discovers that she’s now become a ghost. Hilarity and horror ensues.

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The Promise (2017)

Directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit
IMDB rating: 5.9/10

As if there aren’t enough urban legends about the abandoned Sathorn Unique Tower, this movie makes it the centrepiece of its disturbing plot. Two teenagers unwisely decide to end their lives when their families are hit by the 1997 financial crisis, which is also the reason why the tower was never completed. They decide to end their lives at the tower but only one of them goes through with it. Years later, the surviving friend’s daughter starts experiencing terrifying things, and her mother soon realises that her old late friend has come to collect on their promise.

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The Maid (2020)

Directed by Lee Thongkham
IMDB rating: 5.6/10

If you’re looking to watch something a little different for the spooky season, this film might be what you’re looking for. If you judge it by its trailer and posters, it seems like another horror film involving a haunted house, a rich family, and a probably mistreated maid. Though some of the plot is indeed predictable, there are enough twists and tone shifts in this film to make you feel you experienced whiplash on a rollercoaster. It’s a pretty entertaining watch and certainly one of the more unique Thai horror films to have been released in the past couple of years.

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Meat Grinder (2009)

Directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong
IMDB rating: 5.3/10

Perhaps Thailand’s answer to Sweeney Todd, this movie was so controversial when it came out that a heavily edited version was released here in Thailand. Not only that but it was also banned in Korea—twice. The plot seems like your typical run-of-the-mill slasher horror flick though: a poverty-stricken woman who suffers from hearing voices in her head decides to do something about her situation and starts her own noodle stall. The catch? She uses human meat. The film is gorier than you’d expect but it also deals with abuse and mental illness, which makes it so much more than just a typical slasher flick. That’s also why it can be a difficult watch.

Shutter (2004)

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom
IMDB rating: 7/10

Little did everyone know that when this film was released back in 2004, it would become such a hit that it inspired four remakes—three in India and one Hollywood remake starring Joshua Jackson. But nothing beats the original. Tun, played yet again by Ananda Everingham, and his girlfriend Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee) commit a hit-and-run one night. Soon after, something terrifying starts haunting them and the both of them are convinced it was probably the person they ran over. However, things begin to unravel and Tun discovers that everything is much nearer to home than expected.

The film continues to terrify people especially the new generation who still hasn’t gotten around to watching it. That final shot remains chillingly iconic.

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This story first appeared on Lifestyle Asia Bangkok