7 Movies Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun

Shutter

Shutter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-09

Languages:

Thai

Countries:

Thailand

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (29292 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Banjong Pisanthanakun

Sophon Sakdaphisit

Parkpoom Wongpoom

Fullplot:

A young photographer Thun and his girlfriend Jane discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after fleeing the scene of an accident. As they investigate the phenomenon, they find other photographs contain similar supernatural images, that Thun's best friends are being haunted as well, and Jane discovers that her boyfriend has not told her everything. It soon becomes clear that you can not escape your past.

Alone

Alone

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-29

Languages:

Korean, Thai

Countries:

Thailand

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (3819 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Aummaraporn Phandintong (screenplay)

Banjong Pisanthanakun (screenplay)

Sophon Sakdaphisit (screenplay)

Parkpoom Wongpoom (screenplay)

Fullplot:

"ALONE" tells the story of Pim who moved from Thailand to Korea to escape the guilt of being the surviving half of a conjoined twin. Flashbacks to Pim's childhood show how the bittersweet relationship with her sister, and their commitment to stay together forever, transforms into a repressive bond that ultimately leads to a separation. After she returns to visit her dying mother, the spirit of her dead sister angrily thrusts herself into Pim's life.

4bia

4bia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-25

Languages:

Thai

Countries:

Thailand

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1827 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Yongyoot Thongkongtoon (screenplay)

Eakasit Thairatana (screenplay)

Paween Purikitpanya (screenplay)

Vanridee Pongsittisak (screenplay)

Amornthep Sukumanont (screenplay)

Banjong Pisanthanakun (screenplay)

Witthaya Thongyooyong (consultant writer)

Aummaraporn Phandintong (consultant writer)

Vanridee Pongsittisak (consultant writer)

Sophon Sakdaphisit (consultant writer)

Chantavit Dhanasevi (consultant writer)

Mez Tharatorn (consultant writer)

Parkpoom Wongpoom (screenplay)

Sophon Sakdaphisit (screenplay)

Fullplot:

4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about this new stranger that she is attracted to. "Tit For Tat" spun a tale of black magic and vengeance for a school kid that had been bullied by a school gang. "In The Middle" - a group of friends faced one of their worst camping trip after water kayaking accident. The final segment "Last Fright" takes horror to new heights with a psychological thriller that involves a stewardess flying solo in a cabin with a dead body.

Phobia 2

Phobia 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-09-24

Languages:

Thai

Countries:

Thailand

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1243 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Vanridee Pongsittisak (screenplay)

Nitis Napichayasutin (screenplay)

Paween Purikitpanya (screenplay)

Sophon Sakdaphisit (screenplay)

Parkpoom Wongpoom (screenplay)

Songyos Sugmakanan (screenplay)

Sopana Chaowwiwatkul (screenplay)

Sophon Sakdaphisit (screenplay)

Parkpoom Wongpoom (screenplay)

Banjong Pisanthanakun (screenplay)

Mez Tharatorn (screenplay)

Chantavit Dhanasevi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Phobia 2 is composed of five short movie segments directed by five of the best directors of Thai horror films. A teenager who committed a crime goes to a sacred place for meditation and hiding that brings him fright and guilt about what he did (segment Novice). A young man gets haunted in an hospital by an old man in coma who's not too far from him (segment Ward). Two men along with two hitchhikers in a truck got into a big trouble after opening the back (segment Backpackers). A secondhand car dealer realizes what the previous car owners/passengers had terribly been into (segment Salvage). An ill hardworking actress whose role is a ghost is reported dead after she was brought to the hospital (segment In the End).

Hello Stranger

Hello Stranger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-19

Languages:

Thai, Korean

Countries:

Thailand

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1228 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Chantavit Dhanasevi

Nontra Kumwong

Banjong Pisanthanakun

Fullplot:

Just like thousands of Thai couples, during the 9 days holiday of Songkran festival, a guy and a girl choose to visit Korea for their own specific reasons. They did not start the trip to go together, but end up returning back home together.

The ABCs of Death

The ABCs of Death

Cast:

Writer:

Ant Timpson (based on a nightmare by)

Nacho Vigalondo

Adrièn Garcèa Bogliano

Ernesto Dèaz Espinoza

Marcel Sarmiento

Simon Rumley

Jon Schnepp (segment)

Dimitrije Vojnov

Yudai Yamaguchi (segment)

Noboru Iguchi (segment)

Simon Barrett

Ti West

Kaare Andrews

Bruno Forzani

Hèlène Cattet

Yoshihiro Nishimura (segment)

Srdjan Spasojevic

Lee Hardcastle (segment)

Fullplot:

The ABC's OF DEATH is an ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately confrontational; THE ABC's OF DEATH is the definitive snapshot of the diversity of modern horror. Drafthouse Films, Magnet Pictures and Timpson Films are proud to present this alphabetical arsenal of destruction orchestrated by what Fangoria calls "a stunning roll call of some of the most exciting names in horror across the world."

Pee Mak

Pee Mak

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-03-28

Languages:

Thai

Countries:

Thailand

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2424 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Chantavit Dhanasevi

Nontra Kumwong

Banjong Pisanthanakun

Fullplot:

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. A rumor was going around in the village that Nak had died giving birth to her stillborn baby, Dang. The source of this rumour; Aunty Priak, owner of local liquor store was found dead floating on the river a few days later. The four friends felt it's time to tell Mak the possibility of Nak and Dang could be dead and lingered as haunting ghosts and risk their lives. It's up to Mak to choose love or reality.

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