''Pisaj'' or ''Evil'' (; ; literally ''Human, Ghost, Demon'') is a
2004
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Thai horror film
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written and directed by
Chookiat Sakveerakul
Chookiat Sakveerakul (, ), born 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.
Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, '' ...
.
Plot
After her parents are killed in a
drive-by shooting
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, a young woman named Oui has no place else to go. She shows up at a printing house run by her Aunt Bua and is given the task of caring for her aunt's grandson, a young boy named Arm, a kid who sees
ghost
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...
s.
Oui suffers from hallucinations, brought on by the trauma of seeing her parents killed, and is taking medications. And Aunt Bua is involved in some sort of
mysticism
Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute (philosophy), Absolute, but may refer to any kind of Religious ecstasy, ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or Spirituality, spiritual meani ...
, and keeps a strange shrine in the house.
With the
drug war by prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a subtext, many threads in this strange ghost story are somehow tied together.
Cast
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Pumwaree Yodkamol as Oui
*
Alexander Rendell
Alexander Simon "Alex" Rendell (; born 9 January 1990) or Nirawit Rendell (), is a British-Thai actor, singer, environmentalist and UNEP Goodwill ambassador who has starred in Thai films such as ''The Tesseract'' (2003), ''Indiana Joai: Elephant ...
as Arm
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Amora Purananda as Aunt Bua
* as Mai
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Jarunee Boonsake as Noi
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Wasana Onmak as Sudjai
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Prinn Vadhanavira as Mystery Man
See also
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List of ghost films
Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama.
History
With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a vari ...
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Pishacha
Pishachas (, ') are flesh-eating demons in Indian religions, appearing in Hindu and Buddhist mythologies. A pishacha is a malevolent being that has often been referred to as the very manifestation of evil.
Mythology
The Mahabharata states th ...
References
External links
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2004 films
Thai ghost films
Sahamongkol Film International films
Thai horror films
Films directed by Chookiat Sakveerakul
2000s Thai films
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