Phobia 2

Phobia 2(of course a horror movie), I loving it ^_^ and makes me more exciting was that me and my friends were watching it in the cinema(splendid scary effect).

In my opinion, the first Phobia wasn't good at all. The first one has the 4 stories in it, and which is why the nick name was '4bia' a.k.a Phobia. However, effect wasn't that good, not too much good storyline at all and most importantly is, not scary.

But after watching Phobia 2, I got to say that I really enjoyed it with my friends which makes me believe most of the Thailand horror movies have a very good storyline.




Phobia 2 is dissected into 5 shorts stories; Novice, Ward, Backpackers, Salvage, and In The End. Below is the details of each stories from wikipedia.


Novice - a Film by Paween Purijitpanya
The story focusing on a 14 year old; Pey, who has committed a crime Pa-Hin (throwing rocks) (being on the motorcycle throwing rocks to the cars windshield waiting for the car to crashed then steal money and other valuable items from the owner) and in order to keep the news low his mom decided that Pey must get ordained to become a buddhist novice to escape the crime he committed, under the guise of a monk, Pey remains unnoticed as a criminal. However, something deep down inside is bothering him. As he spend the night in the woods trying to meditate something is bothering him, his thoughts and something else. The grip of fear tightens as he realizes that 'Karma' has no friend or foe when deciding a man's fate or fortune.

I.M.O.- I somehow can felt and imagine the sorrow of the boy who regret so much of what he had did and caused the accident. It wasn't really a good ending for this, but it sends us a message related about 'Karma'. You cannot run away from 'Karma' if you're carrying a sin which you can't even face it... what am I trying to explain? Nvm...



Ward - a film by Visute Poolvoralaks
Arthit; a playful teenager crashes his bike and breaks both legs. At the hospital he has been moved from the ER room to a shared room. In the room, there is an old man in a coma who has been waiting for almost a month for his family to decide to pull the plug on his oxygen. What happens that night will make Arthit realize that being alone is always better that being around bad company.

I.M.O.- This drives me, a little bit sleepy. It just has those shocking sound all of a sudden and doesn't have much story at all.



Backpackers - a film by Songyos Sugmakanan
Upon graduation, a young Japanese couple decided to travel around Thailand by backpacking. After failed attempts to hitchhike from Samui island to Bangkok, the boyfriend waves a 1,000 Baht note in hopes to entice passing cars to pick them up. What is hiding inside the truck's trailer? Is there something deeper and darker that lurks behind the kind smiling face of the truck driver who lets them hop in? The answers to these questions will cause an adrenalin rush like no other.

I.M.O.- Zombies from Hong Kong, US and China I've seen it all, but not for Thailand -.- And this is the first time I'd see those zombies can run faster than a van. Quite scary, isn't it?



Salvage - a film by Parkpoom Wongpoom
Nuch is a car dealer. She makes her living by rebuilding severely damaged cars. But little do unsuspecting bargain hunters know, beneath the new upholstery and shiny repainted exteriors are cars with horror pasts. One night after closing the car garage she discovers her son is missing. Reviewing the security camera tapes she sees her son climb inside a car that she recently bought but nowhere on tapes has him climbing out "Cemetary Garage" where you drive off with more that you bargained for.

I.M.O.- This is the one which freak me out amongst the rest. The best scene was when all the luxury cars which had repaired and looks like a brand new cars suddenly turned to a crashed cars in a blink of an eyes. It freak me out because I'm using a secondhand car, -.- touch wood first.



In The End - a film by Banjong Pisanthanakun
Ter, Puak, Shin and Aey are the movie crew of an upcoming horror movie. They are shooting their last scene. On the last night, Puak is trying to be cool and tells one of the sick cast members that, "the show must go on". So when that actress accidentally dies during the filming she makes sure to come back from the dead to finish her role. The four of them must shoot the movie that has a real ghost playing the role of ghost in the end. and the main actress must not know about this.

I.M.O. - Extremely funny and one of the most creative horror movie I've seen. It's a hormedy (horror + comedy). Widely recommend to everyone, even to those who doesn't like horror at all.


Sanakan's Review
Ratings: 9.5/10
I like 'em all, and highly recommend to those horror movie freak like me. The stories have their own reason behind and it's worth to buy the Dvd for a collection. Just watch. ^^