This
blockbuster graphic opus is a sequel to Paween Purikitpanya's first
PHOBIA
(known
as 4BIA). Like the original, it is a collection of different
horror films by Thailand's top filmmakers.
In
the first story - Vanridee [SHUTTER]
Ponsittisak's The Novice - a teenager [who causes his
father's death through a misguided prank] is forced to live with a group
of Buddhist monks in a remote temple controlled by the Hungry Ghost.
For
the second tale - Nitis [NANG
NAK] Napichayasutin'sThe Ward - a young
man, suffering from a severe leg accident, is moved from surgery to
a shared hospital room with an old man in a coma. But there's something
shockingly bizarre about this roommate.
Paween
[THE
BODY] Purikitpanya's segment Backpackers finds
a young Japanese couple who hitchhike a ride from two rednecks in a
truck. The trouble starts with a loud banging sound from inside the
trailer and escalates into shockingly good zombie mayhem.
In
Songyos [THE
DORM] Sugmakanan's fourth story - Salvage - a
used car dealer shockingly discovers what the auto's previous owners
had been [horrifically] doing in the car.
For
the final installment - In The End by Parkpoom Wongpoom
[co-director of SHUTTER]
- an over-worked actress accepts a role in a horror movie but dies during
the shoot.
A Thai production
with good English subtitles;
widescreen format, uncut 121 minutes, encoded for ALL REGION NTSC,
playable on any American machine. Extras include theatrical trailer.
Graphic Violence/Gore/Sexual
Situations/Drugs
for Mature Audiences
