Ladies and gentlemen, we hope the holiday season has found you to be merry and jolly all at the same time! Not that we’re about to discuss Christmas films or anything. Rather, we went long and on about horror films, this time zeroing in on our ASEAN friends. We discuss the contenders from Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia before the final part on Malaysian horror cinema next week. Until then, we wish to thank you for your support in 2014, and have a happy new year!
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- For those who may not know what ASEAN is all about
- Thailand considered part of New Asian Horror
- Check out films like ‘Bangkok Haunted’, ‘Art of the Devil’ and ‘Cursed Hair’
- ‘Shutter’ even got a Hollywood remake (as usual), while ‘Nang Nak’ inspired the excellent comedy ‘Pee Mak’
- Have a read through Danny Boey’s PhD thesis on Asian horror, if you’re into that sort of thing
- The Wiki entry for Cambodian horror films
- As an aside, our friends over at Cinema.com.my has helpfully compiled a list of some Cambodian horror flicks
- The Snake King’s Wife: not to be messed with
- Check out the Cambodian cinema magazine, KON – The Cinema of Cambodia
- As an aside, we interviewed the good doctor Tilman Baumgartel here
- Indonesia: tanah tumpahnya darah orang ramai dalam filem-filem seperti ‘Kuntilanak’, ‘Pocong’ and ‘Jelangkung’, which we reviewed here
- ‘Pernikahan Berdarah’ and ‘Misteri Rumah Tua’ are some of Muz’s personal favourites
- One of the flimsiest bits of research we’ve done: VCDs in Indonesia
- Tom Baker’s PhD thesis on contemporary Indonesian film industry
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