I just watched this Thai film 3 days ago (09/20/10).
Well, I was kinda wondering if the film is indeed scary for I've read only a couple of review from a Thai blog. The review said that the first installment was kinda disappointing because it was not as interesting as the other films of the director. But this one, the sequel is very interesting specially the last segment.
The first story, Novice.
The story revolves around a troubled teenager, Pey. He had committed a crime, by throwing a stone on the incoming car, and rubbed the victims valuables. His mother then decided to keep him within the monks for they cannot be arrested. While Pey is well hidden, his actions on the other hand disturbs a ritual, or a ceremony performed to feed the ghost of punished youths (Hungry Ghost). While praying for protection, he then had flashbacks of the night he had caused his father's death (it was actually the accident shown on the opening of the film). While morning, he was then punished by throwing a rock at him by an invisible presence, until he became deformed. He was then transformed into a punished ghost.
The second story, Ward.
This story is about a teenager (I forgot his name), who was brought to the hospital from an accident. After his operation, he was then moved to a shared room (supposedly private room, as he requested it). The ward is then shared with him by an old man, in comma for almost a month. The old man is scheduled to be off the following day for his last relatives needs to travel from Northern to pay their last respect. During the night, he (the teenager) is haunted in his dreams by the old man, or so he thinks. He was then convinced that he's not dreaming , and ask a nurse to transfer him in a different room, but she said there's no vacant. At the middle of the night the old man gets up and attack him (on his sleep). The morning after, as the nurse check on him (teenager), she finds that the old man's spirit has been transferred into the teenager.
The third one, Backpackers.
I didn't like this one though, this story is on zombies. But I like the main guy (Charlie Trairat).
The story started on a Japanese teenage couple trying to get a hitch. Finally they got a hitch with a father son in a truck. On the middle of the ride, something (at the back of the truck) is going wrong. When they pulled to check, the driver, and his son (Joi) found that the people inside the truck (I guess they are smuggled) are dead. As they were unloading the bodies, Joi check the inside of the stomach of one of the dead. And found the drugs that they have smuggled. It was then that the dead bodies, are turned into zombies.
The fourth story, Salvage.
The story goes with Nuch, a second hand car dealer. The second cars that she sells are actually severely damaged cars that have been repaired from different accidents. But as everything else, the second hand cars are haunted by its past. On the night that one customer returns the car she bought (for it had nearly killed her child), it haunts Nuch. After she had closed the garage, she finds her son (Toey) missing. She then reviewed the security camera to see where Toey had gone. And she search for him, Nuch was then haunted by the ghost of the people who had been the victims of the accidents.
The last story, In The End.
It's all about a production shooting their last scene for their horror movie. One of their cast, Kate was coughing badly. During her scene, she was supposed to crawl from the dark (since her character was a white lady), it's taking her long. When they check, she fainted. She then was brought to the hospital by one of the crew, Aey. On the hospital, Aey was told by the doctor that Kate died, and so he told his friend Ter (who is also on the production. Ter then told his friends Shin and Puak. And the rest of the crew heard it and ran off, just before they learned that she is dead, Kate just turned in the production. It was then that Ter, Shin, Puak, and Marsha (the lead actress on their film) have to finish filming with the ghost of Kate.
Though the last story has a twist of comedy, it was all interesting, and exciting. It is something that I would really recommend to my friends. I really love it.
