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Ghost stories from the set of The Coffin

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2008-10-20 17:13:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin is no different, and as Ekachai Uekrongtham's horror thriller gets set to open in Singapore and Malaysia over Halloween weekend, the chilling tales of the haunted filming location are being recounted Channel NewsAsia has more The movie locations included real cemeteries, an active crematorium chamber and a 100-year-old Thai temple ...
 
Tags: coffin, coffin challenge, mock-up coffin, hong kong, hong kong andrew, movie, movie locations, singapore premiere, red packet
 
 
 
 
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Review: The Coffin (Lhong Tor Tai)

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2008-08-25 14:20:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin , those questions are answered with a resounding "No!" in the form of a 10-wheel truck T-boning a Mercedes-Benz sedan It happens pretty quickly too. And once that question is out of the way early on, it frees up the rest of the movie for plenty of jump scares and scenes of ceaseless, calculated beauty from Beautiful Boxer and Pleasure...
 
Tags: coffin, zoe, zoe hangs, chris, kills chris, strange ritual, hong kong, remote buddhist temple, ritual
 
 
 
 
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The Coffin filling up with cash

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2008-08-28 01:04:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin (โลงต่อตาย, Lhong Tor Tai ), earned 15 million baht in its first four days since opening in Thai cinemas on August 21, according to an item in today's Daily Xpress . It's the No. 1 film in Thailand It could end up close to 40 million baht, recouping our investment, producer Pantham Thongsang is quoted as saying by...
 
Tags: coffin, coffin soundtrack, lhong tor tai, hong kong, south korea, daily xpress, thailand, producer pantham thongsang, english
 
 
 
 
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Thai website for The Coffin is live

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2008-07-19 18:45:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin , the Thai website ( www.longtortai.com ) has gone live and has the international trailer embedded The story is based on a true Thai ritual called non loeng sadorcro (literally "lie in coffin, get rid of bad luck"), in which adherents sleep in coffins in hopes of changing their bad karma The film features a Pan-Asian ensemble cast...
 
Tags: coffin, death, death ritual, ritual, morbid ritual, true thai ritual, ekachai, writer-director ekachai uekrongtham, fathers death
 
 
 
 
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More posters for The Coffin

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2008-08-18 14:42:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin . I've got an alternate Thai poster, and a selection of English-language posters and even a couple of Taiwanese posters Starring Ananda Everingham, Karen Mok and Mamee Napakpapha Nakprasitte, The Coffin is directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham. It's based on a true Thai ritual of lying in a coffin to dispell bad karma The Coffin opens on...
 
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Fresh stills from The Coffin

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2008-05-07 09:13:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin , the new film from Beautiful Boxer and Pleasure Factory director Ekachai Uekrongtham, will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market , and ahead of that, local production company TIFA has unearthed a few more stills from the film The story is about a young Thai man who tries to change his bad luck by lying in a coffin. It...
 
Tags: coffin, cannes film market, cannes, film, bad, ritual involves participants, ritual, bad karma, international film festival
 
 
 
 
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The Coffin to open in South Korea

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2008-06-17 13:46:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin is not strictly a Thai film, I am surprised to see that the pan-Asian, English-language thriller's first commercial run will be in South Korea For some reason, South Korea is having trouble this summer filling its multiplexes with the locally made horror films that audiences love, so it has resorted to importing ghost movies from...
 
Tags: coffin, south korea, korea, coffin stars, cannes, cannes film market, claustrophobia, average thai-chinese guy, claustrophobia strikes
 
 
 
 
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The Coffin gets a Thai poster and August 21 release date

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2008-07-03 00:33:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin , Ekachai Uekrongtham's pan-Asian horror thriller, will be released in Thailand on August 21. This follows its Asian premiere in South Korea , where it opens on July 10 Starring Karen Mok and Ananda Everingham, the English-language thriller is inspired by the true Thai custom of laying in a coffin to change your bad luck Bit of...
 
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The Coffin fills with Singapore dollars

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2008-10-30 15:43:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Coffin grossed over S$235,000 during last weekend's sneak previews in Singapore. MX News Bites reports that it's the first Thai horror film to hit that mark in the Merlion City. The film had been promoted with a contest , in which 100 people got to "sleep" in a mock-up coffin for three seconds and then attend the film's gala opening The...
 
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