Phobia 2 a much awaited Thai Horror flick for all those who watched Phobia. This sequel is packed up with 5 short stories directed by Songyos Sugmakanan, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom, Visute Poolvoralaks, and Paween Purijitpanya respectively. Likely to the first istallment this time also the stories are not related. The Thai release date is quite interesting 09-09-09. It has got the highest opening week collection in Thai history.
Novice
A fourteen year old boy Pey who has committed crime with his friend Tee, is forced by his mother to become a Buddhist novice so that he can escape from the crime he has committed. But his actions disturbs the hungry ghost ceremony in the woods and angers the ghosts. The story flashes back to the crime scene. Who was murdered? What will happen to Pey? What difficulties will he face is all rest.
Ward
A teenager Arthit fractures his both legs by crashing his bike and is admitted to hospital where he had to spend the night in a shared room. There is an old man lying on the bed on the verge of dying and living on the oxygen supply. But somethings strange about the old man. What happens in the ward at that night?
Backpackers
A young Chinese couple goes backpacking around Thailand. They are finally picked up by a truck after several failure attempts. But certainly there's something fishy about the driver. On their way he stops to check the container of the truck. That's where the horrible things is revealed. What was inside the container? What happens next is rest.
Salvage
Nuch is a card dealer, who deals in repairing damaged cars to look like new and selling them again. But people don't know the horrible past of those cars and the mis-happenings. At night she finds her son missing and checks the cameras to find him. She finds that his son climbed up in a car and never stepped out, so she heads to check that car. Will she find her child? Or she's into something horrible?
In the end
Ter, Puak, Shin and Aey are crew members of an upcoming sequel to the movie Alone. While shooting the last scene a cast member goes sick but Puak tell that the show must go on. When situation worsens for her, she's admitted to a hospital where she dies. But her ghost returns on the sets to complete the last scene where no one is aware of her death. What happens next is rest.
Let me tell you that i am a big fan of Phobia so i had much expectations from the movie. And yes it stands there not better than the first installment but still great. This installment lacks the proper story scripts and emphasis is laid on making it a true horror. Its more gory than the first. With a running time of 2 hours it doesn't bore you anywhere and keeps your eyes glues. Obviously it doesn't glues you to your seat as there are a lot of scenes to put chills down your spine and make you jump. Directed nicely this one's worth a watch. Especially the last story is packed with hilarious comedy just like they [Ter, Puak, Aey] did in the first installment [in the middle]. The guys are back to entertain you with the most powerful story of the entire phobia. So go for it when you're alone in the night and get scared.
My Rating - 8 on 10
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