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The Victim
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $14.99
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Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Starring: Apasiri Nitibhon, Penpak Sirikul, Kiradej Ketakinta, Chokchai Chardensuk, Sompong Tawee
Directed By: Monthon Arayangkoon
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0842498030578
Format: Dolby
Label: Tartan Video
Manufacturer: Tartan Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tartan Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-09-18
Running Time: 108
Studio: Tartan Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Reviews:
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An aspiring actress is asked by the police to help them solve a murder case by portraying the victim who was a popular beauty queen. But each time she reenacts the part, she experiences the victim’s terror and sufferings at the hands of her tormenters. This draws her into trying to unlock the mystery behind the tragic death, but the closer she gets to the truth, the greater the danger to her own life…
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Horror gem
Comment: Having sat through--and mostly enjoyed--a wide variety of Asian horror films recently, this one stands out: it's a horror film that happens to come out of Thailand, but it would be scary in any language.
The first 40 minutes are typical Asian horror fare; Ting is a goofy ingenue, an actress wannabe with a bad Bai Ling haircut who's hired by the local police department to help them reenact crimes. She quickly gains a modicum of fame, and a following...including the ghosts of every dead woman she portrays. Her big chance comes when the police find evidence of the death of international beauty queen Meen. Let me reenact your death, prays Ting, and I'll help find out what happened to you. Meen hears her, and her prayers are answered as the ghost starts haunting Ting.
To this point, the movie has every Asian horror cliche known to man--unintentional levity, ridiculous plot, stringy-haired ghosts in obvious greyish makeup, and hideously bad overacting by the girl playing Ting--but about halfway through the entire premise changes and it gets a LOT better; the cliches are revealed to be a joke on the viewer and swept away, and the story shifts to streamlined horror. Lots of horror. No spoilers, but it was creepy enough that I had to summon the dog to sit with me on the couch and keep me company.
There is a lot of CGI, but I thought it was done well, and the sound effects are excellent (I don't normally comment on sound effects but the ghost is announced by a tinkling ankle bell and by the last scene you'll dread the noise). There's no existential navel-gazing or long exposition--when the ghost comes out to play, the results are extremely effective.
Another nice touch from a director who clearly enjoys inside jokes: as the closing credits run, clips from the movie where images of the ghost were hidden are shown in tandem. Most of them are subtle, almost subliminal, but it makes for interesting viewing.
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Summary: This movie sucks big time. The worst Thai horror movie I'd ever seen.
Comment: I'm a fan of Asian Horror Movies (especially Thai). Prior to watching this piece of crap, I saw SILK. While SILK was easily my favorite horror movies, I took a huge step down when I popped this movie into my DVD player and starting watching this. I love a good storyline that makes you think and gets you involved but with movie, it looked as if the director was just filming scenes and pasting them together to make a movie. None of the scenes made any sense. I like the basic premise of the film. A women reenacts the deaths of murder victims and strange things start to happen. Yeah, strange things start to happen, but instead of happening in the movie, they were happening to me as I was having trouble staying awake even after drinking 3 coffees during this moving trying to stay awake. My brain felt like it was exploding by trying to figure out what was happening in the movie most of the time. Furthermore, the CGI ghosts were not scary at all. The only thing scary was that I actually paid 5 bucks to buy this piece of junk. The characters in this movie never fully developed. You have a police captain who is investigating the crimes but just disappears halfway through the movie. You have the lead female character whom you don't know if her name is Ting, May, or whatever. This piece of junk makes Epic Movie look like a masterpiece. Bottom line: If you want to watch a great horror movie with a great story and great character watch SILK instead. If you want to be bored out of your mind and have 100 minutes of life to waste, go watch Epic Movie instead. Whatever you do don't watch this piece of crap.
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Summary: Creepy imagery and soundtrack
Comment: Immensely creepy, and I am not one to usually scare easily by Asian Horror. I do have to admit that a lot of the creepy aura of this film is due to the artistic camera-work, specifically the scenes where the ghost (or victim) takes over the body of the main actress. The movie is also greatly enhanced by a very menacing soundtrack, just listen to it and you may agree!
I would not recommend watching this while alone in the dark.
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Summary: Blah
Comment: This film suffers from a lack of everything: interesting characters, good-looking scenery, and most conspiciously missing is the scares. The story goes on and on and really doesn't do much at the end. The final scenes feel a bit tacked on. Another thing that really gets me is the over-reliance on CGI. Sorry, but computerized ghosts are just not very frightening. Yes there are some extremely hot (but totally and completely clothed all of the time) Thai women, and there are a couple of gory scenes, but this is does not to Thai horror justice. There are much better movies to see. The Victim is just cashing in on the success of its older, bigger and better siblings - The Eye, Shutter, and soon-to-be-released Alone. Now those are Thai horror movies worth your time and money.
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Summary: best Thai horror movie that I have seen
Comment: this movie was really good.... when I saw the title thought ..just like the rest..but not so ...very creepy, and suspensful...this movie was exceptional.. I highly recomend it to any Asian horror fan...to me it was the best Asian horror II have seen...a lil confusing in the middle.. but deff delievers the chills...
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