3 A.M. 3D

I had no idea what to expect when I decided to watch this movie. Because it was a foreign film, I thought the subtitles would hold back a prospective positive review. I was pleasantly surprised and blown away by the actors, the storyline and the quality of the cinematography.

I hold any movie that classifies itself as a horror, or paranormal, flick to a very high standard - will it deliver a dose of unexpected shock, like the old Night Gallery and Twilight Zone days. Not exactly gore films, but they had the twists and turns that are lost in today's movies that deal with the supernatural or strange events from beyond the grave or wherever.

3 A.M. 3D Delivered the thrill and intrigue that I look for in a movie like this. The writers and directors do not fail to satisfy the viewer with the story, because it's not the 'same old storyline'.

Do yourself a favor if you're reading this review - see it! If you happen to be the writer or director - I'm waiting for the next installment. Thanks!

3 A.M. is a Thai horror film divided in three supernatural stories that happen at 3 A.M.:

1) "A Peruca" ("The Wig"): The sisters May (Focus Jirakul) and Mint (Apinya Sakuljaroensuk ) own and work in a wig shop. May is a hard worker while Mint is a selfish teenager. One day, Mint buys hair from woman without knowing that it was stolen from a corpse in the cemetery and makes a wig. Mint brings her boyfriend Lin (Thanawat Prasitsomporn) that makes joke with the wig with her friends Joon (Nayapak Bhumipak) and Pond (Vivid Bavornkiratikajorn). But the spirit is angry and will seek revenge against the teenagers.

This ghost story is predictable but has a surprising conclusion.

2) "A Noiva Cadáver" ("The Bride's Corpse"): The funeral home employee Tos (Toni Rakkaen) and a nurse (Vasana Chalakorn) are hired to prepare the funeral of the just married Cherry (Karnklao Duaysianklao) and Mike (Peter Knight). Tos finds a videotape and he believes Cherry was abused by Mike. He falls in love with the bride and challenges Mike but soon he finds the truth about the couple, with tragic consequences.

This ghost story is weird since it is related to Thai funeral ritual. Again the story happens at 3 A.M. and the scary conclusion surprises.

3) "Hora Extra" ("Overtime"): Karan (Shahkrit Yamnarm) and Tee (Ray MacDonald) own a company and they love to play scary prank on the employees that are working in overtime. Their favorite victims are Bump (Prachakorn Piyasakulkaew) and Nging (Kanyarin Nithinoparath). One night, they play several pranks with tragic consequences.

This ghost story is very original and the best segment. It is hard to know what is prank and what is real, and the conclusion is excellent. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "3 A.M."

This 2012 horror anthology from Thailand proved to be entertaining enough, albeit it was somewhat generic and predictable.

"3 A.M." have three tales to offer, which are of various entertainment value and interest, of course. Personally, I must admit that I liked "The Wig" segment with the wig shop the most, although it was perhaps also the most commonly used of all horror elements in Asian horror cinema.

The second segment, titled "Corpse Bride", was interesting, although it was just way too predictable, which resulted in the story becoming somewhat trivial and mundane to sit through. It was nicely acted though, and definitely had the most interesting of special effects and make-up effects.

The third and final segment, titled "O.T." was the least interest of all the three tales, as its storyline was just downright unappealing to me. It felt too comical and childish, and I found it to be not really fitting into the frame of the previous two segments.

The acting was adequate throughout all the segments.

For a horror anthology then "3 A.M." ultimately didn't really carve out a place for itself, because it was ultimately just too mundane and chances are that once you've seen it, you will quickly forget about it.

My rating of "3 A.M." lands on a very mediocre five out of ten stars.

If you like Thailand Horror Films. You will like this one too. Even more, if you are familiarized with movies like "4bia" and "4bia 2", since this one keeps a similar format. It has 3 short stories: "The Wig", "The Corpse's Bride" and "O.T." (Over Time). And similar like in the 4bia saga, they make the first stories really scary, and the last one has some comedy elements on it, but it doesn't make it weaker, since they really know how to mix horror with comedy in a very intelligent way. I am truly glad of having watched the film since it was a fresh new option in the Thai Horror Genre. I like a lot of Thai Horror movies and easily I would be able to recommend like more than 10 films and this "3 a.m. 3D" will certainly to be between those options now. Give it a chance and you'll see that you won 't be disappointed.