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The zombie has been a horror staple for decades, but the undead may finally have met their match in the form of a Muay Thai fighter who finds himself battling his way through the hordes to save his girlfriend. Thus reads the thrilling elevator pitch for a new Netflix action horror series, with the streamer having now unleashed the brutal and bloody first trailer.

Combining dystopian horror, martial arts spectacle, zombie terror, brutal action, and a love story like the four fingers and the thumb of a perfectly timed fist to the face, the series promises to deliver something quite unique as it mashes together tropes from both the horror and martial arts genres. The series drops audiences into a world gripped by food shortages and follows a tenacious Muay-Thai boxer as he battles a zombie outbreak inside a hospital to save his lover from the jaws of death.

The series is titled Ziam,...

Netflix has revealed its slate of original titles from Indonesia and Thailand set to premiere in 2025, including a series from the team behind box office phenomenon How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.

Thai series Mad Unicorn follows a reformed rural street thug who dives into the express delivery industry to challenge a business mogul who once betrayed him and goes on to become the country’s first “unicorn” startup.

It marks the series directorial debut of Nottapon Boonprakob, who co-wrote Sundance 2021 award-winner One For The Road, and is executive produced by Jira Maligool and Vanridee Pongsittisak – the team behind...

Kaimook orchestrates an intricate revenge plot filled with betrayals and power plays. Phupat and Mawin's feud distracts viewers from Kaimook's master plan. A dramatic showdown reveals Kaimook's machinations and the fate of the wealthy family.

Netflix has always seemed to have a keen eye when it comes to international selections and its latest drama a Thai production is no different. Created by producer-director-writer Kulp Kaljareuk, Master of the House comes across as more sadistic than any series youve probably already seen in this class-clashing genre. The seven-episode limited series which premiered on July 18th will easily shock American audiences with every entry. In the first episode alone, there is a surprise marriage between the patriarch Rungroj and the housekeeper Kaimook. In the usual jaw-dropping fashion though, things go awry when the very same senior figure mysteriously dies just a few minutes later.

Before the viewer can even ask questions about...

Master Of The House features a talented all-Thai cast, including well-known actors and breakout stars in compelling roles. The show is available in multiple languages, making it accessible to a wider audience despite its Thai origins. While the narrative may not lead to a second season, viewers can still enjoy the mind-twisting drama on Netflix since July 18, 2024.

This post contains mentions of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Netflix's Master Of The House is a Thai drama featuring an all-Thai cast. Several actors from the cast are well-known for starring in Thai dramas, such as Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Chartayodom Hiranyasthiti, and Claudia Chakrabandhu Na Ayudhya. However, other cast members, such as Nathakorn Traikitsyavet and Nuttanan Kunpat, are lesser known. In some instances, Master Of The House is the actor's breakout role, which is the case for Thitinan Rattanathithtinan. The show is a mind-twisting, compelling narrative perfectly portrayed by the various cast members.

Bifan has established itself as one of the most significant festivals in Asia regarding the genre cinema of the region, with their program always being quite interesting through its focus on Korean cinema firstly and then of Japan and the rest of the region, along with a number of international titles. As such, the fact that the local industry is in trouble was more than evident this year, when genre movies in particular suffered, mostly due to issues with writing and also due to financial ones. It is true that Korea's top filmmakers are at the top of the world, but it has become obvious that below that level, the quality drops significantly.

Nevertheless, the aforementioned does not mean that the programs was without a number of gems. “Iron Mask” about a kendo athlete carrying a trauma, “Her Hobby” with its transition from a family drama to a horror and...

That playing games has become a proper profession, with people actually competing against each other in arenas filled with audiences, is a fact that has been going on for years. As with every new money-making opportunity, though, corruption and illegal by-products do appear, with “The Up Rank” dealing with the concept of rank boosting in popular mobile shooting games, where good players earn money to raise the rank of others.

“The Up Rank” is screening at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

U is a young gamer, whose father is constantly bugging for help in the print shop he runs on his own, but to no avail, as the kid's mind is definitely on other things. Both his father and his girlfriend nag him to get a job, but U is just too obsessed with gaming to do so. An opportunity arises though, when he is approached by a group of boosters,...

The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) has announced six Thai works from rising filmmakers for this year’s Project Spotlight in the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff).

PiFan’s Project Spotlight takes a different Asian country each year to focus on selected genre film projects.

The seventh edition of Naff lauds Thailand as recently “running strong with its genre films of unique subject matters and techniques” and the filmmakers for the six selected projects as up-and-coming on the international stage.

Off his recent film Hong Hun featuring Ananda Everingham, Kulp Kaljareuk will bring mystery thriller Fallen Thailand as his next feature, with Nattaporn Kaljareuk producing. With shades of political commentary, the story is set in 2035 and features a Thai boxer battling zombies in a quarantined hospital to save his wife, a nurse, and help a lost child find his mother.

Director Nuttorn Kungwanklai, whose horror omnibus 9-9-81 screened at last year’s Udine Far East...

With just a month to go until the start of the 18th Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), its industry arm, the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff), has revealed the projects that will make up its Thailand country spotlight for the 7th It Project. Selected for its growing pool of diverse genre films, Thailand will present six projects at Naff this year.Kulp Kaljareuk, director of Hong Hun, will participate with Fallen Thailand while 9-9-81 (2012) helmer Nuttorn Kungwanklai will be present with Jam-nien: The 300-Years Ghost. Noted VFX director Solarsin Ngoenwichit will take part with his debut project Panang - The Monster Within and veteran producer Pakinee Chaisana will present his directorial project Love Me Love Me Not. Short filmmaker Lertsiri Boomee will attend...

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Get ready for a deluge of Cannes news, kids. It was bound to start sooner or later, right? First up is a bevy of new horror titles coming at us from Thailand’s Five Star Production. Read on for all the details you need.

Screen Daily is reporting that Thailand’s Five Star Production has picked up worldwide rights to horror thriller Hong Hoon (pictured right and below).

The film is a contemporary take on a Thai folk tale, directed by Kulp Kaljareuk and starring Ananda Everingham and Thai actress and model Rattanarat “Ploy” Aurthaveekul. The story revolves around a woman who believes she lost her father in an accident, but is approached by a stranger who explains that he died because he had a wax figure made of himself. The Thai belief that such figures should never be made until after death has been explored in several radio dramas,...

Exclusive: Thailand’s Five Star Production has picked up worldwide rights to horror thriller Hong Hoon.

The film is a contemporary take on a Thai folk tale, directed by Kulp Kaljareuk and starring Ananda Everingham and Thai actress and model Rattanarat “Ploy” Aurthaveekul.

The story revolves around a woman who believes she lost her father in an accident, but is approached by a stranger who explains that he died because he had a wax figure made of himself.

The Thai belief that such figures should never be made until after death has been explored in several radio dramas, TV series and films.

A member of the third generation of the family that runs the Kantana studios group, Kaljareuk also heads production subsidiary Kantana Motion Pictures. He previously produced short film Loop (2009), starring Everingham, and is making his feature directing debut with Hong Hoon.

According to Five Star, the film is a darker and more stylised spin on...