Ghost Day (film)
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| Cinematography | Wattana Wanchooplao[1] |
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| Music by | Thippatai Pirompak[1] |
Production company | Phranakorn Film[1] |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
| Country | Thailand[1] |
| Box office | $79,292 |
Ghost Day (Thai: แก๊งค์ตบผี) is a 2012 Thai horror comedy film directed by Thanit Jitnukul, Titipong Chaisat, and Sorathep Vetwongsatip. The film is set in modern-day Bangkok where the production team behind the television series Ghost Day is told by their show is going to be cancelled. To stop the end of their program, the staff decide to find a real haunted area to run the next episode live and, after viewing a video online by ghostbusters Mhen (Apisit Opasaimlikit) and Chiad (Padong Songsang), they decide to approach them to do a deal. Mhen and Chiad have brought along a real female ghost named Choompoo who appears right in front of Mhen, Chiad and Noo Na and starts roaming around the place until she manages to escape the place. Things later on gets serious and complicated for them when a ghost that haunts the said haunted are the production team is running in, possesses the show's director, Pom (Boriboon Chanruang) and driving away most of the crew, leaving the rest of them to deal with the ghost possessing Pom.[1]
The film was shown at the 16th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and was the fifth-highest-grossing film in Thailand on its opening week.
Release
[edit]Ghost Day was shown at the 16th annual Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.[2][3]
The film was released in Thailand on February 23, 2012.[1] It was the country's fifth-highest-grossing film in its opening week, grossing $44,438.[4] It grossed a total of $79,292 on its theatrical run in Thailand.[5]
Reception
[edit]Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a six out of ten rating, referring to the film as "one of the better [Thai horror comedy films], though still very silly."[1]
See also
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- List of Thai films
- List of ghost films
- List of horror films of 2012
- List of comedy films of the 2010s
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Elley, Derek (August 2, 2012). "Ghost Day". Film Business Asia. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "16th Film". Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "Ghost Day". Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "Thailand Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "GANG TOB PHEE (GHOST DAY)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 11, 2013.