Back On My Second Day Of Posting After A Good Night's Rest...
As Today Is The Launch Of The Movie , ''***THE COFFIN***''
The Movie I Have Been Waiting For Since The Time I Saw The Commercial On Television....
It's A 90 Minute Show With The Main Cast Of Karen Mok, Ananda Everingham, Andrew Lin...
"The Coffin" scares up No. 1 slot at Thai box office
Supernatural horror 'The Coffin' by Thai helmer Ekachai Uekrongtham ('Beautiful Boxer') nails top spot at Thailand's box office last weekend - outpacing Jason Statham's 'Death Race' which opened across the country on the same day. The theme song from 'The Coffin' soundtrack is also storming the local charts and has already topped the 'G Member' chart on one of the nation's most popular websites. Inspired by a controversial but true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, 'The Coffin' tells a thrilling, mysterious and moving story of a Thai architect and a Hong Kong dietician who decide to go through the ritual to cheat death only to be faced with a series of stange and terrifying incidents afterwards.
Shot in Thailand on actual locations including a 100-year-old temple, real cemeteries, inside active crematorium chambers and an ancient meditation cave, this Thai-HK-Singapore co-production stars Karen Mok ('Shaolin Soccer'), Ananda Everingham (Original Thai version of 'Shutter'), Andrew Lin ('Infernal Affairs II'), Napakpapha Nakpasitte ('Art of the Devil 2 & 3'), Suchao Pongwilai ('Ong Bak'), Tassawan Seneewongse ('The Unseeable') and newcomer Aki Shibuya.
Death is beautiful Thailand's Daily News says the film "manages to shock and instill fear in audiences". It also praises all its stars for their "superb acting" and advises cinema-goers to "watch this film not just with your eyes - but also with your heart and brain". Thai Film Journal says the film has "plenty of jump scares" and is "ceaselessly beautiful". "Horror is rarely this gorgeous. There's the symmetry of hundreds of coffins, arranged in concentric circles around a giant sitting Buddha, as well as a long closet, full of mirrors, all reflecting terror."
Thailand is the first country to release 'The Coffin' which is presented by Live Inc., NGR, Global Entertainment Group and Scorpio East. Produced by Pantham Thongsang for Bangkok-based production company TIFA, this English-language horror will hit cinemas across Asia in the coming months....
Inspired by a true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, THE COFFIN is a supernatural thriller about a young man and a young woman who decide to go through the ritual in Thailand. Chris, a claustrophobic architect does it in the hope of saving his fiancée who’s dying of terminal cancer. Sue, a nutritionist visiting Thailand from Hong Kong does it to save her own life after being diagnosed with a lethal brain tumor - one week before her wedding. After the ritual, Chris and Sue experience what appear to be miracles in their respective lives. But soon, they find themselves confronted by a series of bizarre and terrifying incidents. With the help of a professor specializing in paranormal cases associated with the ritual, they set out to exorcise the ghosts that haunt them, and attempt to reverse the wheel of karma. Thrilling, mysterious and ultimately moving, THE COFFIN is a spine-chilling horror about the beauty of life and death, and coming to face to face with living and dying. It was shot in six provinces across Thailand on actual locations including a 100-year-old temple, real cemeteries, inside active crematorium chambers and an ancient meditation cave....
The Director Of The Show Ekachai Uekrongtham was inspired to make The Coffin after hearing about a mass funeral for the living where thousands of people turned up at a North Eastern temple in Thailand to lie in coffins and went through the ritual.
Referred to in Thailand as "Non Loeng Sadorcro" which literally means Lie in Coffin, Rid of Bad Luck, this controversial ritual has been around for decades but in the last few years, it has become increasingly popular.
The ritual involves participants lying in coffins while a group of monks perform death rites on them as if the participants are already dead. This is then followed by a chant of new life.
Many participants had said they felt as if they were reborn after the ritual - with all their bad karma buried behind them. Some reported that they felt the ritual helped fool the spirts that they're already dead so they could start their new lives afresh like newborns. There are also others who claimed they've met spirits of their dead loved ones while lying in the coffins.
However, this "death rite for the living' is not without its detractors. Some brand it as an occult practice while many feel it's a bad omen to lie in coffins when they're still alive. Some went as far as saying that this ritual is nothing but a case of commercialism entering the sacred religious domain. The criticisms, however, have not stopped more and more Thai people to voluntarily go through this "death ritual for the living'.
In Thailand, one may request for the ritual to be performed on him or her at a number of Buddhist temples across the country. Some temples publicize and conduct 'Non Loeng Sadorcro' regularly. Several others also organize 'mass funerals for the living' on a periodical basis. Usually, no fee is charged but participants normally make donatons towards the temples in return for having the ritual performed on them. How did this ritual come about? It's speculated that the ritual in its current form is an evolved version of what stared out as a simple act of donating coffins to the poor and those who died without relatives.
RAWR!!! I'm Done With All That....Lols =P
Just Hoping To Catch This Movie Soon~
Till Here It Shall End For This AfterNoon...Labels: Looking Forward To It...
Another Few Hours Had Passed ... And I'm Back Getting Ready To Post For The Night.
Lawls. =P
Asked To Call Melvin's Phone Earlier On ... Ridzwan And Hong Xue Asked If I Wanted To Go For Bowling Tomorrow
Will Be Conferencing With My EMG Members Later On SlackerPolar, SlackerSotong And SlackerRabbit...
Wishing Evelyn's Mother A Very Happy Birthday!!!
At Least I Have Things To Post Now...
Wanted To Post Earlier On But Had No Ideas...
Looking Forward To Tomorrow As I Will Be Posting Frequently.. I Hope O.o''
Okays...Looks Like It's The Last Post For The First Day Of Blogging ... =D
~29th October 2008~Labels: Last Post For The First Day Of My Blog...
