Ghost of Mae Nak (2005) poster
2005 · horror · mystery · supernatural

Ghost of Mae Nak

Directed by Mark Duffield1h 41m2005
ElsewhereIMDb5.1861
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Mak and Nak are a young couple who have just moved into their first home as a married couple. But the house they own has a history much older than them and spirits who won't rest until they get what they want. And this time, love won't conquer all!

Our read · Ghost of Mae Nak (2005) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · mystery · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want stylish Thai horror with jump scares, gore and a jealous ghost legend.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 15attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upjump scaresgoregraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou hate ghost stories or graphic death scenes and jump scares.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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