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The Forest (2005 Film)
''The Forest'' ( km, ព្រៃអាគម, Prey Akôm) is a 2005 Cambodian monster thriller film directed by Heng Tola, the director of Khmer Blockbuster films, such as '' Gratefulness'' and ''Neang Neath''. It was nominated for many awards in The Khmer national film festival but won for best special effects. Plot A group of young archaeologists go into the deep forest in Ratanakiri province to search for the old temple that was abandoned many years ago. As they go through the forest, at first they arrive at a local village but when one female Archeologist has a vision that the group of archeologist are involved in the ambush she warns the others of her vision, but they fail to listen. Later they are given a tour guide to help them find their way through the forest, but guide dies of a mysterious snake bite. The archeologists get lost and one archeologist (Asay) dies when he goes to urinate and falls into a pit of scorpions. After the group built a grave for him later, they m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heng Tola
Heng Tola is a Cambodian film director and producer. Some of the films he has worked on include ''Villa Horror'', ''Ghost Banana Tree'', ''The Haunted House (2005 film), Pteah khmaoch tinh'', and ''Gratefulness''. Background Tola founded the film production company Campro Production with some of his friends in 2003. He was also the managing director of Kirirom Cinema which was located on Sihanouk Boulevard. He is the president of Ek Phnom Cinema which is located at Borey Raksmey, Battambang Province. Career His film ''Gratefulness'' which starred Ly Chan Siha was an award winning film. His film ''Ghost Banana Tree'', released in 2004 was the fourth Campro production film. The 2005 horror film, ''The Forest (2005 film), The Forest'' received several award nominations at the Khmer National Film Festival. It managed to pick up the Best Special Effects award. Also that year, ''The Haunted House (2005 film), Pteah khmaoch tinh aka The Haunted House'' was released, starring Chan Nary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gratefulness
''Gratefulness'', also ''Katanho'' ( km, កតញ្ញូ, Kâtânhnhu), is a Cambodian drama film, based on a true life of a young girl who lived in Phnom Penh. The film was considered one of the best films of the year in Cambodia. The film had a highly successful theatrical run and received several awards at the Khmer film festival. These included the best actress award for Ly Chan Siha. Despite being based on true life, the film has some similarity to Thailand's 1985 film ''Walli'' (thai:วัลลี) . as well as another film produced by Campro Production, Neang Neath which seem to be the remake of ''Nang Nak ''Nang Nak'' ( th, นางนาก) is a 1999 Thai supernatural horror film based on the Thai legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong. It was directed by Nonzee Nimibutr and released in 1999 by Buddy Film and Video Production Co. in Thailand. It depi ...'', Thai 1999s horror film. This film was released at the Kirirom cinema in Phnom Penh with English subtitles. Tag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake King's Grandchild
''The Snake King's Grandchild'' ( km, ចៅពស់កេងកង, , also ''Snaker 2'' and ''Snake's love'') is a 2006 Cambodian Romance horror film, a sequel to a 2001 film, ''The Snake King's Child''. It is a successful and award-winning in the khmer national film festival where it received 4 awards including best actress. Plot The sequel to The Snake King's Child, after Vaha and Soriya married, they gave birth to a boy and named him, Mek. However, Vaha, then, married another woman and gave birth to another boy named Sok but the new wife got jealous to Soriya and stole her ring. Suddenly Soriya turned to the snake and Vaha dropped dead by a heart attack. The new wife took everything and blamed Mek as the servant. Many years later, Mek and his snake mother lived in a cave, upsetly, while the new wife and Sok lived happily in the house. But Mek and Sok loved the same girl who was the daughter of the millionaire named Chan. However, Chan's heart was given to Mek and they did a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snaker
''The Snake King's Child'' ( km, កូនពស់កេងកង, ''Koun Puoh Kengkang'', also known as ''Snaker'' and ''Ghost Wife 2'') is a 2001 Cambodian-Thai horror film directed by Fai Sam Ang, based on a Cambodian myth about the half-human daughter of a snake god. It was produced as a sequel of the 1970 movie ''The Snake King's Wife''. It is the first full-length feature film for cinema to be produced in Cambodia since before the Khmer Rouge era. The special effect of the lead character's head being full of writhing snakes was achieved by gluing live snakes to a cap worn by the actress. Plot Neang Nhi (Ampor Tevi), a woman neglected by her abusive husband, Manop, is working in the fields one day when she accidentally loses her hoe in some shrubbery and encounters a giant python. The snake speaks to Nhi, and says he will return her hoe if she agrees to have sex with him. That night, the snake transforms into a man (Tep Rindaro), brings back the hoe, and has sex with Nhi, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crocodile (film)
''The Crocodile'' ( km, នេសាទក្រពើ, ; ) is a 2005 Cambodian horror-action film written and directed by Mao Ayuth. First released in July 2005, it had been periodically re-released in Cambodian cinemas since July 2007, and remains unreleased on DVD or digitally. Plot A group of villagers live by a river heavily infested with crocodiles which have killed many of their relatives. A local farmer, San, decides to become a crocodile hunter following the death of his wife, family members, neighbours and friends, with the aim of finding and killing the Crocodile King. Production and release The film's budget was US$100, 000, a high level for a Cambodian production; a significant amount of this went towards the film's lead actor, Preap Sovath. The film was written, produced and directed by Mao Ayuth, who was one of the few filmmakers from the golden age of Cinema of Cambodia, Cambodian cinema to survive the Democratic Kampuchea, Khmer Rouge regime. The film was firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodian Horror Films
Horror films in Cambodia, first popular in the 1970s, have received renewed attention in Cambodian film making since the resurgence of the local industry in 2003. Horror is one of three popular genres into which most Cambodian films can be loosely grouped, the other two being period pieces and melodrama/romantic drama. The fledgling Cambodian industry of the mid 2000s looked to capitalize on the world-wide popularity of Japanese horror films which have heavily influenced Cambodian horror films. Common themes are ghost or spirit hauntings, possession, folk mythology and revenge by supernatural means. The storytelling takes a slower pace than Western horror and relies on suspense, a pervasive sense of doom and dread, and psychologically disturbing events and situations. Unlike its Japanese counterparts however, many Cambodian horror films also feature over the top gore as seen in Western horror. History One of the earliest successful Cambodian horror productions was the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Horror Films
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