Art of the Devil
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Art of the Devil |
| Original title | คน เล่น ของ , Khon Len Khong |
| Country of production | Thailand |
| original language | Thai |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK No youth approval |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tanit Jitnukul |
| script | Ghost Gypsy |
| production | Charoen Iamphungporn |
| camera |
Tanai Nimchareonpong Thaya Nimchareonpong |
| cut | Sunij Asavinikul |
| occupation | |
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Art of the Devil ( Thai : คน เล่น ของ , Khon Len Khong ) is a Thai horror film / thriller from 2004 and the first part of a horror film trilogy, with the sequels only showing rudimentary references to the first part. Directed by Thanit Jitnukun .
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The Thai millionaire daughter Nan introduces the wealthy older Prathan to her attractive friend Boom. He's Nan's father, which Boom doesn't know. Nan unwittingly initiates such a fateful and tragic story, which ends in a dark scenario.
The young boom begins a passionate affair with the married architect Prathan. When Boom becomes pregnant, she reveals herself to her older lover, who, however, is extremely skeptical of having a child together and wants to evade all father duties by paying one million baht . The relationship with the millionaire cools down suddenly. The expectant father favors an abortion . One day Prathan invites his lover to his beach house, where he humiliates her and lets three of his drunken friends rape her. He himself records the martyrdom of the young woman with a handheld camera. A few days later, the self-confident boom with extortionate intent appears unannounced at a family celebration of the architect in order to demand more money from her ex-lover. Their encounter ends unhappily for the naive woman, she is humiliated again, mistreated and finally rejected. The enraged Prathan refuses to give any more money and demands that she have the baby aborted immediately.
In order to get revenge on her lover and her tormentors, Boom develops a thirst for revenge in her anger. With the help of a shaman , she uses black magic . About six months later, a mysterious murder or series of suicides rocked the country. However, this is not only directed against the responsible or involved tormentors such as Prathan and the other rapists, but also includes almost Prathan's entire family.
The egocentric boom then believes that it has reached the goal of its dreams, but it is harassed by the ghosts of the murdered and involved in a serious traffic accident. She eventually loses her unborn baby. After this stroke of fate, she learns that Prathan's ex-wife Kamala, whose existence she had not known until then, will be awarded the considerable fortune with her five children Woon, Neng, Bon, Ruj and Nan. The murderess comes away completely empty-handed. Boom cannot and does not want to come to terms with it, however, and ties up with Ruj, a grown son of Kamala, whom she even marries a little later in order to infiltrate the family. The eccentric mass murderer secretly makes claims to the stately villa and therefore contacts the shaman again, which results in further murders.
In the meantime, the reporter Danai is investigating the causes of the mysterious events that resulted in death and consequently suspects a connection between the deaths and black magic. Before he and the superstitious Nan, who is also convinced of dark forces, can achieve a breakthrough in their investigations, more siblings who are entitled to inherit die. Responsible Nan and dedicated Danai eventually find out that all leads to Boom, Nan's sister-in-law. However, since this continues to use dark magic, it is initially almost inviolable for the two investigators. Only when Danai succeeds in locating the magician with suicidal intent and ultimately killing him, Nan succeeds in killing Boom in a scuffle. Danai finds a cruel flame death. At the end of the film, only Nan and her little brother Bon survive.
Reviews
"Horror and ghost film with the ghost women and girls popular in East Asia, which is of course not staged for silent horror, but exposes its overwhelmed actors to rivers of blood."
Web links
- Art of the Devil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Art of the Devil in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ^ Art of the Devil. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .