Being the last guests remaining at a wedding reception, Tun (Ananda Everingham) and his friends sit around laughing and drinking. When Tun and his girlfriend, Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee), drive home (maybe just a little intoxicated). Jane is distracted and at the last minute sees a woman crossing in front of her moving car. She tries to avoid her but she hits her dead on and then runs into a sign. Panicked, Tun yells at her to take off. So she does.
Later consumed by guilt, Jane starts having dreams surrounding the mysterious woman, who may or may not be dead. Tun starts having camera problems, which is not good since he is a photographer (bitch ghost, get out of my shot!). Jane is convinced the shadows in the picture are of the young woman from their drunken escapade. They go to a magazine editor that publishes these kind of pictures. He tells them the only true image you can get of these spirits is with a Polaroid camera, since it is impossible to tamper with.
Tun tries to go back to work, but now he starts seeing the woman around the house, in his studio, and even in his dark room. One night his friend, Tonn (Unnop Chanpaibool), shows up in his apartment acting crazy and talking about pictures. Tun tries to calm him down but he disappears. Awhile later, Tun stops by Tonn's apartment to make sure he is all right. He finds the place trashed and sees Tonn hurl himself off of the balcony. When he speaks to his wife, she tells him that their group of friends is sick. They have all been killing themselves lately.
Jane takes Tun's Polaroid camera and starts to investigate. She follows the images and captures the spirit on film. The spirit takes her to an old science lab where a picture is knocked over. In the picture is the woman, who we find out is named Natre (Achita Sikamana). Jane looks her up in and finds pictures of Natre with Tun looking quite chummy. When Jane confronts Tun about the girl, he explains that they use to date in secret and when they broke up she threatened to kill herself but he wasn't sure what happened to her. Meanwhile, Tun's visions and paranoia constantly grows worse as he fears she is after him next.
The movie has a couple good jumps in it. And it has some memorable scenes where is plays with light. Either the lack of light or the color since they switch from regular rooms to dark rooms. However, I feel that the scary climax might have been a bit over the top. At times I found myself giggling because it looked a little hokey rather than being on edge like I'm suppose to be. But I think my favorite shot of the movie might be the very last one. What a great idea. And you have to admit. The idea of the camera being some sort of medium into the spiritual world is pretty intriguing.
Rating: ***
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