{{Short description|2001 film by Oxide Pang and Pisut Praesangeam}} {{Infobox film |name = Bangkok Haunted |image = Bangkok_Haunted_poster.jpg |caption = Thai release poster |director = Oxide Pang<br>Pisut Praesangeam |producer = Pisut Praesangeam<br>Jantima Liawsirikun |writer = Pisut Praesangeam<br>Sompop Wetchapipat |starring = Pimsiree Pimsee<br>Dawan Singha-wee |music = Orange Music |cinematography = Vichien Ruengvichayakun<br>Decha Srimunta<br>Nuttawut Kittikun |editing = Piyapan Choopetch |distributor = RS Film |released = {{Film date|2001|12|21|Thailand|2003|03|24|United Kingdom|2005|07|26|United States}} |runtime = 130 minutes |country = Thailand |language = Thai }} '''''Bangkok Haunted''''' ({{langx|th|ผีสามบาท}}) is a 2001 Thai horror anthology film directed by Oxide Pang and Pisut Praesangeam. It consists of three ghost stories, as told by three people sitting around in a darkened Bangkok bar.
==Premise==
==='"Legend of the Drum'"=== An antiques dealer discovers that a dancer's musical spirit possesses an old drum in her shop.
==="Black Magic Woman"=== A lonely young woman is given an aphrodisiac perfume that is extracted from corpses.
==="Revenge"=== A police cadet searches for the truth behind a girl's suicide by hanging.
==Cast== *Pimsiree Pimsee as Pagar *Pramote Seangsorn *Dawan Singha-Wee as Pan *Kalyanut Sriboonrueng as Kanya *Pete Thong-Jeur as Nop
==Release== At the time of its release in Thailand, ''Bangkok Haunted'' was the second-biggest grossing Thai horror film since ''Nang Nak'' in 1999.
The film was screened at the London Thai Film Festival on October 13, 2002.
==Reception== ''Variety'' critic Derek Elley noted the film's atmospheric stylistic touches and technique, saying the first segment, ''Legend of the Drum'' was the strongest in terms of storytelling. ''Black Magic Woman'' is "largely an excuse for soft-porn sequences between some yucky shocks", Elley wrote. He said ''Revenge'' has weak plot development and had an over-reliance on "flashy effects".<ref>{{cite magazine|date=9 December 2002|last=Elley|first=Derek|authorlink=Derek Elley|title=Bangkok Haunted|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/bangkok-haunted-1200544461/|magazine=Variety}}</ref>
==Home media== ''Bangkok Haunted'' was released on Region 2 DVD on March 24, 2003 by Tartan Video and on Region 1 DVD July 26, 2005 by Panik House Entertainment.
==Sequels== In the Philippines, the unrelated 2003 film ''The Unborn'' was released as ''Bangkok Haunted 2: The Unborn'' on August 18, 2004 but It's Nakhon Sawan .<ref>{{cite news|title=Opens Today!|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RFo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1329%2C22851618|access-date=September 8, 2022|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=August 18, 2004|page=A31|quote=More true tales from beyond the grave}}</ref> The 2009 film ''Haunted Universities'' was also released in some territories as ''Bangkok Haunted 3'' but there are Haunted Universities 2nd Semester and Haunted Universities 3.{{Citation needed|reason=spiritual successor or original research?|date=January 2021}}
==See also== * List of ghost films
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0364977}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|bangkok_haunted}}
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Category:2001 films Category:Films directed by Oxide Pang Category:Thai horror anthology films Category:Thai horror films Category:Thai ghost films Category:RS Film films Category:Thai supernatural horror films Category:2001 Thai films {{Thailand-film-stub}} {{2000s-horror-film-stub}}