Thrilling mysterious and ultimately moving, The Coffin is a spine-chilling horror about the beauty of life and death and coming to face with living and dying. The new film by award winning director, Ekachal Uekrongtham, which was shot on actual locations of temple, real cemeteries, and ancient meditation caves, symbolizes the beauty of horror.

The film is inspired by true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, it is a super natural thriller about a young man & woman who decides to go through the ritual.

Chris is claustrophobic architect does it in the hope of saving his fiancée who’s dying of terminal cancer. Sue, a nutrionist visiting Thailand from Hongkong does it to save her own life after being diagnosed with a lethal brain tumor on week before her wedding.

After the ritual, Chris and Sue experience what appears to be miracle in their respective lives. But soon they find themselves confronted by a series of bizarre and terrfying incidences. With the help of a professor specializing in paranormal cases associated with ritual, they set out to exorcise the ghost that haunt them, and attempt to reverse the wheel of Karma.

The film stars Karen Mok, Ananda Everinggham, Andrew Lin, Suchao Pongwilai and introducing Shibuya from Japan.

The film received overwhelming response at IFFI-08 and attracting repeat screening during festival.

Rajendra Joshi