Buppah Rahtree

Hey everyone,

How's it going? I just watched a movie a few days ago that really made an impression on me because it was part horror, funny, sad, and dramatic. I have rarely seen any movies that successfully combine all of those genres while managing to honestly be scary and really funny and sad. As you can tell, this movie is called Buppah Rahtree (2003).



The movie is from Thailand and is about a young woman named Buppah Rahtree who is a studious med student and loner. One day things change as a classmate shows interest in her and she gives him a chance. Basically, Buppah gets played, winds up pregnant, has an abortion-gone-wrong and winds up bleeding to death in her apartment. That's actually when the hilarity of the movie begins. Her apartment complex is filled with weirdos--there's the overbearing landlady, the gossipy hairdressers, the funny restaurant crew and some gangsta wannabes. There's a really funny part when they try to take Buppah's body out of the apartment and her body bolts right up and then moves. It was kind of scary, but then it was really funny when the two men yell "Ghost, ghost!" and run the hell out of the apartment.

After Buppah begins haunting everyone out rage and sadness we see that her ex lover has come back to her, not knowing she is dead. You just have to see the reactions when he says he's staying in apartment 609. So I don't just keep ranting I will give you reasons why I like the movie and why you may like it as well:

• Female protagonist is very convincing in her pain/anger and not freakish along the lines of The Ring of The Grudge. I felt more connected to her. And she is a really powerful, no-nonsense spirit.
• The movie makes fun of itself by having characters say "People only like movies with ghosts that chase people down the hall"...then someone gets chased down the hall by Buppah.
• Landlady's husband and his prayer room...just enough said! Hilarious!
• Great reference/homage to The Exorcist
• Awesome twist in the ending...definitely was not expecting it! So, if you like movies with twists or endings that are unexpected then you really should catch this movie.
• Moving corpses, people yelling "ghost!" while flailing their arms and running
• If you like a movie that is hilarious, but manages to scare you as well
• If you like foreign movies/reaidng subtitles

If none of those apply, I'm not saying you won't like it. It's just something you have to try. The
movie was good and apparently has a sequel, with a third one in the plans but I haven't seen them yet. I'll let you know if I do.

If you wanna see the movie, it can be ordered here or watched online at asian horror films, but I recommend actually getting it cuz it's cheap and better quality...I checked the online version and it's pretty bad quality, so unless you can stand that, just buy it!

That's all for now. Peace!