The Weird Villa Explained

The Weird Villa
Director:Nop Sombat
Producer:Nop Sombat
Starring:Nop Bayyareth
Danh Monica
Editing:Heng Tola
Distributor:Angkorwat Production
Country:Cambodia
Runtime:120 minutes
Language:Khmer

The Weird Villa (Central Khmer: ភូមិគ្រឹះចម្លែក|Phumĭkrœ̆h Châmlêk) is a 2004 Khmer psychological thriller that was advertised as being based on actual events which took place during the French colonial period of Cambodia's history.

Influences

With a plotline steeped in psychological horror, the movie echos the styles and themes of numerous classic foreign thrillers such as the South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters, a movie which features the appearance of a similar stepmother character. The film's setting also resembled the American-Spanish The Others (2001). Some poltergeists and paranormal occurrences during the climax of the movie appear to be a nod to several scenes from M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense.

Box office

The Weird Villa did well at the Cambodian box office.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top 5 Cambodian Horror Movies News & Features Cinema Online . 2023-06-12 . www.cinema.com.my . en.