4bia

Infobox Film
name = 4bia


caption = Thai theatrical poster.
director = Youngyooth Thongkonthun
Banjong Pisanthanakun
Parkpoom Wongpoom
Paween Purikitpanya
producer = Jira Maligool
writer = Youngyooth Thongkonthun
Banjong Pisanthanakun
Parkpoom Wongpoom
Paween Purikitpanya
Eakasit Thairatana
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starring = Laila Boonyasak
Maneerat Kham-uan
Apinya Sakuljaroensuk
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distributor = GMM Tai Hub
released = Thailand:
April 25, 2008
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country = Thailand
language = Thai
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"4bia" or "Phobia" ( _th. สี่แพร่ง or "See Prang") is a 2008 Thai Thai horror film in four parts, directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom, and Paween Purikitpanya.

Title

The title is a pun on the word "phobia". The number 4 is in reference to the film's four short stories.

Plot

Happiness (Thai title: Ngao/Lonliness; directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun) :A young woman, stuck in her apartment thanks to the cast on her leg, communicates with the outside world via cell phone and text messages. She begins receiving text messages from a stranger, who seems friendly enough, and there’s no reason for her to read between the lines when he mentions that he’s currently dwelling somewhere “cramped.” After sending the mysterious stranger her picture, things become spooky.

Tit for Tat (Directed by Paween Purikitpanya) :Imagine a childish payback like writing a joke about your friend's parents on the blackboard. Then imagine a payback of vocational schoolboys who curse people they hate on a deadly charm. Let's see how excruciating these curses will bring to the table and the bloody time is on to kills everyone who fact this event.

In The Middle (Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun) :On a remote camping trip through a lonely jungle, four teenagers begin to tell ghost stories to entertain themselves. Eventually, the young men become frightened by their own stories and fight over who gets to sleep in the middle of the tent which they believe, is the safest and most secure spot to sleep...or so they think.

The Last Fright (Directed by Parkpoom Wongpoon) :Flight attendent Pim, goes aboard an airliner on a charter flight for the Princess of Khurkistan. What was supposed to be an ordinary flight turns into something tragic when the princess forms an allergic reaction to something she ate. After the royal house of Khurkistan requests that her body be sent back immediately for cremation, Pim (Chermarn Boonyasak) is required to remain on the plane and escort the body - the only passenger - for the return flight.

While the 4 stories above appear to be isolated, the chronology of the events are:a) Story 3 ("In the Middle"). One of the teenagers' name is Ter.b) Story 4 ("Last Fright"). Ter is mentioned as the brother of Pim's colleague and fellow stewardess, Tui (not seen in movie) who could not accompany the flight as her brother had drowned.c) Story 1 ("Happiness"). The girl with the broken leg is seen reading the online news about the Princess's death. d) Story 2 ("Tit for Tat"). The image we see of the curse is the image of the girl with the broken leg who had died with her eyes open.

Cast

*Laila Boonyasak as Pim
*Maneerat Kham-uan as Pin
*Apinya Sakuljaroensuk as Pink
*Witawat Singlampong as Diaw
*Pongsatorn Jongwilat as Phueak
*Chon Wachananon

External links

* [http://www.movieseer.com/MovieProfileBil.asp?moID=6988&Channel=2 Summary at MovieSeer]
* [http://www.moviexclusive.com/review/4bia/4bia.htm movieXclusive.com Review]
* [http://www.4biamovie.com/ Official Site]