Blackbirds at Bangpleng
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| Blackbirds at Bangpleng | |
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| Directed by | Niratisai Kanjareuk |
| Produced by | Jareuk Kanjareuk Surang Prempree |
| Written by | Wanit Jaroong-Git-Anun Kukrit Pramoj (novel) |
| Music by | Jaran Manopet |
| Cinematography | Tanit Poo-sara |
| Editing by | Niratisai Kanjareuk |
| Distributed by | Kantana |
| Release date(s) |  1994 |
| Running time | 132 min. |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
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Blackbirds at Bangpleng (Thai: กาเหว่าที่บางเพลง, Kawao tee Bangpleng or, literally, Cuckoos at Bangpleng) is a 1994 Thai science fiction horror film. Though it is based on a novel by Kukrit Pramoj, the story closely mirrors The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, which itself was adapted into the 1960 film, Village of the Damned.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A village in rural Thailand is celebrating Loy Krathong, when the festivities are disrupted by the descent of a spaceship. Ray beams are fired from the craft and all the village's women find they are suddenly pregnant. That very day, they give birth, their offspring aliens. The children have the power to kill with just their stare, and they have an insatiable appetite for raw meat.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Further reading
- Close encounters of the generic kind: A case study in Thai sci-fi, essay by Adam Knee, Screening the Past, Latrobe University, November 1, 2000.
[edit] References
- ^ Movie review at You Call Yourself a Scientist, retrieved on 2007-03-02.
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