| Coming Soon (โปรแกรมหน้า วิญญาณอาฆาต) |
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| Directed by | Sopon Sukdapisit |
| Produced by | Youngyooth Thongkonthun |
| Written by | Sopon Sukdapisit |
| Starring | Vorakan Rojchanawat Sakulrath Thomas Chantavit Dhanasevi |
| Studio | GMM Tai Hub (GTH) Co. Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Golden Village Pictures Panasia Films Vie Vision Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 30, 2008 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai, with English and Chinese subtitles |
Coming Soon (โปรแกรมหน้า วิญญาณอาฆาต) 2008 Thai horror film which stars Singer Worrakarn Punch Rotjanawatchra, Sakulrath Thomas, and Chantavit Dhanasevi, in the directorial debut for Sophon Sakdaphisit, co-writer of Thai films "Shutter" and "Alone".[1][2][3]
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Shane (Chantavit Dhanasevi) is a theater projectionist who has promised to bootleg a Thai horror film which had been getting a lot of hype. While sitting in the theater with his DV-cam, he begins feeling that something is not quite right. When the movie is over, a sense of deja vu overtakes him. The events just depicted in the film are happening again, and this time it is no fantasy. As he delves further in investigating the events of the disappearance of his friend he sees his tape in which he cowers in fear later he sees his friend inside the movie with his eyes gouged out.The next day the movie theatre staff look for the missing bootleg he then encounters Shomba the evil spirit depicted in the movie in several places before suffering massive trauma
Slasherpool felt that the film had some decent scary moments and that the script was sound. They noted that first-time director Sopon Sukdapisit might not have had a lot of experience, with some obvious flaws, and "rookie" mistakes, and nothing very innovative, suggesting that he stick to writing. The opined that it "is a movie destined to be remade"..."worth watching if you're in the mood for a decent ghost story but don't expect to get blown away."[2] When reviewed by Movie Exclusive, they summarized by saying "Coming Soon doesn't have enough to be an instant classic, but it bodes well for the GMM Tai Hub stable that they're still a force to be reckoned with when it comes to raking up the scares".[3] The Fridae Movie Club thought the film had promise when they wrote "Coming Soon has a sharp film-within-a-film concept, further proof of Sophon Sakdapisit’s screenwriting talents", but noted its lacks when writing "But the direction falls way short of the ambitious script."[1] This same opinion was shared by Fangoria, which wrote "Sakdapisit tosses in a few effective setpieces and plenty of gouged-out eyes, but the majority of Coming Soon feels overly familiar and illogical".[4]