was going to make some masturbation joke here, didn’t you? We’ll you’re all
wrong! I am way too classy to do anything like that. However we will hit you up
with some info about a cool looking Thai film called THE HAUNTED DRUM.
The film has a lengthy synopsis,
but it sounds like it’s definitely worth checking out. The story behind the film
is that in the year 1821, King Badin and professor Sau
were obsessed with making the superb traditional Mohn hill-tribe drum. The story
circled for a while that during the making of the drum the band broke up and
King Badin’s child, Tip died of a strange illness. In time their story was
forgotten. 60 years later, teacher Duang inherited the drum from King Badin.
Many revered this drum as an instrument with a spirit that protects the
musicians. If any musician pledge their allegiance to the spirit of the drum,
they must honor their pledge or suffer ill fate. Ping, a young orphan was
determine to study traditional art. He resigned from his government job and went
to ask teacher Duang to accept him as her disciple. He was so eager to learn
that he secretly practiced during the night. One night he met a young girl name
Tip. She saw his determination and she started to teach him. They grew close and
fall in love. Deputy Chief of the town wanted the drum for himself and sent some
people to confiscate it. Duang fought them off but have to agree on drumming
contest. She entered Ping and he won. But the Deputy Chief would not give up the
drum so he tried to take it by force. That was a big mistake. Ping found out
later that the drums are made out of Tip’s skin.
The trailer looks pretty cool
and the film has a distinct look to it, helping to set it apart from the sort of
North American horror films that we’re becoming so used to. To check out the
trailer you can click
here for the Windows
Media format, or click
here to check out the site that is hosting the
trailer, 24 Frames per second.
Also I hear there’s already a sequel
being made where someone plays a haunted skin flute! (Guess I’m not that classy
after all!)