In the car are Aye (Cherprang Areekul) and her mother (Dhanyabhorn Sondhikandha). Aye calls out to her sister Elle (Miusic-Praewa Suthamphong), who is staggering away from the scene of the accident. Elle turns around, but is hit by a car and dies.
In the car are Aye (Cherprang Areekul) and her mother (Dhanyabhorn Sondhikandha). Aye calls out to her sister Elle (Miusic-Praewa Suthamphong), who is staggering away from the scene of the accident. Elle turns around, but is hit by a car and dies.
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Months later, Aye is talking to a therapist about how she is dealing with her PTSD from the accident. She is on her medication, but is still having horrible nightmares. She seems to be more concerned about her mother, who won't take her medicine and seems to be in denial.
Then, a box arrives at their house with a doll inside. The doll looks a lot like Elle. In an effort to keep Elle's spirit with them, Aye's mother has hired a sorcerer to create the doll and imbue it with Elle's spirit. The sorcerer has three rules: the doll must eat all meals with the family; not take it out of its box after midnight; and not take it beyond a red rope barrier he's placed in the yard, otherwise the spell is broken.
Aye feels creeped out by the doll, as you'd expect, but when she FaceTimes her friend, he tells her that everyone cries in their own way. But the longer the doll is there, the more Aye's mother treats it like it's the real Elle, to the point where she starts to turn on Aye for still wanting to have a relationship with her father after he cheated on her mother. But the doll starts messing with Aye's already fragile mental state, especially after she pulls the doll out a few minutes after midnight.
The stories in Terror Tuesday: Extreme are based on stories told by real people on the popular Thai radio show Terror Tuesday, and each episode is directed by a different filmmaker. The first episode, "Our Little Sister," had its share of jump scares and plenty of creepy moments. However, it was definitely light on plot and logic, and the time between jump scares and creepy moments feels a bit long.
The best horror anthologies mix scary and creepy moments with actual plot and whatever character development can fit into a single-episode format. Most of the character depth in this story falls on Aye, especially when we find out what her PTSD has really been like all this time. The end of the episode has a twist, but it's not one that's particularly shocking.
As we said, there are some leaps of logic in the episode, too. For example, the three rules the sorcerer lays down when he hands over the doll should be major plot twists, and yet at least one of them feels like an afterthought. Plus, there's a scene near the end that only makes sense once you see the twist.
And while the episode does drag a bit between the scary parts, the length is short enough to keep you from going to your phone waiting for the next scare.
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