Rahtree: Flower of the Night (2003)

Buppah Rahtree is a loner female student at a Bangkok university who becomes the object of a wager by a group of male students to see if she can be bedded. Ake, the son of a wealthy family,... See full synopsis »

Director:

Yuthlert Sippapak

Writer:

Yuthlert Sippapak (screenplay)

Stars:

Laila Boonyasak, Krit Sripoomseth, Chompunoot Piyapane

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Laila Boonyasak	...	Buppah Rahtree (as Chermarn Boonyasak)
Krit Sripoomseth	...	Ake (Akekapol Damrongsap) (as Kris Srepoomseth)
Chompunoot Piyapane	...	Muay (as Chompoonuch Piyapanee)
Sirisin Siripornsmathikul	...	Jessie
Ampon Rattanawong	...	Maew / Father, the first shaman
Somjai Sukjai
Sayan Meungjarern	...	Dave
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mr. Nicolas
Somlek Sakdikul	...	Master Kong, the second shaman (as Somchai Sakdikul)
Siriporn Samatikul

Storyline

Buppah Rahtree is a loner female student at a Bangkok university who becomes the object of a wager by a group of male students to see if she can be bedded. Ake, the son of a wealthy family, takes the bet and courts young Buppah. She resists him at first, but one day sees him feeding pigeons in a park and talks to him. After she expresses her desire to fly away, they go on a ride in Ake's convertible. They continue to have a relationship, which culminates in a three-day weekend at Bang Saen, during which Ake has sex with her; he stays in bed with her the whole time. Ake shows videotapes of their sex to his friends, and for his efforts wins a bottle of Johnnie Walker, which he reflects to himself seems like a trivial prize for messing up another person's life. Ake breaks off all contact with Buppah.

After her stepfather gives her a car ride, he takes her to a short-time hotel and sexually assaults her. She stabs him with a fountain pen he gaver her as a present and runs home to her ...

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | thailand | part of trilogy | first of trilogy | two word title | 

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Taglines:

A new kind of terror takes root... [uk]

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

At the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), director Yuthlert Sippapak denied critics' claims that the female coroner in this film was a reference to renown forensic pathologist Dr. Pornthip Rojanasunan.

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Connections

Followed by Rahtree Reborn (2009)

User Reviews

Hilarious and frightening homage to The Exorcist.

RAHTREE: Flower of the Night is a Thai Horror-Comedy about a girl named Buppah Rahtree, who through a series of unfortunate events, ends up bleeding to death and haunting an apartment building full of weirdos.

Though the film is more comedy than horror, with lots of ridiculous laughs throughout, there are easily over a dozen scenes where the entire audience jumps. The director Yuthlert Sippapak is admittedly in love with the movie The Exorcist and pays a hilarious homage to it in this film. The director even pokes fun at himself when he has one of the characters in the movie complain that people are stupid because they only watch movies where a ghost chases someone down a hallway. Ha ha.

The director also hinted that he is working on a sequel, involving some bank robbers that end up in the room Rahtree haunts. Funny and genuinely scary with a sprinkling of original ideas, I'd highly recommend Rahtree. (8/10)

Details

Country:

Thailand

Language:

Thai

Release Date:

14 November 2003 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

Rahtree: Flower of the Night

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$940,174

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mahagan Films Co. Ltd., Mangpong Public Co. Ltd., Nakomthai Picture Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1