Art of the Devil (2004)

Boom, pregnant from an affair, is told by her lover to leave him and his family alone. Enraged, she goes to a witch doctor and has him use black magic against her ex-lover and his family. ... See full summary »

Director:

Tanit Jitnukul

Writer:

Ghost Gypsy

Stars:

Arisa Wills, Supakson Chaimongkol, Krongthong Rachatawan

Cast

Credited cast:
Arisa Wills	...	Nan
Supakson Chaimongkol	...	Boom
Krongthong Rachatawan	...	Kamala
Tin Settachoke	...	Prathan
Somchai Satuthum	...	Danai
Isara Ochakul	...	Ruj
Nirut Sutchart	...	Neng
Krittayod Thimnate	...	Bon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Buchholz	...	Pratan Siwahiran (voice) (as Robert Buchholz)
Sherry Chiasson	...	Nan Siwahiran (voice)
Sandy Fox	...	Bon Siwahiran (voice)
Elvia Gaitan	...	Ad (voice)
Grant George	...	Ruj Siwahiran (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Neng Siwahiran (voice)
Dave Mallow	...	Master, TV Anchor (voice)

Storyline

Boom, pregnant from an affair, is told by her lover to leave him and his family alone. Enraged, she goes to a witch doctor and has him use black magic against her ex-lover and his family. They all die in suspicious manners. Just when Boom thinks everything is over, a woman claiming to be her lover's secret mistress claims his inheritance and moves in to his house with her 4 children. Not long after that, unexplainable things happen to the family and, one by one, they begin to die.

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Plot Keywords:

woman in jeopardy | witch | witch doctor | mistress | black magic | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Goofs

The sound technician, camera man and more crew can be seen reflected on the TV at 1º 17' 43''.

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Connections

Followed by Art of the Devil 3 (2008)

User Reviews

Not Too Bad

Despite certain other "reviews", this movie is NOT Taiwanese, it is Thai, Thailand and Taiwan are a long way apart, certainly in distance if not in culture.

If you expect to see any Thai movies that are based on Western precepts, then you will be decidedly disappointed.

Belief in ghosts, black magic is normal in Thailand, ridiculous scenarios (to us Westerners) seem perfectly logical to Thais.

It is a movie with its faults like many movies, it is not by any means perfect.

But these sort of movies should be viewed with a bit of a different perspective to the multi million Spielberg Hollywood trash, generally, most Thai movies seem to be either slapstick ranting and screaming, whereas once in a while you will find a more reasonable stance, at least you can watch this without cringing.

If you watch these movies, you really need to expect to have all logic turned on its head regarding what you are generally used to.

Not my cup of tea, but better than so many from here.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site (Spain)

Country:

Thailand

Language:

Thai

Release Date:

17 June 2004 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

Art of the Devil

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$454,500

Company Credits

Production Co:

Five Star Production Co. Ltd., Tiger Team

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color