d-tox is a 2002 american psychological thriller film directed by jim gillespie , and starring sylvester stallone and charles s. dutton .

the film was released in the united states on september 20 , 2002 under the title eye see you by dej productions .

the film is based on the 1999 novel jitter joint written by howard swindle .

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d - tox , based on a novel by howard swindle , was directed by jim gillespie in 2002 .
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d - tox cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of d - tox actors includes any d - tox actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each d - tox actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of d - tox have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
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d - tox ( 2002 ) . stars : sylvester stallone , charles s . dutton , robert patrick , kris kristofferson . director - jim gillespie . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
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“i haven’t really done a full - on thriller ; i really like those films because they really get you out of your seats , like memento or seven” , stallone explains when discussing his reasons for taking on d - tox . “i think what we ended up doing didn’t quite sit right with the studio bosses who had different expectations . ”
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his latest film , a violent thriller called d - tox , may not even get a theatrical release in north america and has taken 2 years to see the light of day . but like rocky , stallone is down but not out , and he is handling his varied success with a distinct sense of humour as paul fischer discovered when he met the star in a los angeles hotel .
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the first 20 minutes of d - tox seem like the end to another film . it ' s the climax where the serial killer finally targets the protagonist . after those 20 minutes the film begins to show the aftermath of such events . unfortunately , rather than being an in depth drama , the aftermath is a slasher movie scenario . a group of cops enter a d - tox center , each one has character traits , instantly recognizable to the genre . the mystery is revealed at a steady pace and i didn ' t guess the culprit . i also liked dutton ' s small scenes away from the action . he was like scatman crothers in the shining . stallone gives a very decent performance , handing the high emotion at the beginning and the action and thrills . certainly more enjoyable than it ' s box - office intake would indicate .
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i ' ve lived rocky iii . when it premiered on hbo august 1 , 1983 , i was there - - uninvited at my friend ' s house at 8am ! we ' d even act out scenes . i ' d be rocky . my friend was paulie . we would act out the scene after his smashes the pinball machine . i also love mick ' s
eat lightning
and
pumping gas in jersey
lines from ii .
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dressed all in black , sylvester stallone looks a youthful 52 . despite his age , the still rugged star scoffs at the idea that he is too old running around and shooting people as he does in the hokey new hollywood thriller d - tox . “you kidding me ? ” he questions laughingly . “do these look old to you ? ” he refers to his muscles which he clearly enjoys flexing . it’s part of the game which stallone loves to play . whether he is promoting a film about which he is passionate or one that he admits isn’t’ perfect , stallone knows how to play the room . he does so with a charming perfection .
different perhaps the mentality that kept stallone at the top of his game for two decades , through the successes of both the rocky and rambo franchises , and the failures of the likes of rhinestone , stop , or my mom will shoot , and even last year’s multi - million dollar fiasco , driven . yet somehow stallone manages to rise through it all and his next film could be another cop land . but on d - tox , stallone knew what he was getting into and was eager to embrace a fresh genre . yet the actor defends the film’s international release , arguing that “americans have a different perception of films , as opposed to europeans and australians , who are a little bit broader based in their tastes . ”
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to understand how ana - d - tox works , you have to first understand how exactly colouring products damage your hair . similar to a tree that has a bark as an outer covering , the cuticle is the outer covering for our hair shaft . in order for colour to penetrate through the cuticle , it has to be lifted up . all hair colouring products include some chemical or the other that lift up the cuticle to deposit colour into the cortex ( inner layer of a strand of hair ) . but the problem here , is that is once you’ve disturbed the cuticle , the damage has already begun , because the cuticle is not meant to be lifted up . and the longer the colour is penetrating into your open cuticle and hair shaft , the longer the chemical has to attack and wreak havoc on your open cuticle and hair shaft by weakening and damaging them .
yet even using that argument , a stallone film that takes some 2 years to hit cinemas , is a rarity , and the actor has no real answer . “i think they were just taken aback and didn’t quite know how to perceive it and i think it was done they were just extremely nervous about the whole thing . ” stallone’s jack molloy in d - tox is an fbi agent with a drinking problem , that ensued following the brutal murder of his fiancé at the hands of a deranged serial killer who targets cops , and molloy in particular . now a drunk , he joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of wyoming . but the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the clinic from the outside world and enables a killer on the inside to get busy . he may be molloy’s initial nemesis .
put sylvester stallone in a bad friday the 13th rip - off and the result is d - tox , another cynically exploitative return to the well of stalk - and - slash clichés that director jim gillespie previously trawled dry in i know what you did last summer . after failing to catch the vicious serial killer responsible for the death of his girlfriend , homicide detective jake malloy ( stallone ) goes on an alcoholic bender and ends up in a detox programme for cops at a remote , snowbound facility in wyoming . and , surprise , surprise , that ' s where the sadistic assassin is masquerading as one of the betty ford - style boozehounds . derivative , nasty and just plain stupid ( for starters , no one in their right mind would ever agree to be incarcerated in this mini - alcatraz ) , this incompetent and obnoxious dud doesn ' t even have unintentional laughs to keep boredom at bay .
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sadly , all the sweetness that was the first block of the film got flushed down to the bottom of the shitter once the narrative hit the remote rehab clinic . first , i’d just like to say : what kind of moronic clinic is this ? it has no security whatsoever ( what if an officer snapped ? ) , it’s in the middle of nowhere , it ' s run by kris kristofferson ( you’re asking for trouble there ! ) and it looks like a depressive left over set from
alien 3
. is this the kind of environment that will help cheer up suicidal , alcoholic , violent cops ? shite . . . in their shoes , i’d take one step in , absorb my surroundings and immediately proceed to blow my head off on the spot . fuck that noise ! to make matters worse , the events that unravel at the rehab come with heavy doses of plot holes , un - imagination and a very standard finale . but believe it or not , those are the least of this movie’s faults .
a horror movie filmed in seattle ? let me guess . . . it ' s called
the day it snowed
. if you live in seattle you know what i mean . two days of snow a week or so ago and you ' d have thought it was armegeddon here .
just leave the car , just leave it ! we are going to have to walk back to the drive way . maybe crawl . we can do it . together . god i hope i can find my sweater .
i remember hearing that gerbil story back in high school . that is so funny to hear sly ( a celeb . ) reference it ! sly come back around when you do rambo and if you get to make poe , you are cool ! how about some stories about making ' lockup ' with d . sutherland and sizemore ! ! ? ? any insight on ' shade ' , which i caught on dvd ( don ' t think it made to wide release ) ? this was a good movie , but your part was not big enough , really only a cameo .
synopsis : fbi agent jake malloy ( sylvester stallone ) has the task of tracking down a vicious serial cop killer , who has already killed nine officers . when he next strikes itís jakeís girlfriend , mary ( dina meyer ) , and jake takes it badly , sliding down depression alley on a bottle . finally , his buddy and colleague agent charlie hendricks ( charles s . dutton ) convinces him to try spending some time in a secluded and select de - tox bunker in the wyoming wilderness , specially for cops , run by a former cop , doc ( kris kristofferson ) . but the killing starts again , right inside this snow - bound , blizzard - beaten cop - zone .
it ' s almost becoming a second thing i ' m looking forward to . film that shit and get it on youtube . even cheap video cameras have a macro focus function . and stallone - keep the balloon busting stories of the hollywood phoneys you ' ve worked with coming ! i ' m betting he ' s been wanting to get that shit off his chest for a loooong time . i ' d also love to hear about his relationship with hulk hogan , since he did hogan ' s wrestling hall of fame speech , i ' m guessing they ' ve remained in touch since thunderlips .
. . . that stallone has managed to win the hearts of perhaps the most vindictive , venomous and merciless online subculture on the planet . when i first heard of this little aicn venture i winced while imagining the torrent of bile which would result in the talkbacks . frankly , judging by the hate and ridicule on display in most of the previous rocky balboa talkbacks , the notion wasn ' t far - fetched . that having been said , i ' d love to see stallone - hater cocolopez make a comeback so that we could all enjoy sly beating his ass to a pulp . come on , coco , i know you ' re out there in the wings just waiting for the right venue for your return .
i would agree , except that a ) sly has shown that he does read these talkbacks , b ) sly isn ' t exactly your average hollywood doofus . so moto is just laying is cards out to see if it works . i mean , why not ? not like anything bad can come of it , except a few harsh talkbackers comments ( i get enough of those whenever i bash battlestar galactica in the heroes talkbacks . . . heroes owns bg ! ! ) but anyway , i just graduated film school , i have a few opportunities popping up , but nothing big , and if i had a script that was stallonish , shit , maybe i ' d be pimping myself out on aicn as well . but hey , i ' m working on a low budget horror film in seattle in february . . . sigh . . .
lol . that was going to be my p . s . but i figured i was crossing the line already : ) * * * * * * * * * * * * * regarding the post , i ' ll say this , i ' m sure i ' m not the first to pimp myself to a filmmaker at aicn , and i ' d be thrilled to be the last for their sake , but taking chances like that got me representation after years of struggle , which led to meetings with studios , open doors , and a small development deal with a big company . granted , a hundred other chances never got me anything . but , gotta feed the wife and kid so pride takes a backseat in this biz . hopefully i can get to the stage where i can help others . so to all , believe and take chances when opportunities arise . no shame . okay moto , stop talking .
hey folks , harry here - first - i ' d like to apologize for saturday ' s questions not getting up on saturday . merrick was supposed to do that - but apparently he must ' ve had something that came up that kept him from doing it . i ' m too euphoric from bnat to be mad though . holy shit ! rocky balboa is possibly my favorite film experience of the year . the audience chanting rocky . . . people pumping arms in the air in the theater , sceaming
rocky rocky rocky !
stallone looking like edgar rick burrough ' s mucker or john ford ' s gypo nolan . i love rocky balboa so much . i simply have to see it multiple times to see if that emotion and reaction from the audience works on me again and again . ab king - prepare for both your heads to explode like a testosterone fountain at george cukor ' s mansion back in the day . well - here ' s stallone with both saturday ( yesterday ' s ) and sunday ( today ' s ) drink up !
clearly , hollywood ' s confidence in this film is lower than pee - wee herman ' s oscar chances , and their instincts are right : a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk ' n ' slash , this will not reinvigorate sly ' s action hero status or loosen his maniacal destruction of the quality control button .
stallone plays homicide cop jake malloy , whose partner and his wife have been offed by a serial killer . hitting the bottle , he is sent to a remote , isolated rehab clinic for cops . the self - pity is going nicely when , suddenly , other patients start dying horribly , leaving our boy sly to find the killer . could it be the same one who wasted his nearest and dearest ? answers on a postcard , please . . .
directed in painfully generic fashion by jim gillespie ( no stranger to the genre , courtesy of teen slasher
i know what you did last summer
) , the first part of the movie sets up a chilling , claustrophobic atmosphere . this is promptly swamped by the
scream
wannabe that proceeds to lay waste to any chances of quality .
plagued with poorly developed , cut - out characters ( the gung - ho maverick , the coward , the twitchy one ) , and a killer sporting a deliriously shallow motivation , you are never inclined to care about any of them . the talented cast are all victims to the surrounding histrionics .
if this had been released two years ago , it would have been an unremarkable copy . now , with its inspirations (
scream
,
se7en
) merely derivatives hugely copied elsewhere , its utterly desperate and pedestrian features cannot be easily hidden .
once upon a time sylvester ‘sly’ stallone , the poor , abused kid from new york’s hell kitchen , was a proud member of hollywood’s elite . but these days , hollywood may have turned his back on the oscar winning creator of rocky balboa .
beyond angelo , opening here in may , stallone hopes to resuscitate his beloved rocky . “it’s true that i’ve written a story for rocky vi , ” sly concedes . “this one will hopefully bring forward rocky’s more spiritual side . i really love this character , he’s a part of me and i’m longing to bring him back . there are guys my age who still box , after all . ” stallone is even prepared to get back to the tough physical regiment required to shoot another rocky . “it’s brutal , very tough , but i’ll do what is necessary to make it real . ” as for the rambo v rumour , stallone wants it known that “rambo is dead and buried . i want it known i’m not going after bin laden or anyone else for that matter . ”
always sly , it’s good to see that michael sylvester enzio stallone , is not taking himself too seriously after all .
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stallone answers december 9th & 10th questions in a double round - plus harry ' s seen rocky balboa . . .
published at : dec . 16 , 2006 , 7 : 37 p . m . cst by headgeek
you ' re not even taking the weekends off for this . thanks a lot !
i have a pacman frog that i feed about a half dozen crickets to every other day . usually the frog just devours all those stupid aimless bugs within a minute of me dropping them in . but there ' s this one cricket that ' s survived in there for 2 weeks now ! literally six waves of feedings later , it ' s still just him left over in the tank with the frog . i ' ve been calling him rambo cricket . survival instincts . you should see this little guy . he ' ll actually wait for the frog to turn away , then sneak his way to the water , drink , and quick pounce back into the brush . even hopped off the frog ' s head once on the way back to safety , adding insult to injury . the frog can ' t catch him at all ! this cricket is amazing . he is rambo . . . . even dug some trenches as escape paths . i basically have two pets now , the frog and rambo cricket , because they are co - existing in the tank indefinately . i ' ll let you know when he ' s finally caught .
man , i have to say that i have really enjoyed reading stallone ' s interview comments ! he is incredibly witty and the comments are very endearing to me . definitely gives him a lot of personality in my mind that i didn ' t know . not his normal interview stuff you would find in any magazine or celebrity gossip . this is such a great tribute to the star to do this . thanks to stallone and to harry for putting this together .
my sister randomly bought me a bunch of those new rocky figures a while ago . she got me rocky , adrian , paulie , apollo , and that big slab of hanging meat that rocky punches . so the weakest out of that group is either apollo or the hanging meat , right ? ? : p i still need a drago figure though . it ' s not complete without him .
btw . . . this interview sealed the deal for me and i will definitely go see this rocky movie as well as rent the ones that i didn ' t see . i have a great respect for a star that will gives the fans respect like this to answer our questions in this way , and honestly . see you in the theatre !
didn ' t tiny terror danny cannon want to do a director ' s cut of judge dredd ? i remember reading an article about that years ago on aicn .
thank you sly for giving us these amazing insights into the life of a star . i especially liked the bit about sharon stone . . . i didnt like her anyway , not to mention richard gere ! hahaha but what i like the most is that my perception of you has gotten so much better . i allready had seen a documentary on the making of rocky and i remember allready being thoroughly impressed but now i will never forget you are one cool dude ! afterthought : what would movie news be like if everyone was as honest like sly about movie experiences ?
i wasn ' t even that big of a stallone fan , but he ' s so likeable and disarmingly honest . great guy . for those of you in the uk , copland is on at 2255 on bbc1 . . . grab a beer !
has the best open then 15 minutes in just falls apart . i really wanted to love this film but somrthing was off about it . the sets and fx were top for the time . i wonder if danny yelled the
fear me
line on csi lol . my first job was working at a theater that showed rocky all summer so i ' ve seen that film over 100 times . watching rocky that many times showed me that a film could have techical flaws and rough edges but still be loved because the story carried the movie while judge dredd while near perfect from a techical stand point had a story that didn ' t hold up to one viewing . gotta have heart ! thanks for the many hours of enjoyment mr . stallone : )
what with his pretend tap dancing and all . and gibsonusa , don ' t let that cricket die . he ' s proved his worth . he at least deserves to be set free if you don ' t want to keep him .
i thought we might get a review with this too . . . a nice payment since # 9 wasn ' t posted on time . give us great details man !
these q & as have truly been some of the most enjoyable reads ever on aicn . kudos to harry & co . for hooking this up . < p > i ' ve always found sly to be a genuine , straight shooter with an incredibly sharp wit . i remember watching certain
tonight show
appearances and thinking that it would be great if sly would play more characters like himself . the guy just exudes charm and his self - deprecating sense of humor is spot - on . how could ya not like the guy who gave us not only the greatest underdog character of all time but memorable quotes such as this :
my , what a nice day , i think i’ll go outside and beg for food .
? : ) < p > mr . stallone : thanks a ton for doing this q & a . bring on
rocky balboa
. cheers !
i sprinkled some white powder onto rambo cricket to ruin his camoflauge so the frog can see him better . it worked . now the frog sees him clearly , but still can ' t get to him . what the cricket does when he ' s spotted is he clings onto this thin vertical vine , keeping the width of the vine in between him and the frog . wtf ? ? do crickets even have brains ? even when i push the cricket towards the frog with a straw he dodges it .
. . . is possibly the best thing to ever hit aicn . the candor and comedy of these responses is absolutely awe - inspiring . i ' m going to run out and buy an armful of stallone - dvds and hope that mr . stallone uses his next royalty check to buy himself a beer or a gummi bear or something . it ' s on me !
seriously . aicn should take all the questions , have stallone answer them , and then make a book . this is some good stuff . love it .
if he is white , paint another one black , then let them become firm friends , then reintroduce the frog . if i know my straight to video action flicks , frog will kill black cricket , white cricket will scream noooooooooo , and escape with a broken leg . he will then plot revenge and kill the frog . . . we may need a girl cricket as well . . .
this is how you do a q & a . james lipton pay attention and take your tounge out of all those actors arses . with your pseudo acting students , your fake tan , dyed beard , greasy strand of hair cue card mother fucker ! ! ! inside the actors studio . . . more like ' lets do a 1 hour suck up session ! ! ! ' and yeah ive read sharon stone is a massive bitch . who th fuck does she ethink she is . she only got famous for the beaver shot any way ! !
in rockys ii , iii , and iv , there ' s no defense . also , every punch is a haymaker . the hagler / hearns fight was like that , ' cept it only lasted two rounds . that ' s one of the reasons the sequels never approached your oscar winning ' 76 film . apollo / rocky i was a somewhat plausible , slightly exaggerated fight . also , how do you compare the original rocky to scorsese ' s raging bull ? i think the latter movie is a masterpiece .
this is a select group of assholes he is convincing to go to his movie . i guess as fan pr or something it is worth the investment and god bless him , i am enjoying it . i hope rocky balboa is a big fucking hit because i really really want to see rambo iv .
it is solid gold when we get the true and juicy stories , unexpurgated . more more more !
makes the action slow and not rocky - esque enough . a rocky game should play more like mike tyson ' s punch out ! ! series . in fact , a crossover nintendo punch - out ! ! game featuring rocky against all his opponents would be cool .
' cause it ' s giving me nose bleeds . the images he conjures up is simply priceless . ranking paulie ahead of apollo ,
can you get sick of it on someone else ' s film ?
if it gets on my pants you ' re gonna know about it
. . . that ' s just too f ' ing awesome .
the fox nfl pregame show was all over rocky today . they opened with scenes mixed with football , it was all good . i really am looking forward to the movie and hope it does well . i mean damn , mel punked this weekend , when the chips were down . this q / a is awesome and props to harry and sly . . . . . thanks !
and this is the most enjoyable thing you guys have ever done . mr stallone , you ' ve performed a miracle , i ' ve never seen such universal praise from talkbackers before . true class mate , keep em coming .
this just keeps getting better and better - - i ' m actually sad that we ' re over half way through . sly , i have a question for you : is there a reason for working with so many young directors ? did the material ' s worth outweigh reservations about the lack of experience for the director , or were you more interested in stretching yourself out to work with up and coming talent ? and i have to say thanks : tango and cash was the first 15 rated film my dad and i ever went to in a theater , cobra was the first 18 rated home movie i ever saw ( on betamax , no less ) and demolition man was a great experience to go and see with all my friends my first year in college . thanks for many years of fun times and great memories .
and if he does he shouldn ' t avenge the black one because it ' ll turn out that it was all a set up , you see . he and girl cricket and the frog just want rambo cricket to lead them to the money .
i soon lost all hope for future filmmaking with the onset of the 2000s yet the second half of this decade is making me have faith again , making me believe . . . i wonder if this can compare with the untouchable first - half 80s for blockbuster film ?
he was a pit - fighter who surived them all and eventually his owner knew he couldn ' t keep this warrior any more so he set him free . . . man that scene really made me feel heartfelt . do it for rambo circket the barbarian
i meant ' rambo ' not rocky . also throw the demolition man in there as well .
stallone : father of wwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
hogan in rocky iii . few months later , saavy vince mcmahon makes him wwf champion . gone were the bland days of bob backlund . wrestling became a big ticket item . it needed one more thing , however . - - wrestlemania ! hogan , mr . t , jimmy snuka v . s . whoever in the main event . boxing was no longer pay - per - view king . pro wrasslin ' as we now know it , is a side - effect of the second rocky sequel . after rocky , you campaigned for the lead in superman : the movie . did richard donner talk to you about the role ? during assassins , was there any reminiscing about that time ?
the brutal honesty is terrific . you might say he ' s not pulling any punches . ha ! oh jeez .
personally , i think this is alittle demeaning for him . the brutal honesty is not refreshing . it ' s inappropriate , especially coming from someone of his stature . it sounds petty , and unneccessary . tarnishes him somewhat in my eyes . i ' ll always love rocky , though .
most sub films or films like that are all about miscomunication with a sub or an over the top captian with an ichy trigger finger and how the navy or whoever goes about to stop it with the hero saving the day at the last minute . not what actualy happens when a sub lets it ' s nuke fly and how they deal with the aftermath . i would deffintly see it . although this seems like a wierd place to put what you said and i read with an uncertain feeling that your in a dream world . but how can i know
don ' t read it then . most of us here , even non sly fans are enjoying this and can ' t wait for the next one . god i wish we could edit these things . i always notice my horrible spelling and grammer after i post . you would think 4 years of college and a year of grad school would fix that problem . but noooooo . . . . i just got dumber .
did no one else catch that ? i ' m sure he meant
life long fan
and language barriers facilitated the error , but still . that ' s a hilarious typo / freudian slip .
how can you love rocky and think that talking to fans is beneath stallone . you must be some kind of shallow dick ? ! but that wasn ' t an insult to stallone , that was an insult to all of us . not that it matters , cause you gotta be one immature person . why would you even say something like that ? what was the purpose ? to just be an asshole ?
lol professionalism and good ' ol common sense in the entertainment industry ? hehe . good one yack .
moto , screw the naysayers and do whatever it takes . yeah the industry is rife with assholes but on occasion opportunity does present itself . solicit away , my friend . best of luck .
jesus , don ' t leave us in the dark . keep us updated about rambo cricket ! !
not the worst idea i ' ve ever seen - - didn ' t van damme pretend to kick an exec in the throat during a lunch to get a break ? hell , if you managed to get anyone ' s interest , well done .
will we ever see the uncut version of the film ? the fight between snipes and sly at the end is cut to shreds , as phoenix evidently gets electrocuted at some point and there are a bunch of bad edits . did the budget run dry at the end of the film , because the explosion at the cryoprison is bad sfx . nigel hawthorne made it clear before he died that he took the role because he wanted to prove he could act in front of a camera - - his comments made it sound like he felt he was slumming , did you get that impression during shooting ? and , in a q & a with kevin smith moment , how the hell did you get a young sandra bullock in the movie and not get her to really flash her boobs ? ! ? : - )
good luck moto . p . s . since when has aicn been a cauldron of negativity for the film industry ? that line really made me laugh . . .
there ' s not much to update on rambo cricket . i already gave up on him lol . i ' ve tried to hit him like a golf ball with a straw to the frog . one of the last times i tried to get him eaten i actually hit him right in front of the frog ' s face . his front legs were actually on the frog . see , the thing with pacman frogs is that a lot of their senses seem based on movement . like , they will wait for the bug to start walking right before eating them . so the second rambo frog moved , he was lunch . . . but he didn ' t move ! ! he just posed there leaning on the frog , motionless . i left and came back , and they were still at that standoff . so i went to bed , and in the morning the frog was in a different spot , so i figured it was over finally . the day after that i came back with a new batch of crickets , look into the tank , and there ' s rambo cricket running into cover ! wtf ? ? i give up . he is too strong . he cannot be defeated .


nak ( thai : นาค ) is a thai animated fantasy film that was released on april 3 , 2008 .

the story is based on ghosts of the folklore of thailand , who in this movie shed their sinister reputation and are the heroes .

nak , its central character , is based on the figure of mae nak , a thai female spirit that has a baby and can stretch her arms .

nak 's striking fuchsia-colored hair and eyes in this movie are a departure from her alleged looks in traditional lore though .

other spirits familiar to thai people that appear in this movie are phi hua kat , krahang , krasue , phi am , nang tani , nang takian and phi phong .

ghosts from other backgrounds such as phi yipun , the scary woman with long , stringy black hair wearing a white gown , a well-known vengeful ghost ( onryō ) from japanese horror films based on the yotsuya kaidan story , also have a role in the nak movie .

nak ( film )

toured thai temples conducting ceremonies to appease nang nak ' s spirit and obtain good luck for the film .
nang - nak plot is unknown at this time . we will update nang - nak plot as soon as possible .
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artists working in film and video have long engaged questions of narration and structure , truth and fiction .
monsters inc : nak the single - mum ghost in a reincarnation as a pop - heroine .
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based on an ancient thai folk legend , nang nak tells the story of a young couple , mak and nak , who share an idyllic existence in a stilted wooden house on a quiet rural bayou . nak is a beautiful and devoted wife who caters to mak ' s every desire and comfort , and mak provides for his bride by fishing , foraging and farming . life is good , until mak is called to war in the city of bangkok , leaving a pregnant nak behind to fend for herself .
the rugged outdoors and surrounding oceans are the driving influence behind nak ' s modern and contemporary grooming range . read more . . .
ghost of mae nak is a love story first , a horror movie second . the cast is excellent and the screenplay is original .
before all that , however , project hashima commences as if it ' s positioning itself as a thai version of blair witch project . when the film begins , five young thais are seen wandering around a dark mansion , shooting footage of the bloody chaos within and then running for their lives as a specter jumps into view ; the screen suddenly freezes , and the viewer is then to realize that the sequence is a staged horror - film , one that the quintet is hawking to a film producer ( played by real - life filmmaker nonzee nimibutr of nang nak and jan dara fame ) .
if you like the movie the ring you would love movie ghost of mae nak . this movie having a really nice twist to it .
nak , animation featuring the voices of sasikarn apichartworasin , petchthai wongkamlao and chukiat eiamsuk . directed by natthapong rattanachoksirikul : nak , the new animation from bboydcg studio , is a clumsy clash of civilisations : rustic postcards of old siam vs lcd - billboarded mega - capital ; japanese anime pop - aesthetics vs sci - fi mytho - babble ; liberal swagger ( the legendary nak is depicted here as a sexy , single - mum ghost ) vs conservative reassurance ( the ghosts cup their hands to pray when facing the film ' s monster - in - chief , a lava - breathing iron buffalo ) .
thailand pop cinema ' s controversial ' monks with guns ' movie is a saffronhued neo - noir , completed in 2008 , kept on the shelf by its nervous film studio until last - year ' s liberalisation of thailand ' s film censorship laws , but now the surprise box office and critical hit of thai cinema in 2010 .
explores film and video not only as a tract upon which scenes are enacted , broken and re - spatialized , but as a scenario , a deception and a scheme .
nak is a ghoulishly fun , animated musical romp . set in the present day , nak features a collection of thai ghost legends that have grown tired of haunting and moved to the country intent on helping all humanity . one night , at a temple fair , an audience is enjoying an outdoor movie when a ghost comes out of the screen and takes away tee , a seven - year - old boy . the king of all ghosts plans to use tee to fulfill his dark plan of world domination . nak , the most popular ghost legend in thailand , and her very colorful friends keaw ( a headless ghost ) , thong ( a doggy ghost ) , and eud ( a tall demon ) come together to help gam , tee ' s sister , get tee back . nak is especially moved by gam ' s plight as her painful past comes to the fore and she fights for someone who was once taken from her . chock - full of exuberant characters , lively action , and a variety of emotional and toe - tapping songs , nak is a film based around ghost legends that is perfect for late - elementary youth and older . the film is also a . . .
there is a lot more to this film than immediately meets the eye . most thai historicals or ghost stories are loaded with anachronistic pop culture cliches . this one wasn ' t ; people spoke with their mouths filled with betel ( maak ) , the lead actress didn ' t have lipstick , the houses were quite realistic , etc . in addition , the rural monks switched between high - level speech and country slang . the point is that this film is a serious attempt to do justice to both the original tale and the time period it is set in . the empathy for nak far surpassed the scariness . what stood out for me is that nak ' s justification for her actions seemed quite defensible , adding to the anguished poignancy of the situation . asian ghost stories , when done well , have a strongly moral character . this is one of the finest examples i have seen .
ghost of mae nak : 7 out of 10 : first we had j horror ( stark white japanese female ghosts with long black hair that scream ) then korea developed k horror ( featuring stark white . . .
as the film opens we see nak ( davika hoorne ) struggling in childbirth alone , crying for her husband mak ( mario maurer ) . but he is away at war with four other soldiers he has become friends with ; aey ( kantapat permpoonpatcharasuk ) , ter ( nuttapong chartpong ) , shin ( wiwat kongrasri ) , and puak ( pongsathorn jongwilak ) . they are nearly overwhelmed by an assault but mak rallies them , saying how he refuses to die without seeing his wife and newborn child . they escape despite mak being gravely injured , and return to mak’s village . mak and nak are joyfully reunited , and mak invites his friends to stay in a nearby hut .
what kind of scenes in a horror film scares you the most ? when a ghost appears totally unexpectedly ? when the main character does not see the ghost sneaking up behind him ? when at the very . . . see full summary »
the plot brings together the work of artists who share approaches to non - linear narrative . the plot explores film and video not only as a tract upon which scenes are enacted , broken and re - spatialized , but as a scenario , a deception and a scheme .
going into this i really had no idea what to expect ; i had never seen a thai film before , and all of my knowledge about asian culture comes from the few animes / mangas i have looked at . the closest american comparison i can think of is the scary movie series , but it’s really in genre only . this film is not a compilation of horror trophes and the humor is less crass than the american style is right now . but i have to say , this movie is one of the greatest balances of horror , comedy , and romance that i have had the pleasure of seeing . i have mentioned before that i don’t really do horror because the suspense kills me , but this movie was ok because it wasn’t too heavy on the suspense . sure it was there , but it is really more of a comedy than a horror film , so i did alright .
brings together the work of artists who share approaches to non - linear narrative . they use structural breaks , an economy of means ( or its aesthetic ) and the employment of film as a stage upon which amateur actors ( or their proxies ) consider history , human relationships and the space created by the camera .
original teaser of
nak
, the project i ' ve been worked with for 4 years . it was released in 2008 . this teaser was created around 2005 , before we ' ve got the budget for the project . so , not many people has seen this one : )
in nak , the rural ghosts live in peaceful symbiosis with the humans : the ghosts play the moral police by spooking bad people , while the good humans supply them with food offerings . but when the city ghosts - led by an underaged anakin skywalker - like child demon and a replica of that hideous woman from the ring - abducts a human child from the village to use in a ritual that will enable them to rule the world , nak and her motley crew of local demons ( one of them has the features of a dwarfish shrek ) board a train to the city to rescue him .
nang nak is an artful and elegant portrayal of the traditional thai lifestyle , imbued with the deep cultural values and ancient superstitions that permeate the ethos of the thai people . with its masterful cinematography , refined talent , minimal dialogue , and subtle drama , director nonzee nimibutr has created a hauntingly memorable cinematic work .
a perennial thai ghost story ( filmed something like 30 times before ) gets definitive treatment in this relatively big budget effort from the talented nonzee nimibutr . after mak has reluctantly left his pregnant bride nak to fight , he returns bearing the scars of battle . she greets him with all her heart , and they have a beautiful baby now , yet their old friends avoid the household . nak died in childbirth , they tell him . the dialogue is rudimentary , but nonzee goes to such pains to establish his characters and their love , the horror when it comes is as moving as it is grisly ( and believe me , it ' s grisly ! ) .
fortunately for us english - speakers , the majority of the comedy was physical so it’s funny in any language . as much as i appreciate witty humor , i also love me some slapstick , and this film delivers . the romance was also very well done i feel , there were some really cute moments between mak and nak and a couple of scenes that were very sweet . there were a few things that were lost in translation , but they were mostly cultural quirks . for example , at the time this is set ( it is technically a period piece ) it was fashionable to eat a kind of fruit that left people with black teeth , so that’s why the entire cast appears to have rotten teeth .
nak is a familiar character who has been reborn in thai cinema over 20 times ( usually she haunts people ; and in one movie she even invades japan ) . in this animation she ' s been put in an unprecedentedly colourful context , and however refreshing it seems , it ' s too bad that we learn nothing new about her at all
they arrive at a megapolis of humans and spirits whose relationships aren ' t as pally as those in the province . the transition from the bucolic setting in the first half to the industrial archi - texture of the second is jarring , despite the elegant design by the team of thai animators who ' ve been working diligently on the project for nearly four years . nak and her sidekicks battle the horde of flying , hooded , skull - faced ghosts of no clear ethnicity in spaceship - like corridors and then a large , grey - steel bowel resembling something from an early star wars movie : the film becomes a half - realised sci - fi extravaganza , even though the legion of thai ghosts still display their traditional qualities with relish .
again , i have no doubt that thai animators have adequate technical proficiency to produce an eye - popping 3d animation like the americans or japanese . but something is lacking here : the wit , the shrewdness , the cinematic fluency , a script that would play the traditional - contemporary swing with humour and flair , the independence from its assorted influences , and maybe the boldness to claim that independence . nak is pretty to look at , but the film is stiff in the joints , cramped in the muscles . its protracted climax is a jumble of confusing tones - wacky , sentimental , spiritual , magical - and above all , it leaves no clear conviction about what the movie really wants to be : thai , contemporary , japanese , pixar , all , or none of the above .
the next day the five men go into the town where they encounter suspicious villagers who believe that nak is a ghost . mak is angered by the claims and refuses to believe anything of the sort , but his friends become wary . back at mak’s hut , the four find evidence that everything is not as it appears . shin is creeped out when he tries to find mak at his house late at night and everything looks run - down . ter finds a partially buried , decomposing body in the woods , and all four are subjected to a meal of rotting leaves and worms that mak seems to have no problem with . now convinced that nak is a ghost , the four men try to tell mak that he needs to get out . he rebuffs them and they retreat , coming up with a plan to “free” him . they abduct him from a local carnival he was attending with nak , but when he reacts to some rice that has been blessed by a priest , his living status is thrown into question . the four friends must now figure out exactly who is alive and who is the ghost before they can rescue the living from the dead .
the new nak cartoon , produced by songwriter boyd kosiyabong and action - maestro prachya pinkaew , harnesses startling technology , but it is also an example of the awkwardness when the filmmaker wanted his work to look both cool and customary , to be fashionable and to be grounded in the familiar audience perception . nak , usually known as the lovelorn wife who died in childbirth when her husband was away fighting in a war , is pictured here as a sassy pop - heroine with fuchsia hair and pink , midriff - baring traditional robes . her eyes are the egg - sized portholes of japanese cartoon nymphs , her breasts prominent under the tight wrap , her naked shoulders square , her waist supermodel - slim , and her skin the ashen colour not of a dead woman , but of a chic girl who regularly uses uv - protection whitening cream .
mak ' s best friend is killed in the war , and mak himself suffers a serious wound . nonetheless , he manages to make it back home to reunite with nak and their newborn son . but it isn ' t long before mak begins to realize that all is not as it seems . nak is as devoted as ever , and the baby they dote upon is fat and healthy , but mak senses the shroud of dread that has fallen over their fellow villagers . he is shunned by many as he begins to hear rumors of death and delusion . an eerie chill comes with each nightfall , as the plaintive wail of a ghostly voice wafts through the village on the wind that blows down from the lonely mountains . when a series of mysterious deaths plague the village , the village shaman and his disciples decide that it ' s time for mak to learn the truth .
for the past 9 months my family has been hosting a thai foreign - exchanges student , and she is returning to thailand tomorrow . so i thought today would be a perfect time to post about a thai movie she showed me that i thought was pretty great . pee mak ( i would translate that for you guys but it’s a name , not really a word ) was directed by banjong pisanthanaku and came out in 2013 . it is thus far the highest grossing film in thailand , as well as one of the highest in asia . it’s a horror comedy based off of the well - known thai legend of mae nak phra khanong ( again , the first half is a name and the second half is the name of the village ) . there are basically six main characters , including four played by what is apparently thailand’s modern equivalent of the marx brothers : kantapat permpoonpatcharasuk , nuttapong chartpong , wiwat kongrasri , and pongsathorn jongwilak . the first two paragraphs will contain some potential spoilers !
unable to get a deal , the five film - school graduates uploaded the clip to youtube , and somehow caused a sensation by chalking up six - digit views in just days . on the strength of this , the aspiring filmmakers is offered a deal by a tv production outfit company to shoot a horror - driven tv program on hashima , with all expenses paid . cue the production placements , as the characters discuss buying travel insurance before departing and then , upon arrival , are somehow shown enjoying a grand time at a theme park in nagasaki .
these distractions run the risk of the film ' s hashima - set showpiece an afterthought - and it ' s all because the central premise is very shaky . rather than employing hashima ' s extraordinary history as a narrative backbone - the once - flourishing community , nicknamed the
battleship island
for its crowded concrete appearance , quickly descends into a no - man ' s - land when its coal mines shut down in 1974 - the remarkably untouched buildings only served as the backdrop of a half - baked story about a jilted wife cursing the island upon her death .
when one of project hashima ' s inevitably ill - fated protagonists tempts fate by messing with some possessions of the dead , he shrugs and states how
rules are meant to be broken
. well , the supposedly spine - tingler of a story he ' s part of has indeed ruptured a few horror - film maxims , but not in a good way : by overwhelming the sporadic short - sharp shocks with teen - romance melodrama - bizarre love triangles and licentious loan sharks ahoy - producer - writer adirek
uncle
wattaleela has delivered a stuttering thriller which outstays its welcome .
in short , the film wants to look thai and it wants to look contemporary . and by straddling those two realms it poses the same anxious question upon itself whether it ' s possible to gel the two pressures and construct the right
contemporary thai
look - and sensibility . because the idea of
contemporary
seems be borrowed from outside , primarily the west , but also from the geekdom of pop - cult like japan , the attempt to present something recognisably thai yet also
modern
- something that doesn ' t look old and choie - is not just an artistic but also a social challenge .
( 2011 ) by berlin - based keren cytter , whose films often present characters acting out complex and alienated relationships . her scripted work offers an instability that references direct experience and personal observation , as well as calling upon popular cultural forms ( film , television , theatre , and literature ) . cytter’s short scenes , repetition and use of a hand - held camera result in abstracted interactions and events . unstable notions of identity , memory and relationships are also found in the work of vancouver - based isabelle pauwels . pauwels’ innovative approach to shooting , editing and installation draws attention to authorship and spectatorship as a process . pauwels’ work , including
nak wants so much to be visually progressive , but its underlying mentality is that of a straight - laced middle - class type ; it has no messages , it only has reassurances . wonderful japanese cartoons , such as spirited away or grave of the fireflies , or even a mainstream hollywood product such as ratatouille not only tell good stories , but they also challenge young viewers to see adults - or the world in general - a little differently . these movies ask questions , instead of just reminding us of the old answers ( that every mother loves her child , and that evil always looks like evil ) .
having just opened in vietnam and hong kong in the past fortnight and set to unspool in singapore on mar . 27 , project - which opened in thailand last halloween - is unlikely to cross more international thresholds beyond these shores . it ' s certainly not going to break the japanese market anytime soon , what with its misshapen take on hashima ( which , in reality , has never been regarded as a paranormal hub , let alone
the top five haunted places on earth
, as explained in the film ) , its single - tracked depiction of the country ' s folk traditions ( it ' s all about female ghosts in kimonos ) and pale duplicates of j - horror templates ( with ringu casting the heaviest shadow on it all ) .
just as much as the five young filmmakers seem not to know what they were looking for on the island , project hashima ' s makers haven ' t really thought through the story they want to tell with their extraordinary set . while the film ' s final twist does revolve around a character ' s silly stunt on the deadly island - rule - breakers are destined to have themselves broken , or something like that - what follows is just a lot of screaming and running around as a japanese ghost wreaks havoc in their lives back in bangkok . rather than making broad and loud gestures - something also symbolised by the overwhelming score from frequent pang brothers collaborator peyont pernsith ( the detective , re - cycle ) project hashima would have been better off bringing home some japanese - style repression and subtlety .
keren cytter ( born in tel aviv , 1977 ) has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at venues including kunsthalle zurich ( 2005 ) , kw , berlin ( 2006 ) , mumok , vienna ( 2007 ) , witte de with , rotterdam ( 2008 ) , x initiative , new york ( 2009 ) , and moderna museet , stockholm ( 2010 ) . cytter’s work has also been included in a number of biennials and group exhibitions , and she is the author of several novels and live performances . she is represented by pilar corrias gallery , london ; schau ort , zurich ; and galerie christian nagel , cologne / berlin / antwerp . jos de gruyter ( born in geel , belgium , 1965 ) and harald thys ( born in wilrijk , belgium , 1966 ) have been working together since the mid - 1980s . their work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at such venues as muhka , antwerp ( 2007 ) , culturgest , lisbon ( 2009 ) , kaleidoscope , milan ( 2009 ) , and nak , aachen ( 2011 ) . they have also participated in numerous biennials and group exhibitions . they are represented by isabella bortolozzi galerie , berlin and galerie micheline szwajcer , antwerp . isabelle pauwels ( born in kortrijk , belgium , 1975 ) received her mfa from the art institute of chicago . she has had solo exhibitions at or gallery ( 2001 ) , contemporary art gallery ( 2003 ) and presentation house ( 2009 ) in vancouver , and at mercer union , toronto ( 2004 ) , henry art gallery , seattle ( 2010 ) and tatjana pieters , ghent ( 2010 ) . her work has also been included in group exhibitions internationally . she is represented by catriona jeffries gallery , vancouver .
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some thai artists have succeeded in that elusive quest , to varying degrees . kamin lertchaiprasert drew deeply from the wellsprings of buddhist thoughts in his new - age art pieces , and in sakarin krua - on ' s famous installation , he gave us gallery - friendly real rice paddies . then we have someone who goes beyond the tribal classification of thai or non - thai and dallies with the liquidity and fluctuation of global cultures - someone like the new york - based rirkrit tiravanija , who once turned a thai cooking class into a performance art and who staged the ramayana rock opera in manhattan ' s lincoln center in 2006 . in cinema , we have apichatpong weerasethakul , whose films are so steeped in the wealth of siamese folklore yet so metaphysical in their textures that a lot of thai moviegoers just don ' t get him .
as a mother , she ' s quite hot ( not too hot , maybe , to become a spokeswoman of the culture ministry ) . yet as a thai from a rural community , she preserves the value of a loving parent who ' s ready to sacrifice herself to protect her children in the face of mortal danger . or is that the logic from harry potter ?
in 2006 the expensive thai animation khan kluay , made with over 100 million baht , exploited the sleek technique to relate a uniquely thai narrative : the vanquishing of the burmese , our de facto enemy . in the process the chubby khan kluay became the most right - wing elephant in the history of our moving images ; and the movie sticks out as an odd package of children - oriented entertainment , made with superb craft and technology , that tells a cynical adult ' s tale of deep - seated conservatism .
recently , another exceptional animation played in bangkok . persepolis is the tale of an iranian girl who grows up during the islamic revolution , based on the autobiographical comic books by iranian marjane satrapi . hand - painted in black - and - white , with the flat , destylised design of old comic series , the movie feels more
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in its look and outlook than any 3d computerised cartoons .
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a group of thai ghost legends have grown tired of haunting and move to the country to help humanity .
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piyapan choopetch ' s paranormal thriller sees five thai filmmakers struggle with the after - effects of a location shoot on hashima , the abandoned japanese island which inspired the villain ' s den in
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perhaps it ' s worthy to note how scenes set on hashima - the once vibrant but now entirely abandoned japanese island which inspired sam mendes ' vision of the villain ' s den in skyfall - only takes up about half an hour of project ' s 118 - minute runtime . with director piyapan choopetch and his dp nattawut kittikhun falling short of fully capitalizing even the eerie atmospherics of hashima - where crumbling tenement buildings still stand decades after they were vacated - the build - up and the aftermath of the characters ' ill - advised island adventure are even more lackluster .
but amidst all this the characters are given some kind of texture by falling into type : there ' s the alpha - male off ( alexander rendell ) and his plain but diligent girlfriend nan ( rom - com / horror star apinya sakulkaroensuk , most recently seen in rotterdam indie entry concrete clouds ) ; the needy beauty may ( sushar manaying ) ; the sensitive , artistic nick ( pirat nipitpaisalkul ) ; and the long - haired oddball dog ( mek mekwattana ) . somehow at odds with the suspense needed for the genre , adirek ' s screenplay instead elects to expand these characters on romance and soap - opera twists : many a suppressed emotion exists among these fivesome , and personal trials and tribulations which are either left underdeveloped ( such as nick ' s struggle to consolidate his first step on the slippery ladder of showbusiness ) or swerved towards something distinctly at variance with a ghost story ( when one of off ' s friends pay the price for the gambling debts he chalked up ) .
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i really liked this movie . the filming isn ' t great and the special effects are sometimes downright silly , but i enjoyed watching it . this isn ' t high class horror , but it was fun to watch . what other horror movie has a musical montage in the beginning of people fixing up a house ?
if you love thai movies , especially scary ones , then you must get this one . i ordered for my mother who ' s thai , and she loved it .
not for everyone , but asian horror seems to make me think . find out what ghost wants , try to give it to her and hope for the best . this is a pretty common theme but i never get tired of the journey and this one took me in a new direction .
this movie is a ghost story made out of a legend . it was well written and the acting was excellent . if you like actual ghost stories , this one is definitely for you !
another reviewer i think already hit on the key point that this movie is more about love than about horror . i watched this movie last summer on dvd and really enjoyed it . for many people this will probably be their first thai movie they ' ve seen . i ' ve seen a few as i ' ve travelled to thailand on a few occasions . i ' ve certainly seen scarier thai horror movies than this one , but i don ' t think it was the director ' s intent to make this a
scary
movie . as others have pointed out , this is a folk tale , and the movie feels like a folk tale being told to us . it ' s not supposed to be jason v . freddy with special effects and 12 different camera angles showing someone ' s head coming off . and i think it is more of a love story than it is a ghost story . if you are expecting blockbuster effects you will be disappointed . if you like seeing a folk tale or a good ghost story you might tell around a camp fire come to life , then you ' ll likely enjoy this one .
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i watched this movie just to see what it was about and i felt that it took too long to get to the point . there are many other jhorror filmz that out beat this trilogy , like wise .
it ' s a slow starting movie that is extremely boring . half the movie is about a wedding and the rest is about a ghost .
low - budget cinematographer mark duffield takes a seat in the director ' s chair for his first outing , a thai horror flick that . . .
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overall i thought it was a really cute comedy with some horror thrown in , and i thoroughly enjoyed it . it’s pretty easy to find with english subtitles , the version we watched was on youtube . so if you’re looking for some thai culture or if you just want to branch out a little with some comedy , this is the movie for you !
“you know i’m terrified of ghosts . but i’m more terrified of living without you . ”
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