Hungry Ghost Month: DARK WATER (2002): Dir. Hideo Nakata During a custody battle, a Mom & Daughter shelter in a run down apartment, facing creepy ghosts & an ominous leak. Moody, eerie, & heartbreaking. (AppleTV & Prime.)
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A dark canopy of trees create an arch-like opening for a path. Far down the path we can see the trail lit by glowing smoke, and in the center of the path are the small figures of two young women holding a lantern. They are dwarfed by the dark shadows around them.
For Hungry Ghost Month: IMPETIGORE (2019) In Joko Anwar's harrowing thriller two friends who return to one's village to claim her inheritance, but terrible curses, ghosts, horrible ancient rituals, and worse people await.
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In a dark room, bolts of blue animated lightening strike a grand piano. At the other end, a young girls bare legs stick out of the keyboard, as though she is being sucked inside.
Hungry Ghost Month: HOUSE aks HAUSU (1977) Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi's stylish & trippy haunted house movie mixes horror tropes, striking visuals, cut-out effects & unhinged turns in this wild horror-comedy. (HBO Go & Prime)
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Close up a small Korean girl holding a white flip-phone to her ear. Her head is down, but her eyes are looking over with an angry and malevolent expression beyond her years...
For Hungry Ghost Month: PHONE (2002) A stalked journalist goes to stay in an empty house owned by her sister. But eerie phone calls & a piano-play apparition draw her into a mystery of hidden crimes and real world danger. (Kanopy & Prime.)
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A frightened-looking young Thai woman riding in a car at night looks past the camera, while outside her window a pale apparition presses her hand against the glass...
For Hungry Ghost Month: SHUTTER (2004) Thai supernatural film about a young couple, Tun & Jane, who flee an apparent hit-and-run accident. Soon spirits appear in pro photographer Tun's pictures - leading to darker revelations.
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A young Asian woman in the glow of a flashlight in a gritty dank-looking room points to something on the wall, fear and apprehension in her eyes.
Hungry Ghost Month: HAUNTED CHANGI (2010) A film crew explores Old Changi Hospital, the most haunted place in Singapore, with terrifying & tragic results. Under-rated & deserves more love. (Amazon/Prime)
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A pretty but apprehensive young woman stands in a shadowy elevator. Behind her, facing the corner, stands a shorter, grey-haired man. Will he turn around? Is he a ghost?
Hungry Ghost Month: THE EYE (2002). A young blind woman violinist given sight again by a cornea transplant, but soon realizes that she is also seeing terrifying spirits. My vote for the most harrowing elevator scene in horror. <trailer below>
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For Hungry Ghost Month: GHOST PHOTOS: The Cursed Images While parents divorce, two separated siblings try to stay in touch, but Toshiko's brother Kadzo sends her eerie pics he's taking w. their dead Grandfather's camera. Ambiguous and haunting.
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🌙✨ Hungry Ghost Month (Aug 23–Sep 21) ✨🌙
A sacred time when the gates between worlds open.
👉 Peak: Sept 6 – Ghost Day.
Across Asia: offerings, paper money, floating lanterns 🏮, remembrance.
Not a season for noise, but for gratitude, reflection & harmony. 🌸
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