Blackbirds at Bangpleng
Blackbirds at Bangpleng (Thai: กาเหว่าที่บางเพลง; RTGS: Ka Wao Thi Bang Phleng) is a 1994 Thai science fiction horror film. Though it is based on a novel by the famous Thai writer and politician Kukrit Pramoj, the story closely mirrors the 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, which itself was adapted into the 1960 film, Village of the Damned.[1]
| Blackbirds at Bangpleng | |
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 A promotional one-sheet image. | |
| Directed by | Niratisai Kanjareuk |
| Produced by | Jareuk Kanjareuk Surang Prempree |
| Written by | Wanit Jaroong-Git-Anun Kukrit Pramoj (novel) |
| Music by | Jaran Manopet |
| Cinematography | Tanit Poo-sara |
| Edited by | Niratisai Kanjareuk |
| Distributed by | Kantana |
Release date | 1994 |
Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
Plot
A village in rural Thailand is celebrating Loy Krathong, when the festivities are disrupted by the descent of a spaceship. Ray beams are fired from the craft and all the village's women find they are suddenly pregnant. Only a few hours later the women give birth. The alien offspring have the power to kill by just staring and they have an insatiable appetite for raw meat.
Further reading
- Close encounters of the generic kind: A case study in Thai sci-fi, essay by Adam Knee, Screening the Past, Latrobe University, November 1, 2000.
References
- Movie review Archived December 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at You Call Yourself a Scientist, retrieved on 2007-03-02.
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