Ghost Lab

With the kind of concept they wanted to shed light on, a lot more was expected. Right from the start however, they lost the track!

With high+interesting concept about exploring ghost+afterlife by science, however, as they almost reach the top of mountain, they take different turn and instead run to the cliff. (and fall really hard)

All good things go to the first 50 minutes, as Wee and Gla help each other to investigate and find the explanation of their experiment. Nice storytelling, scare tricks and good vibe enough to follow them and find out what happens next.

BUT after a turning point at the middle, seem like screenwriters might reach their dead-end (as they thought), instead continue to cross the line like what character says in the movie and go full fantasy sci-fi like TENET, they instead cross back to normal standard dumb psychological drama horror movie like 'The Promise (2017)' and 'The Swimmers (2014)'. Of course, GDH is a feel good movie studio, so happy ending, good moral always come first. The result? All good stuffs from first 50 minutes become wasted like it's 'nothing'.

So, for short. Not worth your time, but you really want to watch good part, watch until minute 56 and you can stop the movie right then.

Good plot. Bad acting and cheap scares. Wee's character is very bad at acting, his expression is poor. The twist is not worthy of what has been built.

Overall good plot but if you are watching from a scientist point of view, you can't help but feeling a bit disappointed. Gla made such sacrifices, why not finish the experiment. What's the lesson here to learn? To give up? There were a few touching moments, but still they don't balanced out the feeling of incompleteness that was left at the end of the movie. The more I think about how Gla was the one that started the project, the more I felt anger by the fact that he was also the one that wanted to end the experiment. Can you imagine the wave that would create in the research world? The Lancet probably begging you to have the article published. So much cooler if it ends the other way!

GDH 559's first film to premiere on Netflix, Paween Purijitpanya's 'Ghost Lab,' wastes intriguing ideas for cheap scares. Not without its moments of horror and suspense - and, surprisingly, heartpounding melodrama, but the movie fails to effectively convey promise of its story. The premise is captivating, but the execution and overall story leave much to be desired.