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Ziam is Netflix’s latest Thai horror action film, and it’s bringing fists to a zombie fight. Directed by Ong-art Singlumpong and starring Ananda Everingham and Chayanit Chansangavej, the film throws a retired boxer into a hospital teeming with the undead. The 95-minute zombie survival movie will be available for streaming worldwide on Netflix on 9th July, 2025. In this article, we’ll explore what Ziam is about, who’s in it, where it was filmed, and whether it’s worth your watchlist.

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Set in a world rocked by severe food shortages, Ziam follows Singh, a former Muay Thai boxer who just wants to retire peacefully with his girlfriend, Rin—a doctor at a city hospital. But when a sudden zombie outbreak engulfs the hospital, Singh is forced back into combat. Armed with nothing but his bare hands and training, Singh fights to rescue Rin and a...

Whodunit narratives are almost always character-centric in nature, as they explore questions regarding actions and motivations by incorporating characters of different shades in the storyline. Netflix’s latest Thai thriller, Dalah: Death and the Flowers, is no exception in that regard, and boasts an ensemble of characters whose interpersonal relationships and secrets prove to be the key to decoding the central murder mystery.

Dalah Rose Played By Urassaya Sperbund

Thai actor/model Urassaya Sperbund is a popular face on the small screen, having acted in romantic dramas like Game Rai Game Rak, Neung Nai Suang, Kluen Cheewit, and The Crown Princess, to name a few. In Dalah: Death and the Flowers, she portrayed the role of Dalah Rose, the eccentric, chic, mysterious florist whose personal philosophy has been shaped by her mother’s love for floriculture. Dalah stands apart from the crowd, be it through the way she expresses herself or her wardrobe,...

Netflix’s Dalah: Death and the Flowers is a haunting Thai mystery-thriller that blends folklore, psychological horror, and slow-burning suspense. The series has an interesting premise that works because of eerie atmosphere, gripping performances, and unsettling exploration of fate, death, and rebirth.

Set in a remote village steeped in superstition, Dalah: Death and the Flowers follows a woman’s search for answers after a series of unexplained deaths plague her community. As the layers of mystery unravel, the show weaves together elements of Thai mythology with modern psychological horror, leaving audiences questioning the fine line between reality and the supernatural. Let’s break down the events of Season 1 and uncover the deeper meaning behind the cryptic ending of Dalah: Death and the Flowers.

Dalah: Death and the Flowers (Season 1) Recap: Who is Dalah, and what is her connection to the village?

The series centers on Dalah, a young woman who...

Ruja (Chayanit Chansangavej) returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father’s estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune, if only they weren’t damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim (K-pop star Nichkhun), an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets, and as strange phenomena begin to emerge around them, Ruja and Rachel quickly realize their lives are in grave danger.

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"Do you want to see what's underneath?" Film Movement has revealed a new US trailer for a Thai horror film titled Cracked, from a filmmaker named Surapong "Top" Ploensang. This already opened in Thailand last year, along with other Southeast Asian countries, but is just now making its way over to America with a release set for in 2023. Thai actress / model Chayanit Chansangavej plays Ruja, who returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father's estate. She inherits a painting from her father and hires Tim, an art restorer to repair it, but they don't know that this invaluable art came with invaluable horror. The film also stars Nichkhun, Nutthatcha Padovan, and Byron Bishop. This looks legit terrifying, with some scary af shots in this trailer. The paintings are also suitably unsettling, which is important for this kind of film. This horror is...

The Thai thriller is the feature debut of commercials director Surapong Ploensang.

Exclusive: Film Movement has acquired all North American rights to Thai thriller Cracked from South Korea’s Cj Major Entertainment.

The film will get a theatrical release in North America this year, followed by a roll out on home entertainment and digital platforms.

Cracked is the feature debut of award-winning commercials director Surapong Ploensang. Chayanit Chansangavej stars as a woman who inherits an art collection and hires a young artist (played by K-pop star Nichkhun Horvejkul) to repair the cracks that mysteriously appear in the paintings. The film...

Feature debut of Surapong Ploensang, “Cracked” is a Singapore-South Korea-Taiwan-Thailand co-production starring the Thai-Korean K-Pop star Nichkhun Horvejkul, adapted from an unproduced Korean script.

“Cracked” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival

Ruja, who has been living abroad with her young daughter, Rachel, is in trouble, since the girl needs an operation in her eyes, and she cannot afford to have it. At her time of desperation, though, Vichai, an old friend and associate of her father, a world-renowned painter, arrives to let her know that he is dead and that she should return to Thailand to handle his estate. As soon as they arrive at the mansion, Vichai informs her that two paintings her father left are about to be bought by a multimillionaire, but need a bit of restoration before the selling, which a young man, Tim, is about to do. Ruja wants to sell as fast as possible,...

Stars: Jason Flemyng, Xingtong Yao, Anna Churina, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rutger Hauer, Charles Dance, Paul Allica, Chayanit Chansangavej, Christopher Fairbank | Written by Dmitry Paltsev, Alexey A. Petrukhin | Directed by Oleg Stepchenko

Billed as the movie that has the first fight ever between Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger might seem slightly odd but I will assume that it will help them sell a good chunk of downloads and physical media (chucking their faces on the front of DVDs probably helped too). But is there anything more to The Iron Mask?

Well I will start with the things are enjoyed about it. The Iron Mask looks fantastic. Epic is a word that is thrown around quite a lot now but it is perfectly apt for this. Everything about it (except the odd cheap-looking CGI) screams big budget epic movie. I absolutely loved pretty much all of the settings. Whether it be...

Thai film maker Thanakorn Pongsuwan, best known for 2009 film “Fireball,” died on Friday. He was 46.

His death was not caused by the coronavirus outbreak, though his last rites will be affected. Rather he died following an unsuccessful battle with cancer of the blood (lymphoma.) The news was announced by his sister Manussanun Pongsuwan, who is also his producer.

Also known as “Un,” Pongsuwan was responsible for writing and directing five completed and released feature films. His “Fake” appeared at the 2003 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Martial arts film “Fireball,” later released by Lionsgate in certain territories, played at the Far East Film Festival in Udine.

At the time of his death, he was close to completing “Suppose,” which was billed as “an ordinary love story” and stars Ananda Everingham and Chayanit Chansangavej (“The Iron Mask”).

In a posting on Facebook, Pongsuwan’s sister said that the current public...

Just when you thought it was safe to survive a tsunami, things turn spooky. A new trailer for The Stranded sets up a desperate situation, in which teens somehow survive a calamitous tsunami and find themselves stranded on an island. The official description says, in brief: "Trapped on an island destroyed by a tsunami, the students of an elite school try to hold on to hope. But mysterious forces work against them." Set to debut on Netflix on November 15 (per the official trailer) or possibly on November 14 (per the official site), The Stranded hails from Thailand and stars Michelle Fang, Chayanit Chansangavej, and Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, among others. Last year, Deadline reported on 17 new series coming to Netflix from Asia: "Titles including Thai-language...

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