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The movie debuted on 26 March 2013, making 500 million baht, and went on to become the top Thai movie in the box office for 2013. Over time, the Mae Nak spirit has evolved into a sacred figure/deity within Thai culture, with a large shrine to the spirit being built in Mae Nak's hometown, and with many Mae Nak followers throughout Thailand.
The film's plot is a combination of two famed tales from traditional Thai folklore, Uttai Tawee and an urban legend on the origin of the name of Tah Tien (now a pier, market and tourist attraction in Phra Nakhon District near Grand Palace and Wat Pho [1]).
Thai cinema, Thai television soap operas and Thai comics have contributed to popularize the spirits and legends of the folklore of Thailand. Phraya Anuman Rajadhon established that most of the contemporary iconography of folk ghosts [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] has its origins in Thai films that have become classics .
Urban legend: The movie is based on the Mexican folk tale of "La Llorona," translated to the "Crying Woman" or the "Wailer." It is a vengeful ghost said to roam near bodies of water mourning her ...
Anek Nawikamul, a Thai historian, researched the story and found an article in the Siam Praphet newspaper written by K.S.R. Kulap, dated March 10, 1899.Kulap claimed the story of Mae Nak was based on the life of Amdaeng Nak (อำแดงนาก, 'Mrs Nak'), daughter of a Tambon Phra Khanong leader named Khun Si.
Set in modern Bangkok, the life of groom Tid Mak is disturbed, by successive nightmares with a ghost woman, Mae Nak, an ancient Thai legend.He meets his beloved fiancée Nak to acquire an antique brooch and an old abandoned house in Phra Khanong through an unscrupulous real estate agent Angel and they decide to buy the property.
Phi Yai Wan is an urban legend about the ghost of a pregnant woman similar to renowned Mae Nak Phra Khanong, but her story takes place in Taling Chan in the 1970s. [78] Pigman Road is an urban legend of a butcher from Angola, New York who would place the heads of pigs on stakes in front of his home on Holland Road to ward off trespassers ...
Nang Nak (Thai: นางนาก) is a 1999 Thai supernatural horror film based on the Thai legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong. It was directed by Nonzee Nimibutr and released in 1999 by Buddy Film and Video Production Co. in Thailand. It depicts the life of a devoted ghost wife and her unsuspecting husband.