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Ghost Is All Around

Name: Ghost Is All Around
Director: Sarawut Wichiensarn
Released: 2016
Duration: 94 min

Representation Score

5.4/10

Fair

2016

Director

Sarawut Wichiensarn

Runtime

94 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Ghost Is All Around stands out as a culturally specific film centered on Southeast Asian traditions. By focusing on the Songkran festival, the film offers a unique perspective on horror and romance that diverges from Western storytelling norms. Although the anthology structure allows for diverse storylines, the film does not explicitly address multi-layered themes or actively challenge traditional identity hierarchies. Overall, the film enriches the media landscape through its authentic cultural representation and its departure from Western-centric storytelling.

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Category Breakdown

Does Ghost Is All Around have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores romantic relationships through three separate stories. However, it does not include characters with non-traditional gender identities or challenge the assumption that everyone is straight.

How does Ghost Is All Around portray gender?

Fair

Female characters play important roles in the film's supernatural scenarios. However, the movie does not clearly show challenges to traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Ghost Is All Around?

Good

The film centers on Southeast Asian identities and traditions, using a Thai cast and setting to break away from Western-centric horror narratives.

How does Ghost Is All Around represent religion and culture?

Good

The movie is set around the Songkran festival and incorporates Thai spiritual beliefs. It moves away from Western moralities to explore local concepts of fate and the supernatural.

Does Ghost Is All Around include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not mention any characters dealing with physical or neurological disabilities.

Present on Screen

Strong cultural specificity through the use of the Songkran festival.
Disrupts Western-centric horror clichés by centering Southeast Asian identities.
Offers varied narrative perspectives through an anthology format.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of non-traditional gender identities or LGBTQ+ themes.
Does not clearly demonstrate challenges to traditional gender hierarchies.
Provides no visible representation of characters with physical or neurological disabilities.

Official Synopsis

1 accident, 3 incidents, 3 horrors, 3 days that marked the beginning of love until death do us part. It happened during the 11th, 12th, and 13th April which is during the Songkran festival.

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