Unbelievable, The (2009) Movie Script
"The Unbelievable"
has been broadcasting for 12 years
Our crew has visited over many countries
in search of bizarre cases
and races
Human beholds, ghosts be exterminated
You still proceed even you heard noises
In fact, over the years
There are a lot of classified cases
that can"t be shown on TV due to censorship
so that the crew
can"t look into the cases any further
I hear voices!
Burn spell first!
That"s fine!
Sammie, I am frighten!
These cases are finally revealed!
L"m scared! It touched my back
It went in there from the stairs!
Lt"s growing in numbers
Something just came out from the lift again
Don"t move!
Is this a human head?
Master!
I can feel something spying on us
Gain me strength
The tsunami on 26 Dec 2004
took away lives
and destroyed families
Our crew...
went to Phuket
to help a woman
searching for the remains of her dead son
I call upon The Dragon God Prince
Follow the Chinese tradition,
Son, go home
a watermelon was thrown into the sea
Believe it of not,
the corpse was found 3 days later
We contacted a Thai organization
It"s called The Pohtecktung Foundation
The Pohtecktung Foundation
is a charity founded by a Thai Chinese
to assist accident...
scene cleanup
Most members are volunteers
They must go through trainings
before they are allowed to operation
It was said that seven day
after people"s death,
the souls will return to the sites of death
According to the Chinese Tradition,
this is called returning soul
This "soul" is what we called "spirit"
This time...
we are going to work with the foundation
and see corpses first-hand
We wanted to capture the "spirit" on film
Master,
regarding our main purpose,
what exactly is a "spirit"?
There are a lot of explanations
about "spirit"
To put it simply,
when a person dies in an accident
In the first 7 days of his death,
he does not know that he was dead
and is still wandering around
the human world
This is what we called "spirits"
If we want to film the spirit,
when should we capture its appearance?
If we chance upon an accident today,
at the particular moment
of a person"s death,
the spirit leaves the body
So that is when we could film a spirit?
Possibly, that"s why we come so eagerly
to witness those dying of fatal accidents
Let"s go in and greet them
This is the moment
When we had reached
Pohtecktung Foundation at 6 p. m.
I could see a lot of photos...
taken at death scenes on the desk
I kept my sight away
from the victims on the pictures
Until a staff...
came to explain
every individual case
Call Rin come to see it
The uniform of Pohtecktung Foundation
is the only key to access all trauma scenes
We are in the front line today
which means we"ll be the first
to arrive at accident scenes
ahead of even the ambulance and the police
As soon as we are ready
we will be assigned a pitch stop in Bangkok
to await orders
A member from the foundation told us,
We were stationed near a highway,
a traffic accident black spot in Bangkok
New case! Everyone gets in the car
It is too crowded here, it"s dangerous!
Let"s get out of here
or we will in their way
Save him first!
Still alive! Save him first!
I am fine but I am still shaking
Other than handling corpses,
the foundation is also responsible
for front line rescue
Whenever accidents occur,
the Police will receive calls at once,
as well as foundation
The foundation will be the first...
carry out preliminary investigation
If the death is found unnatural,
the polices will further investigate
Otherwise, the victims...
will be sent to the hospital
for rescuing or body identification
As this is a charity organization,
free volunteers...
are always welcomed
They have to go through specific training
before being officially assigned duties
According to the organization,
thousands of uncertain death cases
or unclaimed dead bodies
cases occur in Thailand every year
Part of the donations to the foundation
is spent on handling these corpses
He was hit and is now...
foaming in coma
Let"s go, another case again!
Hold tight!
Inside the house, follow me!
Calm down!
Inside this house,
we do not know what has happened
but it"s stinks
Check upstairs
It"s here
Do you have any torches?
There"s another room
Only this room? But it"s locked
Look out!
Calm down!
Whole pants got wet!
Why don"t we just cut it!
Be careful, it"s falling off
It can"t be!
Lt"s unbearable. Let me out
Be careful! Slow down!
Come to help!
Hold him!
Anyone help to hold her up?
Hold her up!
See if Rachel"s okay
- Sorry - Okay?
Look, Master! See if Rachel"s okay
Bring her out first
Let"s Master to settle
Wait for car now
Wait to send him back now
That dead body was taken away
but Master thought
that spirit might
still lingering inside the room
Four days later, we went back to the scene
We will call upon the spirit shortly
Rachel and Rin
are females and possess negative field,
it is easier for them to attract spirits
I"m not asking you...
to communicate with them
but to attract them to appear.
Understand?
We set for the ceremony here
After that, you go upstairs
and follow my instructions
When I sense their existence,
I will ask you to leave
It is believed the spirit of a person
who hung himself will sink downwards
It takes over 10 hours
for the soul to leave the body
The spirit of those
who died with strong antagonism
will look purplish
As they have unfinished business
in this world,
they will linger around the site of death
Our aim tonight...
is to locate them
Are we going back to that room?
Yes, the previous one
where we saw the corpse
Rachel, sit down
You have to sit...
facing where the man died
near the window, got it?
Got it!
Rachel, tell Rin to sit...
facing to the mirror
You sit here and face to the mirror
Sit down, Rachel
Face to where the man hung himself
Got it!
- Wait - Don"t move, sit down
I dropped my microphone
Wait... Sorry
Light up the candles
Okay!
Light up the candles
Yes, every single one
Don"t separate.
If you"re scared, catch my hand, okay?
How about the incenses?
Yes,
put them inside that bottle
in front of you
After done, let me know
Sorry, we are here for work only
Please forgive us. Apologies
Burn the paper money after that
Where to?
In front of you
Here?
Burn them one by one?
Yes, yes.
Rachel, read the spell and burn them
I call upon Heaven and Earth
Spirits of all corners come forth
and take your positions
Return to and show yourself...
at your site of death!
Lot of lights are coming out
I tell you there are more than one here
There should be more than one
- It"s gone - Yes, disappeared
It"s a circular light
There"s anything
Yes, there are three or more
We might have a chance to film them.
Wait and see...
maybe we can see other spirits
Does she have cite the spells?
Cite the spells
I call upon Heaven and Earth
Spirits of all corners come forth
and take your positions
Return to and show yourself
at your site of death!
Lt"s cat
The cats are moaning
This way, part of it disappeared!
It just flashed through
Right here!
Rachel, stop burning the paper money now
Take the black cloth
Tell Rin to cover your eyes,
this is a very important step...
must be followed
Something"s happening
Rin, stop burning the paper money
We have to cover our eyes
Remember to put it inside
the cloth covering your eyes
First of all, wrap it
Something strange happened on the left,
but don"t worry
Cover your eyes
Okay, it"s done!
Okay, cite the spells!
I call upon Heaven and Earth
Spirits of all corners come forth
and take your positions
Return to and show yourself
at your site of death!
Show yourself!
Show yourself!
Don"t be scare,
Master is here looking after you!
Something"s walked through
How"s it? Tell me!
Keep quiet,
both of you sit down back to back
Rin
Don"t be scare,
now say "Goddess of Mercy" (Guanyin)!
Something"s there in your left hand side
Don"t move! Don"t take off the black cloth
Leave the room only
when I tell you to do so
Now take off the black cloth,
you two leave the room slowly
Don"t look, don"t look around
The door is locked!
Leave once you open the door.
What are you doing?
I can"t open the door!
Step back! Step back!
I can"t open the door
Step back! We will break in!
Step back! We will break in!
As Rin from the Thai Crew
got too frightened,
the ceremony was terminated
Each year, we receive thousands of emails
of bizarre
and unexplicable stories
Most of them are even seeking help
We received...
an email from a Thai called Fa
His mother was under a curse
and hoped that Master Szeto could cure her
Is Fa living somewhere here?
I don"t know
The address is correct.
We are now in the right district
Not even the local knows where it is
Let"s ask the taxi driver
Okay
The driver said,
"Just follow this path. "
His car can"t go through
There is no one called Fa here
Let"s keep searching
He said he will take us there
Okay
They are crew from Hong Kong,
they want to find Fa
Do you know him?
I do
He knows where it is
Let"s get on the boat, okay?
As the emails are coming from
all over the world,
the information provided
may come from deserted areas
that are hard to locate
We are not familiar with the route
and often end up in the wrong place
or even got lost,
that"s why...
we always come across
many unbelievable situations
Fa
Is there anyone here?
I doubt it!
Fa?
There"s not even a phone,
how could Fa send the email?
Ben, someone"s coming!
What are you doing here?
Is Fa here?
Nobody called Fa is living here and around
The landlord here is a shaman
He is not Fa, nor a woman
Maybe this shaman helped Fa"s mom?
Please ask her
if Fa has come here to find the shaman
No
This is the wrong place
What should we do now?
- Leave - Leave
Don"t shoot here
The landlord isn"t here
She"s telling us not to shoot
Is she the landlord?
No, she"s just a neighbor
Well, if she"s not the landlord,
we will wait here till he gets back
Please wait outside
Can we wait here?
She said it"s our call
but waiting inside here is not an option
Then we go out and wait
Don"t shoot here
Though we"d found the wrong place
We felt that we might find something new
Our crew decided to stay finally
After four hours,
the landlord returned
Be careful, someone"s coming back!
The landlord?
Did Fa find you?
What is he doing?
- Can you show us? - Sure
He said he will show us
What is he holding?
Don"t touch, It"s a "tamed ghost"
I"ll bring you for the dinner
He said he will take him
downstairs for dinner
Don"t touch those things
He said this is good thing
Good thing for him
It stinks!
Son, eat it
Just feed him like this?
He"s using blood to feed him,
better stay away
It is said that Shanman usually use
Fruits or aroma to feed the baby
"tamed ghost"
When the "ghost" ages older,
the subtle shaman will use blood
or raw animal to feed the "ghost"
since it is believed
to extend the power of it
Isn"t he going to eat it raw?
- Disgusting! - Master, let"s stop him
Wait a minute
Master, let"s stop him
Doesn"t he feed this way?
That"s enough! Stop him!
Crazy
It seems he is tearing out
the chicken"s heart
What is he looking for?
Watch out the blood
Is he crazy?
Are we done?
Is it done?
Let"s go. Let"s go Master!
Ben, settle it!
Lt"s disgusting!
Tell him to let me go, please!
Calm down, calm!
Go!
Calm down, calm!
Lt"s amazing
Sorry,
we are going to look for somebody else
- Let"s Go! - Go!
Go!
- Hurry! - Let"s go!
Don"t wait for the boat,
leave!
One by one... hey, stop that
Save him!
Come and give us a hand!
Stop shooting! Come over and help him
Let"s go!
Go! Go! Leave first!
According to folklore,
"wug" is a kind of Chinese voodoo
most commonly used
in the Yunnan Miaojiang district
Those under its curse must obey the wizard
who utter the curse
and will require special medication
to stay alive
The wizard is the only one
who could rid the spell
We got the wrong address last time
This time,
we asked for help from the right person
and finally reached our destination
This is Master Szeto,
he comes here to help you
My mum"s upstairs
She is here, we found her
Her mum is here
We are crew from Hong Kong,
we want to shoot your ceremony
Keep some distance, he is holding a ritual
The curse will come out from here
Can someone pass me a tissue?
Don"t let it land on you
Look! Lt"s on the camera!
Those are "wugs"
Ben, let him know we are leaving,
we will interview him later
Tell him yourself
He is still eating
Can you ask him
why does he eat those worms?
He said the worms should be taken in
The worms will...
demolish inside his stomach
otherwise...
it will multiply quickly
and soon become a large quantity
So he is using his power
to eliminate the voodoo
How did...
Fa"s mother become this way?
He said it"s not necessary for us to know!
Most of the time,
they don"t want to reveal too much
Master, how can we help his mother?
I believe it should take 2 more ceremonies
but we should not interfere
According to the famous
Chinese Medicinal Doctrine,
the most venomous of "wugs"
is the Golden Silkworm
They have extreme defense power
No fear of water or fire
If they enter someone"s body,
they will tuck in all the organs
If one falls under its curse,
death is certain
unless you sought for his help
Hearsay that shaman uses blood...
to increase luck in Thailand
He is the one we"re looking for
Master, can blood really increase luck?
Lt"s common for a shaman
to make use of blood
but using it to increase luck
is another story
There are rumors that many artists
and Hong Kong people visit him
Are they expecting us?
In fact, as usual
we only have the address
but without reservation nor permission
Therefore when we get inside
we have to hide our equipment
Start filming
after we told them our purpose
or else they won"t agree
- Let"s go and have a look
- Is comes up first.
Let"s have a short meeting like before
Be Careful!
Let"s go to the second floor
Don"t let them spot your camera
Is Master Ming here?
Is Master Ming here?
Who?
Hi, we are crew from Hong Kong,
we want to see Master Ming
Master Ming is not here
What did he say?
He said Master Ming is not here
- Ask him again - Sure he"s here
Is Master Ming here?
We are crew from Hong Kong
I said he"s not here
Why don"t you understand?
Sorry, we are crew from Hong Kong
Let them in! Let them in!
Let them in!
We are crew from Hong Kong,
this is Master Szeto
She is a Hong Kong star,
she comes here for filming
Okay
We are having ceremony,
you can come in but keep quiet
Don"t let too many people in, enough!
- He said - Fetch me chicken
They said they"re having a ceremony
and keep quiet
Can we shoot?
Don"t ask!
They need to get the chicken blood
for offering
What is he trying to get?
Grab it
Stay back! Stay Back!
Lt"s a lizard
Master, what he uses are all very evil
It"s for making venom
This look so vicious,
will there be any side effect?
I can"t tell now,
let"s see what he"s going to do
- What is this?
- Is that a toad or a frog?
- He"s making a venomous frog
- Frog
They"re extracting poisons to make a potion
Making poisonous potions
To exorcize bad luck?
I doubt it
Let"s them have a look on the fortune thing
Head! Lizard"s head!
Something good
This is limited
Want some?
No need!
This is good thing, ask me if you want some
Fetch me a cup
Calm down!
Sit down and talk
- Stay Back! - Crazy!
Leave first!
He said it"s worth 500,000 Baht
we have to pay them 100,000 Baht
If we don"t believe it,
we can verify with Master Szeto
He asks for money?
Yes, he wants 100,000 Baht
He"s crazy, of course we won"t pay!
Let"s Go!
Go, leave first, go
Sit, sit down first!
Call an ambulance
Somebody get some medicine
to dress the wound
Ben, you"re seriously injured
I got hit
I"m alright, the sunglasses lens cut me
Stop shooting, hold me
After the confrontation,
some of our crew members were injured
As Master Szeto
got injured his wounded leg,
he had to rest at the hotel
but the time was running out,
Wah, a student of Master Szeto,
was invited to assist us
Thai people do not fear of death
They believe death is only leading them
to another world
Coffin is not a taboo as well
Our crew followed a Thai production team
to leave Bangkok
and head north to a place
called "Ho Lan Fu"
We visited a famous
ancient haunted mortuary
Old mortuary looked like this
Corpses are just placed here?
These bodies are unclaimed
Most of them don"t have families,
and ain"t cared by anybody
When it is filled up,
the monks will cremate the bodies
and place them at the back
It"s believed if the man died less than
the spirit will be summoned from the hell
Especially those "Yin" young females
Their negative field is a lot stronger
This time we planned to open a coffin
We arranged a girl to do this with me
Though Wah opposed this plan,
the crew insisted on...
validating the legend
According to Wah"s explanations,
if the spirits are successfully...
summoned from the hell,
may refuse to leave
or even follow the one who summons it
For precaution,
Wah set up the Eight Diagrams for the ritual
to hinder the summoned spirit
Stand by, everybody
Rachel, we"ve placed a cameraman...
near you
If you are too panic,
look for the cameraman, okay?
Stand by now
Sorry, please forgive me,
we"re just filming
Sorry to bother you
Let"s start! Let me explain the procedure
There is a crowbar in front of you
First,
remove the top nails with the crowbar
Then, open the coffin slowly
Look inside when it"s opened half
Will see the name inside...
when the cover is fully opened
Holding the mirror
and call out the corpse"s name
Mirror the back of you...
and unpack the corpse
Loosen the wrapping cloth and unwrap it
Okay
Sorry to bother you
The nails are all removed
Go on
Open it now?
Sit down first, then unveil it
Rachel, sit down.
Sit down...
Rachel, sit down.
Now, call out his name
which is written on the paper
I can"t read Thai words
Show the paper to the camera
Rachel, his name is "Dai"
Mirror the back...
and call his name
Is it "Dai"?
Yes, "Dai"
Rachel, it may appears in the mirror
Dai...
Dai...
never put down your mirror
Dai...
Okay, Rachel, stand by
Put down the mirror,
and stand next to the corpse
Rachel
In case you breathe in,
don"t panic,
keep on covering your mouth and nose
Don"t intake the corpse air, understand?
Rachel,
loosen the wrapping cloth...
and unveil it
Rachel, are you ok?
Pardon? Copy?
I afraid it will break apart
if I loosen it.
The knot is tight
Don"t think too much,
open it and cover your mouth and nose
Slowly, OK?
Rachel, just get ready and open it slowly
Really I can"t open it, I"m not lying
It can hardly lossen,
it"s tight, and sticky
Slowly, try your best
Give him a breath
Hurry up!
What are you guys doing?
You are sick!
Do you know it can be fatal?
Come back, don"t go
Don"t be scare, I"m going to save you
Kin, chase up
Don"t be afraid, I am here!
This way
Go with her!
She passed out
it doesn"t matter
Too heavy!
Just stay here
I call upon Heaven and Earth
It"s fine
Why don"t you tell me
if you want to perform such thing?
If such thing happens at the wrong moment,
it kills
Okay, let"s stop right now
Seal the coffin first
Seal them now
put it back to original place
Seal the hell passage
and open the path...
for the living for all
I guess it is because of either
the frightening experience
or the evil things,
I suddenly felt sick
Just let her take some rest first
Should we go back to the hotel
or send her to the hospital?
My stomach hurts, I wanna throw up
I feel really uncomfortable
Get in.
Ben, help with the registration
One, Two, Three, Up
Ben, what did the doctor say about her?
It is preliminary classified
as digestive system infection
A further diagnosis report
will tell us the details
I did warn you before
Opening coffins is really dangerous
It can be disastrous
if you are tainted with spirits
Scientifically saying,
if you open a long sealed coffin,
there are a lot of bacteria and germs
Are we still filming in the afternoon?
Wait for her feel better
Can we shoot in two hours?
Let her take some rest
We"re going to resume the jobs on hand
Shaman is very popular in Thailand
Lots of artist, businessmen, prostitutes
visit these powerful shaman
to enhance their luck or charisma
According to information
provided from the audiences,
there is an experienced shaman in Bangkok
claiming that he can invite the
"God of Penis"
to help people enhance their charisma
Let"s go inside
The shaman is inside
This is Master Szeto from Hong Kong
They are having a ceremony now
He told us, the customer is performing
the mating ritual ceremony
As usual, this shaman...
welcomes interviews
but he reminded us
that his customers may refuse the interview
We understood that
artistes or businessmen...
don"t want to be shot
So we called several customers
We finally got consent from a lady
Her name is Yam
Yam is a prostitute
At first Yam refused to be shot,
but she finally agreed on condition
that we pay for the cost
of 200,000 Baht
Put off the clothes
Stick you tongue out
Stand up
Turn about
Sit down
I"ll help you, I"ll help you
It"s a male
Lie down, I"ll help you
go over there, please
That shaman is transferring
the power to his/her body
of whom you call a shemale
Using the hermaphroditic for the ritual
She/he will control the power?
It will only come upon
the body of a hermaphrodite
but is controlled by the shaman
Most people may think,
merely for enhancing charisma,
to be naked in front of others,
as well as be a subject...
to such strange mating rituals
is kind of absurd
but there are always
something new under the sun
There were lots of women...
waiting for the ceremony
Master, is this really mating ritual?
Yes
In fact a lot of people
uses pubes, blood...
for rituals
I think he is legitimate
For the matter of mating,
why not believe in our fate!
You looked a lot better today
For you had contacted the evil,
I better perform a ritual on you
to drive away the evil thing
Offer the incense
Don"t be scared,
he is just compelling the evil thing
- The middle founder looks like
- Look up!
- Bow three times
- Bow three times
Stand up
Drink it!
You"ll feel better after that
seal her up
Human beholds, ghosts is exterminated
Nothing can harm this body
Bless her with indestructible power
Stretch yourself
Palms together
After Master Szeto performing the ritual,
our crew kept on the production schedule
We received information
from a Malaysian newspaper,
they claimed Ipoh
had a lot of haunted places
that we could film
After discussion,
we decided to head to Ipoh
and continue our mission
in searching the spirits
Ipoh, Malaysia
There is an abandoned village
A century ago,
this village was rich and crowded
but once misled by a shaman
They dug out all the remains
of their ancestors,
And put them under the sun
that greatly disrupted Feng Shui
Strange things
then happened to the village
Rumors of ghosts
started spreading out just then
Our crew along with a Malaysian reporter
invited a teenage girl
who claims to have spiritual eyes
We searched for spirits with Ka Ka
I saw a white thing over there
It"s too fast, I can"t see it clearly
It is just stand beside the door
Light up that upper part
Look at the ceiling
It seems collapsing
Come back?
There isn"t anybody inside
It was there a while ago, really!
It disappeared as soon as we came in
Watch out! Watch out!
Come to see
Does that thing look like a human?
It seems like some spells for me
Not this one, the one next to the bed...
looks like a pair of eyes
I am scared it is gonna fall
Tat, you better come out first
Let"s go! Let"s go!
It can"t stand anymore
Which one?
- This one - Yes
you sure this one
you can feel it?
I can feel,
the spirits are inside this house.
There were 4 people living here, including an old
a lady who died while delivering
and her husband
who died in a foreign country
while whose spirit came back after death
and a child
Stop provoking it!
Lt"s angry now! Just leave him!
Get out first!
Ka Ka finally found this house most haunted
After discussion,
we decided to play the Ouija board
With limited time, we gave it a try
I am not encouraging you
to play with the Ouija board
but for shooting, we"ve no choice
I have to explain clearly:
The spirits you invite
might not be from this house
or they have been here for a long time
Who? Are you sure no one is pushing?
No, not me!
Okay, understood!
How many are there in this house in total?
Lt"s really going to the numbers!
Shit!
Seven...
Were there only four here?
Master said there may few families
had moved into this house
Sorry for disturbance
We are trying to...
film spirits,
can you show yourself among us?
Keep your hands on the plate!
Don"t... don"t frighten me
Hurry! Any more questions?
What did she said?
L"ll tell you later
Firstly, it pointed at the word "hang"
Stop! Stop it.
Spirits! Spirits!
Have you shown yourself yet?
Master! Ka Ka passed out!
What? What do you want?
Piss off!
What? What?
You happy now that I show myself?
Get the camera down!
What do you want?
Master, come out first!
Do other thing right now!
Are you the one
who asked me those question?
Catch her
She"s crazy!
Catch her
Hold on to her!
Are you ok?
Master is injured!
What"s going on?
Write a spell to restrain the spirit
and spray water onto her body
Give her a chair.
Hold on to her!
What?
Are you awake?
What do you want from me?
Still possessed
What"s the matter? Say it!
Say it! What"s the matter?
What do you want from me?
Brother Wah! Brother Wah!
You all had a lot of fun just now?
You asked me to show myself
and now you want me to leave?
What do you want from me?
Say it!
Is it gone?
Everything is fine now!
Ka Ka, are you alright?
Do you know what just happened?
A lot of people asked me
if ghosts really exist
I don"t know either
In the past years,
I have exorcized for many people
For sure they are were terrified
However, scarcely the spirits were seen
Most of the "seen" spirits are illusion,
they are only made up by human"s dismay
Those illusion of spirits can undoubtedly
Be disillusioned by human"s courage
Get inside!
Right here!
It looks near but in fact
Our crew went on the long haul
shooting trip
Get downstairs...
Yes!
Okay
So we will wait for here tonight
Okay!
- Camera ready? - Almost
- your camera ready? - Ready
Better stay where we are
This castle is too huge.
Just for our safety
Something happened...
mysteriously and incomprehensibly
Hey! This way!
What"s up?
Our preset camera felt down unexpectedly
Shit! The camera fell!
Hold on, looks like someone is here
Don"t you said it was mounted securely?
It was!
Did you double check?
Let"s rewind the tape and have a look
I can"t open it!
Lt"s a trash now!
It doesn"t seem to have any wind here
Play the tape
Not now, it has to go for maintenance!
We found "this" on the tape...
has been broadcasting for 12 years
Our crew has visited over many countries
in search of bizarre cases
and races
Human beholds, ghosts be exterminated
You still proceed even you heard noises
In fact, over the years
There are a lot of classified cases
that can"t be shown on TV due to censorship
so that the crew
can"t look into the cases any further
I hear voices!
Burn spell first!
That"s fine!
Sammie, I am frighten!
These cases are finally revealed!
L"m scared! It touched my back
It went in there from the stairs!
Lt"s growing in numbers
Something just came out from the lift again
Don"t move!
Is this a human head?
Master!
I can feel something spying on us
Gain me strength
The tsunami on 26 Dec 2004
took away lives
and destroyed families
Our crew...
went to Phuket
to help a woman
searching for the remains of her dead son
I call upon The Dragon God Prince
Follow the Chinese tradition,
Son, go home
a watermelon was thrown into the sea
Believe it of not,
the corpse was found 3 days later
We contacted a Thai organization
It"s called The Pohtecktung Foundation
The Pohtecktung Foundation
is a charity founded by a Thai Chinese
to assist accident...
scene cleanup
Most members are volunteers
They must go through trainings
before they are allowed to operation
It was said that seven day
after people"s death,
the souls will return to the sites of death
According to the Chinese Tradition,
this is called returning soul
This "soul" is what we called "spirit"
This time...
we are going to work with the foundation
and see corpses first-hand
We wanted to capture the "spirit" on film
Master,
regarding our main purpose,
what exactly is a "spirit"?
There are a lot of explanations
about "spirit"
To put it simply,
when a person dies in an accident
In the first 7 days of his death,
he does not know that he was dead
and is still wandering around
the human world
This is what we called "spirits"
If we want to film the spirit,
when should we capture its appearance?
If we chance upon an accident today,
at the particular moment
of a person"s death,
the spirit leaves the body
So that is when we could film a spirit?
Possibly, that"s why we come so eagerly
to witness those dying of fatal accidents
Let"s go in and greet them
This is the moment
When we had reached
Pohtecktung Foundation at 6 p. m.
I could see a lot of photos...
taken at death scenes on the desk
I kept my sight away
from the victims on the pictures
Until a staff...
came to explain
every individual case
Call Rin come to see it
The uniform of Pohtecktung Foundation
is the only key to access all trauma scenes
We are in the front line today
which means we"ll be the first
to arrive at accident scenes
ahead of even the ambulance and the police
As soon as we are ready
we will be assigned a pitch stop in Bangkok
to await orders
A member from the foundation told us,
We were stationed near a highway,
a traffic accident black spot in Bangkok
New case! Everyone gets in the car
It is too crowded here, it"s dangerous!
Let"s get out of here
or we will in their way
Save him first!
Still alive! Save him first!
I am fine but I am still shaking
Other than handling corpses,
the foundation is also responsible
for front line rescue
Whenever accidents occur,
the Police will receive calls at once,
as well as foundation
The foundation will be the first...
carry out preliminary investigation
If the death is found unnatural,
the polices will further investigate
Otherwise, the victims...
will be sent to the hospital
for rescuing or body identification
As this is a charity organization,
free volunteers...
are always welcomed
They have to go through specific training
before being officially assigned duties
According to the organization,
thousands of uncertain death cases
or unclaimed dead bodies
cases occur in Thailand every year
Part of the donations to the foundation
is spent on handling these corpses
He was hit and is now...
foaming in coma
Let"s go, another case again!
Hold tight!
Inside the house, follow me!
Calm down!
Inside this house,
we do not know what has happened
but it"s stinks
Check upstairs
It"s here
Do you have any torches?
There"s another room
Only this room? But it"s locked
Look out!
Calm down!
Whole pants got wet!
Why don"t we just cut it!
Be careful, it"s falling off
It can"t be!
Lt"s unbearable. Let me out
Be careful! Slow down!
Come to help!
Hold him!
Anyone help to hold her up?
Hold her up!
See if Rachel"s okay
- Sorry - Okay?
Look, Master! See if Rachel"s okay
Bring her out first
Let"s Master to settle
Wait for car now
Wait to send him back now
That dead body was taken away
but Master thought
that spirit might
still lingering inside the room
Four days later, we went back to the scene
We will call upon the spirit shortly
Rachel and Rin
are females and possess negative field,
it is easier for them to attract spirits
I"m not asking you...
to communicate with them
but to attract them to appear.
Understand?
We set for the ceremony here
After that, you go upstairs
and follow my instructions
When I sense their existence,
I will ask you to leave
It is believed the spirit of a person
who hung himself will sink downwards
It takes over 10 hours
for the soul to leave the body
The spirit of those
who died with strong antagonism
will look purplish
As they have unfinished business
in this world,
they will linger around the site of death
Our aim tonight...
is to locate them
Are we going back to that room?
Yes, the previous one
where we saw the corpse
Rachel, sit down
You have to sit...
facing where the man died
near the window, got it?
Got it!
Rachel, tell Rin to sit...
facing to the mirror
You sit here and face to the mirror
Sit down, Rachel
Face to where the man hung himself
Got it!
- Wait - Don"t move, sit down
I dropped my microphone
Wait... Sorry
Light up the candles
Okay!
Light up the candles
Yes, every single one
Don"t separate.
If you"re scared, catch my hand, okay?
How about the incenses?
Yes,
put them inside that bottle
in front of you
After done, let me know
Sorry, we are here for work only
Please forgive us. Apologies
Burn the paper money after that
Where to?
In front of you
Here?
Burn them one by one?
Yes, yes.
Rachel, read the spell and burn them
I call upon Heaven and Earth
Spirits of all corners come forth
and take your positions
Return to and show yourself...
at your site of death!
Lot of lights are coming out
I tell you there are more than one here
There should be more than one
- It"s gone - Yes, disappeared
It"s a circular light
There"s anything
Yes, there are three or more
We might have a chance to film them.
Wait and see...
maybe we can see other spirits
Does she have cite the spells?
Cite the spells
I call upon Heaven and Earth
Spirits of all corners come forth
and take your positions
Return to and show yourself
at your site of death!
Lt"s cat
The cats are moaning
This way, part of it disappeared!
It just flashed through
Right here!
Rachel, stop burning the paper money now
Take the black cloth
Tell Rin to cover your eyes,
this is a very important step...
must be followed
Something"s happening
Rin, stop burning the paper money
We have to cover our eyes
Remember to put it inside
the cloth covering your eyes
First of all, wrap it
Something strange happened on the left,
but don"t worry
Cover your eyes
Okay, it"s done!
Okay, cite the spells!
I call upon Heaven and Earth
Spirits of all corners come forth
and take your positions
Return to and show yourself
at your site of death!
Show yourself!
Show yourself!
Don"t be scare,
Master is here looking after you!
Something"s walked through
How"s it? Tell me!
Keep quiet,
both of you sit down back to back
Rin
Don"t be scare,
now say "Goddess of Mercy" (Guanyin)!
Something"s there in your left hand side
Don"t move! Don"t take off the black cloth
Leave the room only
when I tell you to do so
Now take off the black cloth,
you two leave the room slowly
Don"t look, don"t look around
The door is locked!
Leave once you open the door.
What are you doing?
I can"t open the door!
Step back! Step back!
I can"t open the door
Step back! We will break in!
Step back! We will break in!
As Rin from the Thai Crew
got too frightened,
the ceremony was terminated
Each year, we receive thousands of emails
of bizarre
and unexplicable stories
Most of them are even seeking help
We received...
an email from a Thai called Fa
His mother was under a curse
and hoped that Master Szeto could cure her
Is Fa living somewhere here?
I don"t know
The address is correct.
We are now in the right district
Not even the local knows where it is
Let"s ask the taxi driver
Okay
The driver said,
"Just follow this path. "
His car can"t go through
There is no one called Fa here
Let"s keep searching
He said he will take us there
Okay
They are crew from Hong Kong,
they want to find Fa
Do you know him?
I do
He knows where it is
Let"s get on the boat, okay?
As the emails are coming from
all over the world,
the information provided
may come from deserted areas
that are hard to locate
We are not familiar with the route
and often end up in the wrong place
or even got lost,
that"s why...
we always come across
many unbelievable situations
Fa
Is there anyone here?
I doubt it!
Fa?
There"s not even a phone,
how could Fa send the email?
Ben, someone"s coming!
What are you doing here?
Is Fa here?
Nobody called Fa is living here and around
The landlord here is a shaman
He is not Fa, nor a woman
Maybe this shaman helped Fa"s mom?
Please ask her
if Fa has come here to find the shaman
No
This is the wrong place
What should we do now?
- Leave - Leave
Don"t shoot here
The landlord isn"t here
She"s telling us not to shoot
Is she the landlord?
No, she"s just a neighbor
Well, if she"s not the landlord,
we will wait here till he gets back
Please wait outside
Can we wait here?
She said it"s our call
but waiting inside here is not an option
Then we go out and wait
Don"t shoot here
Though we"d found the wrong place
We felt that we might find something new
Our crew decided to stay finally
After four hours,
the landlord returned
Be careful, someone"s coming back!
The landlord?
Did Fa find you?
What is he doing?
- Can you show us? - Sure
He said he will show us
What is he holding?
Don"t touch, It"s a "tamed ghost"
I"ll bring you for the dinner
He said he will take him
downstairs for dinner
Don"t touch those things
He said this is good thing
Good thing for him
It stinks!
Son, eat it
Just feed him like this?
He"s using blood to feed him,
better stay away
It is said that Shanman usually use
Fruits or aroma to feed the baby
"tamed ghost"
When the "ghost" ages older,
the subtle shaman will use blood
or raw animal to feed the "ghost"
since it is believed
to extend the power of it
Isn"t he going to eat it raw?
- Disgusting! - Master, let"s stop him
Wait a minute
Master, let"s stop him
Doesn"t he feed this way?
That"s enough! Stop him!
Crazy
It seems he is tearing out
the chicken"s heart
What is he looking for?
Watch out the blood
Is he crazy?
Are we done?
Is it done?
Let"s go. Let"s go Master!
Ben, settle it!
Lt"s disgusting!
Tell him to let me go, please!
Calm down, calm!
Go!
Calm down, calm!
Lt"s amazing
Sorry,
we are going to look for somebody else
- Let"s Go! - Go!
Go!
- Hurry! - Let"s go!
Don"t wait for the boat,
leave!
One by one... hey, stop that
Save him!
Come and give us a hand!
Stop shooting! Come over and help him
Let"s go!
Go! Go! Leave first!
According to folklore,
"wug" is a kind of Chinese voodoo
most commonly used
in the Yunnan Miaojiang district
Those under its curse must obey the wizard
who utter the curse
and will require special medication
to stay alive
The wizard is the only one
who could rid the spell
We got the wrong address last time
This time,
we asked for help from the right person
and finally reached our destination
This is Master Szeto,
he comes here to help you
My mum"s upstairs
She is here, we found her
Her mum is here
We are crew from Hong Kong,
we want to shoot your ceremony
Keep some distance, he is holding a ritual
The curse will come out from here
Can someone pass me a tissue?
Don"t let it land on you
Look! Lt"s on the camera!
Those are "wugs"
Ben, let him know we are leaving,
we will interview him later
Tell him yourself
He is still eating
Can you ask him
why does he eat those worms?
He said the worms should be taken in
The worms will...
demolish inside his stomach
otherwise...
it will multiply quickly
and soon become a large quantity
So he is using his power
to eliminate the voodoo
How did...
Fa"s mother become this way?
He said it"s not necessary for us to know!
Most of the time,
they don"t want to reveal too much
Master, how can we help his mother?
I believe it should take 2 more ceremonies
but we should not interfere
According to the famous
Chinese Medicinal Doctrine,
the most venomous of "wugs"
is the Golden Silkworm
They have extreme defense power
No fear of water or fire
If they enter someone"s body,
they will tuck in all the organs
If one falls under its curse,
death is certain
unless you sought for his help
Hearsay that shaman uses blood...
to increase luck in Thailand
He is the one we"re looking for
Master, can blood really increase luck?
Lt"s common for a shaman
to make use of blood
but using it to increase luck
is another story
There are rumors that many artists
and Hong Kong people visit him
Are they expecting us?
In fact, as usual
we only have the address
but without reservation nor permission
Therefore when we get inside
we have to hide our equipment
Start filming
after we told them our purpose
or else they won"t agree
- Let"s go and have a look
- Is comes up first.
Let"s have a short meeting like before
Be Careful!
Let"s go to the second floor
Don"t let them spot your camera
Is Master Ming here?
Is Master Ming here?
Who?
Hi, we are crew from Hong Kong,
we want to see Master Ming
Master Ming is not here
What did he say?
He said Master Ming is not here
- Ask him again - Sure he"s here
Is Master Ming here?
We are crew from Hong Kong
I said he"s not here
Why don"t you understand?
Sorry, we are crew from Hong Kong
Let them in! Let them in!
Let them in!
We are crew from Hong Kong,
this is Master Szeto
She is a Hong Kong star,
she comes here for filming
Okay
We are having ceremony,
you can come in but keep quiet
Don"t let too many people in, enough!
- He said - Fetch me chicken
They said they"re having a ceremony
and keep quiet
Can we shoot?
Don"t ask!
They need to get the chicken blood
for offering
What is he trying to get?
Grab it
Stay back! Stay Back!
Lt"s a lizard
Master, what he uses are all very evil
It"s for making venom
This look so vicious,
will there be any side effect?
I can"t tell now,
let"s see what he"s going to do
- What is this?
- Is that a toad or a frog?
- He"s making a venomous frog
- Frog
They"re extracting poisons to make a potion
Making poisonous potions
To exorcize bad luck?
I doubt it
Let"s them have a look on the fortune thing
Head! Lizard"s head!
Something good
This is limited
Want some?
No need!
This is good thing, ask me if you want some
Fetch me a cup
Calm down!
Sit down and talk
- Stay Back! - Crazy!
Leave first!
He said it"s worth 500,000 Baht
we have to pay them 100,000 Baht
If we don"t believe it,
we can verify with Master Szeto
He asks for money?
Yes, he wants 100,000 Baht
He"s crazy, of course we won"t pay!
Let"s Go!
Go, leave first, go
Sit, sit down first!
Call an ambulance
Somebody get some medicine
to dress the wound
Ben, you"re seriously injured
I got hit
I"m alright, the sunglasses lens cut me
Stop shooting, hold me
After the confrontation,
some of our crew members were injured
As Master Szeto
got injured his wounded leg,
he had to rest at the hotel
but the time was running out,
Wah, a student of Master Szeto,
was invited to assist us
Thai people do not fear of death
They believe death is only leading them
to another world
Coffin is not a taboo as well
Our crew followed a Thai production team
to leave Bangkok
and head north to a place
called "Ho Lan Fu"
We visited a famous
ancient haunted mortuary
Old mortuary looked like this
Corpses are just placed here?
These bodies are unclaimed
Most of them don"t have families,
and ain"t cared by anybody
When it is filled up,
the monks will cremate the bodies
and place them at the back
It"s believed if the man died less than
the spirit will be summoned from the hell
Especially those "Yin" young females
Their negative field is a lot stronger
This time we planned to open a coffin
We arranged a girl to do this with me
Though Wah opposed this plan,
the crew insisted on...
validating the legend
According to Wah"s explanations,
if the spirits are successfully...
summoned from the hell,
may refuse to leave
or even follow the one who summons it
For precaution,
Wah set up the Eight Diagrams for the ritual
to hinder the summoned spirit
Stand by, everybody
Rachel, we"ve placed a cameraman...
near you
If you are too panic,
look for the cameraman, okay?
Stand by now
Sorry, please forgive me,
we"re just filming
Sorry to bother you
Let"s start! Let me explain the procedure
There is a crowbar in front of you
First,
remove the top nails with the crowbar
Then, open the coffin slowly
Look inside when it"s opened half
Will see the name inside...
when the cover is fully opened
Holding the mirror
and call out the corpse"s name
Mirror the back of you...
and unpack the corpse
Loosen the wrapping cloth and unwrap it
Okay
Sorry to bother you
The nails are all removed
Go on
Open it now?
Sit down first, then unveil it
Rachel, sit down.
Sit down...
Rachel, sit down.
Now, call out his name
which is written on the paper
I can"t read Thai words
Show the paper to the camera
Rachel, his name is "Dai"
Mirror the back...
and call his name
Is it "Dai"?
Yes, "Dai"
Rachel, it may appears in the mirror
Dai...
Dai...
never put down your mirror
Dai...
Okay, Rachel, stand by
Put down the mirror,
and stand next to the corpse
Rachel
In case you breathe in,
don"t panic,
keep on covering your mouth and nose
Don"t intake the corpse air, understand?
Rachel,
loosen the wrapping cloth...
and unveil it
Rachel, are you ok?
Pardon? Copy?
I afraid it will break apart
if I loosen it.
The knot is tight
Don"t think too much,
open it and cover your mouth and nose
Slowly, OK?
Rachel, just get ready and open it slowly
Really I can"t open it, I"m not lying
It can hardly lossen,
it"s tight, and sticky
Slowly, try your best
Give him a breath
Hurry up!
What are you guys doing?
You are sick!
Do you know it can be fatal?
Come back, don"t go
Don"t be scare, I"m going to save you
Kin, chase up
Don"t be afraid, I am here!
This way
Go with her!
She passed out
it doesn"t matter
Too heavy!
Just stay here
I call upon Heaven and Earth
It"s fine
Why don"t you tell me
if you want to perform such thing?
If such thing happens at the wrong moment,
it kills
Okay, let"s stop right now
Seal the coffin first
Seal them now
put it back to original place
Seal the hell passage
and open the path...
for the living for all
I guess it is because of either
the frightening experience
or the evil things,
I suddenly felt sick
Just let her take some rest first
Should we go back to the hotel
or send her to the hospital?
My stomach hurts, I wanna throw up
I feel really uncomfortable
Get in.
Ben, help with the registration
One, Two, Three, Up
Ben, what did the doctor say about her?
It is preliminary classified
as digestive system infection
A further diagnosis report
will tell us the details
I did warn you before
Opening coffins is really dangerous
It can be disastrous
if you are tainted with spirits
Scientifically saying,
if you open a long sealed coffin,
there are a lot of bacteria and germs
Are we still filming in the afternoon?
Wait for her feel better
Can we shoot in two hours?
Let her take some rest
We"re going to resume the jobs on hand
Shaman is very popular in Thailand
Lots of artist, businessmen, prostitutes
visit these powerful shaman
to enhance their luck or charisma
According to information
provided from the audiences,
there is an experienced shaman in Bangkok
claiming that he can invite the
"God of Penis"
to help people enhance their charisma
Let"s go inside
The shaman is inside
This is Master Szeto from Hong Kong
They are having a ceremony now
He told us, the customer is performing
the mating ritual ceremony
As usual, this shaman...
welcomes interviews
but he reminded us
that his customers may refuse the interview
We understood that
artistes or businessmen...
don"t want to be shot
So we called several customers
We finally got consent from a lady
Her name is Yam
Yam is a prostitute
At first Yam refused to be shot,
but she finally agreed on condition
that we pay for the cost
of 200,000 Baht
Put off the clothes
Stick you tongue out
Stand up
Turn about
Sit down
I"ll help you, I"ll help you
It"s a male
Lie down, I"ll help you
go over there, please
That shaman is transferring
the power to his/her body
of whom you call a shemale
Using the hermaphroditic for the ritual
She/he will control the power?
It will only come upon
the body of a hermaphrodite
but is controlled by the shaman
Most people may think,
merely for enhancing charisma,
to be naked in front of others,
as well as be a subject...
to such strange mating rituals
is kind of absurd
but there are always
something new under the sun
There were lots of women...
waiting for the ceremony
Master, is this really mating ritual?
Yes
In fact a lot of people
uses pubes, blood...
for rituals
I think he is legitimate
For the matter of mating,
why not believe in our fate!
You looked a lot better today
For you had contacted the evil,
I better perform a ritual on you
to drive away the evil thing
Offer the incense
Don"t be scared,
he is just compelling the evil thing
- The middle founder looks like
- Look up!
- Bow three times
- Bow three times
Stand up
Drink it!
You"ll feel better after that
seal her up
Human beholds, ghosts is exterminated
Nothing can harm this body
Bless her with indestructible power
Stretch yourself
Palms together
After Master Szeto performing the ritual,
our crew kept on the production schedule
We received information
from a Malaysian newspaper,
they claimed Ipoh
had a lot of haunted places
that we could film
After discussion,
we decided to head to Ipoh
and continue our mission
in searching the spirits
Ipoh, Malaysia
There is an abandoned village
A century ago,
this village was rich and crowded
but once misled by a shaman
They dug out all the remains
of their ancestors,
And put them under the sun
that greatly disrupted Feng Shui
Strange things
then happened to the village
Rumors of ghosts
started spreading out just then
Our crew along with a Malaysian reporter
invited a teenage girl
who claims to have spiritual eyes
We searched for spirits with Ka Ka
I saw a white thing over there
It"s too fast, I can"t see it clearly
It is just stand beside the door
Light up that upper part
Look at the ceiling
It seems collapsing
Come back?
There isn"t anybody inside
It was there a while ago, really!
It disappeared as soon as we came in
Watch out! Watch out!
Come to see
Does that thing look like a human?
It seems like some spells for me
Not this one, the one next to the bed...
looks like a pair of eyes
I am scared it is gonna fall
Tat, you better come out first
Let"s go! Let"s go!
It can"t stand anymore
Which one?
- This one - Yes
you sure this one
you can feel it?
I can feel,
the spirits are inside this house.
There were 4 people living here, including an old
a lady who died while delivering
and her husband
who died in a foreign country
while whose spirit came back after death
and a child
Stop provoking it!
Lt"s angry now! Just leave him!
Get out first!
Ka Ka finally found this house most haunted
After discussion,
we decided to play the Ouija board
With limited time, we gave it a try
I am not encouraging you
to play with the Ouija board
but for shooting, we"ve no choice
I have to explain clearly:
The spirits you invite
might not be from this house
or they have been here for a long time
Who? Are you sure no one is pushing?
No, not me!
Okay, understood!
How many are there in this house in total?
Lt"s really going to the numbers!
Shit!
Seven...
Were there only four here?
Master said there may few families
had moved into this house
Sorry for disturbance
We are trying to...
film spirits,
can you show yourself among us?
Keep your hands on the plate!
Don"t... don"t frighten me
Hurry! Any more questions?
What did she said?
L"ll tell you later
Firstly, it pointed at the word "hang"
Stop! Stop it.
Spirits! Spirits!
Have you shown yourself yet?
Master! Ka Ka passed out!
What? What do you want?
Piss off!
What? What?
You happy now that I show myself?
Get the camera down!
What do you want?
Master, come out first!
Do other thing right now!
Are you the one
who asked me those question?
Catch her
She"s crazy!
Catch her
Hold on to her!
Are you ok?
Master is injured!
What"s going on?
Write a spell to restrain the spirit
and spray water onto her body
Give her a chair.
Hold on to her!
What?
Are you awake?
What do you want from me?
Still possessed
What"s the matter? Say it!
Say it! What"s the matter?
What do you want from me?
Brother Wah! Brother Wah!
You all had a lot of fun just now?
You asked me to show myself
and now you want me to leave?
What do you want from me?
Say it!
Is it gone?
Everything is fine now!
Ka Ka, are you alright?
Do you know what just happened?
A lot of people asked me
if ghosts really exist
I don"t know either
In the past years,
I have exorcized for many people
For sure they are were terrified
However, scarcely the spirits were seen
Most of the "seen" spirits are illusion,
they are only made up by human"s dismay
Those illusion of spirits can undoubtedly
Be disillusioned by human"s courage
Get inside!
Right here!
It looks near but in fact
Our crew went on the long haul
shooting trip
Get downstairs...
Yes!
Okay
So we will wait for here tonight
Okay!
- Camera ready? - Almost
- your camera ready? - Ready
Better stay where we are
This castle is too huge.
Just for our safety
Something happened...
mysteriously and incomprehensibly
Hey! This way!
What"s up?
Our preset camera felt down unexpectedly
Shit! The camera fell!
Hold on, looks like someone is here
Don"t you said it was mounted securely?
It was!
Did you double check?
Let"s rewind the tape and have a look
I can"t open it!
Lt"s a trash now!
It doesn"t seem to have any wind here
Play the tape
Not now, it has to go for maintenance!
We found "this" on the tape...