Would anyone be interested in a Thai supernatural/paranormal/horror mini-challenge for next year? (As a companion to the TDC Watch Challenge of course, not a replacement.) A mini-challenge too, not a big one. Very flexible, do what interests you or use it to categorise what you watch.

There's a lot of Thai supernatural which isn't scary so it would be possible to do most of the mini-challenge while avoiding gore and typical Horror. There probably should be a bit for that sort of thing, but also some of the different themes which come up in Thai ghost stories. I am a bit of a wuss for most horror, but I love a lot of Thai supernatural.

We could work together to suggest titles and help each other find ways to watch older movies. Maybe some interesting conversations could come out of that.

I'll put some ideas I've been mulling over in a reply. If there's interest, that can become the Work in Progress list of categories//prompts.

Possible prompts/categories - movies, series, lakorns, shorts. I'm open to including things like books and anime too.

By region, by range of years - similar to the TDC Watch Challenge, though maybe something like 3 out of 6 regions. (Or if you wanted 3 set in Isan, I will fully support your decision to use a Region category this way as long as you tell me where you found them to watch :D ) Years could be before 1999, 2000-05, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, 2016-2020, 2021-2026 and 3 out of 6 for that too. Unless you want to do more of course.

By genres - not sure how best to do this, though I am seeking evidence for my hypothesis that Thais will never meet a genre they can't put a ghost in. Maybe just any 3 genres broadly speaking.

Sub-genres? What do we call this? - Big House Setting, Oppressive School with Strange Things Happening, Nang Nak + adaptations, Ghost story which turns out to not be scary at all and is really about grief. Ghost story which turns out to not be scary at all and is really about love. Any more? Those are ones I've noticed.

More conventional, less Thai-specific things like Gore. I have much less interest in that but it should have a section. It can be small because Thai supernatural doesn't match up all that well with conventional western category boxes. Black magic, Possession, Gore, Death/murder, Revenge?

Comedy-horror needs to go in here somewhere because Thai comedy-horror is its own wonderful zany thing.

Ghost in a not-supernatural title.

Your thoughts, suggestions?