Movie

Hoon Payon

2023 · 107 min

A slow, uneasy descent into island superstition and grief, where every ritual feels like a warning and the dead never quite stay gone.

Tagline: Horror is awakened. Dark rituals descend. Death… is not the end.
Overview: Tham searches for his brother Tae in order to deliver the news of their parents' passing. Tae is ordained as a monk at a temple on Don Sing Tham Island. On arrival, Tham meets Jate, the grandson of the former abbot. Jate makes hoon payon, enchanted effigies of the dead. Tham learns of a rumour that Tae vanished after murdering the abbot.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, mystery, death, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
mystery
death
isolation
betrayal
Places: single country house
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none