Ahead of its US release next month, a poster and trailer have landed online for writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s Cannes Critics Week Grand Prize-winner A Useful Ghost. The Thai supernatural black comedy sees a Nat (Davika Hoorne), a recently deceased woman possess a vacuum cleaner to protect her husband (Wisarut Himmarat) from his dust allergy, leading […]
61st Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Useful Ghost (2025)
A Useful Ghost, 2025. Written and Directed by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Starring Davika Hoorne, Witsarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon, Wanlop Rungkumjad, Wisarut Homhuan, Gandhi Wasuvitchayagit, Ornanong Thaisriwong, Kritpahat Srimangkornkaew, Katanyu Swangsri, Dhyan Ho, Wachara Kanha, Krittin Thongmai, and Supravee Jantanasavedol. SYNOPSIS: A spirit possesses a vacuum cleaner, causing many consequences. While the premise of writer/director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s […]
