I can only describe this lakorn as anxiety and stress on steroids. I don't mean that this lakorn is bad though, in fact it's quite the opposite; it's very well made. It's just depressing and you as the viewer can barely have a break because Kasalong can't catch a break. Every time she's happy I'm like "oh no what's gonna happen" because you know Songpeep and her daddy-o got plans 24/7.
This is Yaya's best acting to date. You can easily distinguish the characters and you as the viewer are very "in" with each character. I hate Songpeep with a passion, I pity and want to smack some fight into Kasalong, and annoyed with Pimpasa. Songpeep is beyond evil, whoever wrote this character really went to some dark place in order to bring this character to paper. I'm sure she's on the top 10 list of batshit crazy villains from a Thai lakorn. She's pretty much the embodiment of the word evil, there is nothing to redeem about her. She has no reason, she's prone to blaming everyone but herself and she's just on an entirely different planet.
Kasalong I wanted to smack sometimes. Especially at the part on the train where she ruined everything by yelling out for her dad. Like girl, you couldn't just shut up and it's not like your dad is a nice person to you either. This lakorn was very different due to the fact that the nice girl becomes the vengeful ghost. She's totally entitled to be angry and vengeful though, I mean if I had a sister and she beat the crap out of me everyday, tried to strip me naked in front of the workers, accused me of murder, tried to steal my husband and be the reason why I died next to a corpse who tried to rape me, and then myself finally succumbing to eating raw mice... I would be pissed too. That being said, Songpeep had to too easy for her. I mean dying in a fire is not fun but it's also not the same as dying slowly in the most horrifying environment. Plus, her karma in the next life is just her being stick in a car for a couple of days and not having the man she loves love her, that's not enough.
The dad. OMG He's horrifying. I'm sure there are parents out there like him in the world that abuse one child and spoil another for no apparent reason. He and Songpeep are scum of the earth. Who in their right minds treat their family members like that? There is just something psychologically wrong with him for him to torture and abuse Kasalong so much. I feel so bad for mothers who are stuck in situations like this.
I thinking working with a new director is good for Yaya, he definitely pushed her out of her comfort zone and it really shows in how much massive improvement there is in her acting. Working with Num Krit and Aew Ampaiporn back and forth stunted her acting growth. I like this director, he doesn't play it safe like Num Krit and Aew Ampaiporn, who are directors that I tend to like. I like how he directed the love scene, it was explicit but at the same time was tasteful. Love scenes in lakorns should definitely aim to be at this level. The scene where Kasalong is stuck in the grain storage was excellently filmed. Now I thought Worada from Duay Rang Atitharn and Plubpleung from Dome Thong died depressing deaths, but Kasalong's death is pretty much the most horrifying death I have ever witnessed from a lakorn. Yet again, I question what dark place the writer of this story went to to come up with such horror.
James I don't have much to say about. His acting has always been good but he doesn't have much use here other than to be the object of the women's affection. I felt bad for his character though when he blamed himself for everything happening. No sweetie, that psycho and her father are the only people to blame. Poor guy's problem was the mere fact that he existed and caught the attention of a crazy woman. James was great, his character is such a sweetie pie. He and Yaya have decent chemistry, it wasn't super strong but there was enough there to feel "in" with the lakorn.
I also really liked Marnfah. Poor guy as well. Basically everyone in this lakorn that was good was put through the wringer.
This lakorn was really good, though it made me super depressed and anxious as I was watching. The episodes where they were trying to run away and encounter all these obstacles subsequently one after another was panic inducing. This is a lakorn where you as the viewer are not going to catch a break, you will encounter hardship after hardship to the point of bleakness. That being said, it was really, really well done. This lakorn is a masterpiece and I can tell it was incredibly difficult to make. All the extra takes alone because of the twin scenes must have driven people crazy to make. This is definitely going to sweep all the awards. Tai Penpak and Pu Montri in particular deserve so much recognition for this.