The Buddhist Culture Characteristics Of Thai Horror Film

As a specific film genre, the horror film has already become an indispensable part in the world film history. By visual impact, the film, which arouses the horror of the audience both emotionally and mentally, will meanwhile lead to the resonance and shock consciously too. With a sensory stimulus, it also brings the audience the nervous or relaxing feelings and even the think of reality at the same time. A recent development in this history, ushering in a unique and incomparable epoch,is the rise of the Thai horror film. As a new genre, it is permeated with the strong spirit of Buddhism and the Thai unique national culture. This essay makes a systematic exposition of the relationship between Thai horror films and Hinayana Buddhism, in five aspects. Firstly, the essay explains and analyzes the law of the development of Buddhism in Thai horror films.Secondly, the analysis of Buddhism cultural infiltration in Thai films is a unique point from the horror films in other countries.Thirdly, through the analysis of film themes, set designing, details applying, music and sound mixing, image of the ghosts, as well as costumes designing and make-up, the essay tries to discover the Buddhism elements and inspirations in Thai horror films.Fourthly,the essay concludes that the Thai horror films are permeated with the Buddhism theories and doctrines, trying to demonstrate the profound truths in them. What's more,the essay draws conclusions that there are two kinds of Thai horror films: expected- horror films and unexpected- horror films. Though these two kinds of horror films are quite different, they reach the same goal by different routes, teaching people how to be incarnated, how to relieve oneself from sufferings, how to understand the questions about life such as motionlessness, sufferings, and selflessness and how to embody the law of Karma in Buddhism.Meanwhile,the essay analyzes the buddhist characteristics in the developing Thai horror film .Finally, the essay approaches the aesthetic feature of Thai horror films in five aspects mentioned above as well as Thai indigenous cultures with their profound philosophical perspectives of Buddhism in the Thai films,explains the the relationship between Thai horror films and Thai culture of Buddhism.