ThirTEEN Terrors (2014)

Just finished binge watching on Netflix. I realised after episode 1 that it was using a lot of the kids from the Hormones Series. I was pleasantly surprised at how suspenseful some of the episodes were, although I was able to work out the 'secret' behind most of the episodes before the end. The only episode I didn't enjoy was ep 11, with Craig Claudine, the Thai/American actress. I found her acting quite wooden - I didn't like her in Hormones either, and although the story was okay, the ending wasn't able to save the episode from the boredom of her acting. I was so surprised to find that episode 13 was actually a protracted version of the film The Blue Hour, which starred Gun and Oab. All the stories were quite good; the acting wasn't bad for the most part and the music was creepy or suspenseful when it needed to be. The only thing that confused me was the inclusion of The Blue Hour episode. I can't work out why an independent film, albeit a shortened version, would be included in a TV series. All in all I enjoyed the series and I probably will watch it again.

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“ThirTEEN Terrors” is a drama I had mild interest in. I’m not a big drama/show fan, in all honesty, so for one to peek my interest is… rare. So I decided to give it a go as my first Thai drama and for a watch challenge I’m participating in.

It’s hard to fully summarise this as it is a compilation piece with each episode following a different story line but I’ll do my best.

Story wise, all but one of these stories captured my attention, made me shiver or grimace, and one or two even made me jump. Bar episode 4, I’d love to see full-length films on all of these stories and follow them in even more depth and detail (probably a bad idea for some of these, 45 minutes definitely suited a lot of these) but it does make me wonder what the directors and writers could do with a longer time frame to play around with.
Acting, some of the kids weren’t amazing in some of their roles. Most did a very good job but one or two let the series down further on and it was a bit unfortunate. I would happily watch 98% of the cast in their other works and it is something I am considering.

Thankfully, in the stories that I didn’t like, the acting was stellar, and the ones where I didn’t like the acting, the story/horror was well done and I still enjoyed them, mostly.

Overall, I’d recommend this to both horror and non-horror fans alike. Whereas they’re scary, they’re not scary enough that someone who’s easily scared or hasn’t had much interaction with the genre would be absolutely terrified. A solid horror favourite of mine, I definitely want to rewatch this in the future when I’ve forgotten the plot twists.

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13 45-minute episodes I can’t take back!

Cinematography and picture were so great, I even got tempted to watch this even though the ratings are not that high. I gave it a shot and it blew right at my face.

Don’t get me wrong, some of the stories were tolerable, but since the actors were still amateurs during this time, the message of the stories weren’t really expressed well. The roles weren’t portrayed well also.

It felt like Thirteen Terrors was the debut for most of these young actors and it affected the whole calibre of this series (in a bad way). Anthologies are usually my thang, but this is just too shallow for me. It didn’t poke the horror freak in me. I wasn’t that interested to watch because most of the scenes are predictable. It’s just scary when you turn on your sound to the highest volume. Typical horror shit. Other than that, it was mehhh!

If you’re the kind of person who is into horror, then please don’t watch this. But if you’re both into comedies and horrors, then probably, you can endure this. As the horror lover in you would laugh at some parts of the series. I know I did. Hahaha

Sorry, not sorry.

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Just finished binge watching on Netflix. I realised after episode 1 that it was using a lot of the kids from the Hormones Series. I was pleasantly surprised at how suspenseful some of the episodes were, although I was able to work out the 'secret' behind most of the episodes before the end. The only episode I didn't enjoy was ep 11, with Craig Claudine, the Thai/American actress. I found her acting quite wooden - I didn't like her in Hormones either, and although the story was okay, the ending wasn't able to save the episode from the boredom of her acting. I was so surprised to find that episode 13 was actually a protracted version of the film The Blue Hour, which starred Gun and Oab. All the stories were quite good; the acting wasn't bad for the most part and the music was creepy or suspenseful when it needed to be. The only thing that confused me was the inclusion of The Blue Hour episode. I can't work out why an independent film, albeit a shortened version, would be included in a TV series. All in all I enjoyed the series and I probably will watch it again.

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