Thai horror movie The Unborn Child probably couldn't hold a candle to some other Thai horror movies like the world acclaimed 1999 Nang Nak or 2004 Shutter. The movie about a couple and their young daughter being haunted by the couple's unborn child however is interesting and different on its own right, having based its story on a true incident where 2,002 fetuses aborted illegally were found stored secretly in the mortuary vaults of Bangkok's Phai Ngern Chotanaram temple. Two of the temple's undertakers apparently had been bribed to get rid of the fetuses. Thais are said to have been taught by Buddhist monks that abortion is a sin because it is very difficult to be born as a human. Sin probably is not a concept in Buddhism but I was wondering if things would be different if instead of a crematorium, Buddhist temples there have an orphanage Instead.More musings...
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