4bia

4bia (2008) is a Thai horror anthology of four short films you can watch online on iFILM. Four directors, four separate ways to put a chill down your spine.

The opening tale traps a lonely woman with her phone and texts from someone who has no business writing back. The second strands a group of schoolkids in a forest where an old curse stirs awake. The third sets a spirit medium face to face with something best left untouched. The closer, "Flight 244," shifts the dread onto a plane carrying a princess's corpse. Each segment presses on a different fear — isolation, the dark, cramped spaces, the vengeance of the dead.

The film comes from the crew behind Shutter, and it shows: less gore, more patient waiting, more sound stabs landing in the silence. The standout is the comic "Flight 244," where horror and laughter share the same seat. If formulaic scares have worn you down, this Thai quartet sharpens the genre right back up. Stream 4bia (2008) online on iFILM.